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Fox Cities LIFE Study finds graduation rates increasing across the region

Posted on Feb 3, 2021, by

Four-year high school graduation rates increased between 2013 and 2019 across all regions, according to data in the Fox Cities Leading Indicators for Excellence (LIFE) Study. Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago counties all ranked above the state average in 2019, and Wisconsin ranked eleventh best in statewide graduation rates across the United States. The Fox Cities […]

Youth mental health is topic of ‘town hall’

Posted on Mar 2, 2018, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

A critical issue concerning the future of the Fox Valley will be the subject of an important public discussion on Tuesday, March 6, 6-8 p.m. at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel. It is no less an issue than the mental health of our children. The discussion is one of eight “town meetings” that The Post-Crescent […]

LIFE Study adds minority perspective

Posted on Aug 10, 2017, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

Updates to an in-depth study of the quality of life in the Fox Cities provide a closer look at life here through the eyes of racial and ethnic minorities, poor families and the LGB community. The results show those groups face added challenges. Ten new data charts were added to the 2016 Fox Cities LIFE […]

What’s new about LIFE

Posted on Aug 7, 2017, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

The community asked and we listened. Participants in last year’s Fox Cities LIFE Study Dive-In Day said it would be helpful to see some existing and any new data points presented in ways that more clearly reflect a theme of diversity and inclusion. Exciting news! This Thursday, Aug. 10, check the LIFE Study website to find updates […]

Mental health screening may have saved teens’ lives

Posted on Oct 20, 2016, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

Mental health wellness screening conducted by a partnership of five school districts under the leadership of the Samaritan Counseling Center of the Fox Valley likely accomplished nothing less than saving the lives of teenagers. “We are incredibly grateful to the community members who, through their support of the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, have […]

LIFE Study priorities offer recipe for community improvement

Posted on Oct 7, 2016, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

The 2016 Fox Cities Leading Indicators for Excellence (LIFE) Study resulted in what clearly are community priorities for improving the quality of life in the Fox Valley region. A cross-section of more than 200 Fox Cities residents gathered before the release of the statistical study to review the data and vote on the top priorities. […]

LIFE Study shows support for arts could be stronger

Posted on Sep 29, 2016, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

With a performing arts center dominating downtown Appleton and restored opera houses and high school theaters scattered across its counties, Fox Cities residents may view the area as being fairly strong in the arts. The numbers say otherwise. There were 6.85 creative jobs per 1,000 in the Fox Cites region in 2014, compared to 10.80 in Wisconsin […]

Fox Cities living means home, safe, home

Posted on Aug 29, 2016, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

By any measure, the Fox Cities region is a safe place to live. Statistics for 2014 show that the rate of violent crime here was half the national average and below the state average, according to the 2016 Fox Cities Leading Indicators for Excellence (LIFE) Study. The LIFE Study has been conducted every five years […]

Fox Valley’s weight gain has consequences

Posted on Aug 8, 2016, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

We’re getting bigger. Not just in population, but in sheer mass. The 2016 Fox Cities Leading Indicators for Excellence (LIFE) Study reports 70% of Calumet and Outagamie County residents are overweight or obese, about 5 percentage points higher than in 2011. Winnebago County is a little better at 58%. Included in the fallout of that […]

Fox Cities LIFE Study, community priorities released

Posted on Jun 21, 2016, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

The youth of the Fox Cities and concerns about poverty top the list of priorities for community action determined by about 200 local residents who came together to hear key data from the new 2016 LIFE (Leading Indicators for Excellence) Study. During the Fox Cities LIFE Study Dive-In Day on June 20, attendees reviewed data […]