Reports
The Ochs Center is the only organization in the Chattanooga region that provides a full array of research and data analysis services for local non-profit organizations.
At the Ochs Center, we collect and analyze data from government agencies or non-profit programs; we conduct research on public policy issues, large and small; we design and analyze public opinion surveys and conduct roundtables and focus groups; we lead detailed program evaluations, using data to assess what’s succeeding and what’s failing; we conduct economic impact analyses to assess how different organizations contribute to the local economy; we conduct budgetary and operational reviews of non-profit and government programs; and we are able to assess community conditions at the neighborhood level.
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The following reports are available for download. Click on the name of the report to download.
- A Case Statement for Local Government Practitioners Network (April 2007)
- Assessment of Maytown Center Economic Impact Analysis (September 2008)
- Attitudes on Race in the Chattanooga Region (March 2005)
- Chattanooga CITIZEN (2005)
- Chattanooga's Declining Population? (May 2007)
- Closing the Gap: Rising Educational Attainment in Hamilton County (October 2006)
- Does Chattanooga Have a Crime Problem? A Presentation for the Hearing on Crime in Chattanooga (October 2008)
- Economic Impact Analysis: Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (October 2008)
- Fiscal Impact of Land Use and Development in Hamilton County (July 2008)
- Labor Market Trends and Career Academies (June 2007)
- Murder in Midsize Cities (August 2006)
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Chattanooga Region (January 2008)
- Reading in Hamilton County (2003)
- Restoring Prosperity (Published by Brooking in May 2007)
- Restoring Prosperity Case Study: Chattanooga, Tennessee (Published by Brookings in September 2008)
- School Readiness and Early Grade Success (August 2008)
- Tenn Care Reform, One Year Later (May 2007)
- Using 311 Data (Published in Government Finance Review in August 2008)
