Each of California’s local health departments (LHDs) serves a unique community, planning and delivering a targeted set of CalFresh Healthy Living programs to meet community needs. Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) developed the Data Storytelling Toolkit to empower LHDs to communicate their program and evaluation data with stakeholders in a meaningful way. You can even use this toolkit to create more than one story!
The Data Storytelling Toolkit includes:
- New! A Quick Start Checklist with step-by-step instructions and tips (PDF)
- A customizable Data Story Template to create visually engaging summaries of your LHD’s work (Canva)
- A plain text version of the template to support planning and drafting (Word)
- A set of Data Tables summarizing your LHD’s program and evaluation data (Excel, located in each LHD’s Evaluation One-Drive folder)
- A Data Story Repository featuring sample products made with fictional data as well as real-world examples submitted by your peers in several jurisdictions (Google Drive)
Share Your Story!
Did your team use the components of this toolkit to produce a report, slide deck, or other data product? We'd love to see it! Use the link below to submit your creation to our team. Unless you request otherwise, your contributions will be featured in our LHD data story repository, available to view above.