Child & Family Stability
Factors like poverty, food insecurity, inadequate health care, and housing instability can create stressful living environments for children, potentially inhibiting wellbeing.
Welcome to
The Opportunity Compass
The Opportunity Compass is a community index to measure Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s collective progress toward improving economic mobility. The results of our city-county efforts are quantified with available data gathered from 82 indicators in 2015-2022.
The executive summary details the progress Charlotte-Mecklenburg has made in improving economic mobility.
How these Insights can Drive Action
Where do we go from here? The Opportunity Compass provides a shared language and accessible visualizations of the determinants of economic mobility. This tool can guide decision-making and data-based solutions for a more equitable Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
Policy Change
Educate civic leaders and lawmakers by developing strong relationships to create policy champions who will advocate for change.
Funding
Identify and communicate areas of need and potential improvement through data-based research.
Coalition-Building
Build a coalition: find partners with similar interests and experiences, leverage networks to elevate priorities.