The P20 WIN Operating Group continues to use the P20 WIN Learning Agenda when reviewing data requests to ensure that research conducted using administrative data serves the priorities of the state agency contributors.

Agencies with projects funded by the American Rescue Plan have engaged third party evaluators or have generated analytics related to their work to be able to demonstrate the impact of these investments. These evaluations have ranged from the impact of legal representation for tenants experiencing eviction to the impact of supporting maternal and infant mental health and the findings have been used in budget advocacy.

While there is no statewide policy requiring research to be made public, Public Act 25-93 Section 33 requires agencies that submitted data towards the disconnected youth research project to post the report on the agency’s web site.

Finally, Connecticut’s Chief Data Officer is collaborating with the Tobin Center at Yale University to increase engagement with Connecticut’s higher education institutions and identify ways state agencies can leverage universities’ substantial research and analytic capacities.