State Solutions for Health Data Continuity Project
To help state data users adapt to a changing federal data landscape, SHADAC developed a series of Strategy Briefs; each brief provides a high-level roadmap of an alternative data gap filling strategy, including its advantages, disadvantages, and implementation considerations.
Recent federal policy changes have created uncertainty surrounding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) data collection and availability in federal sources. This blog post will review the current known status of SOGI data in federal surveys and programs.
Federal developments in 2025 have led to concerns about the future of numerous data sources. This blog consolidates 22 examples of federal data preservation, tracking, and innovation efforts related to health data in a clear and organized table.
The U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey (HPS) has been a key data source providing timely survey data to policymakers. Learn more about the HPS and the Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS) in this blog.
This blog documents the expected 2025 releases of data from many federal health-related surveys and the data's current status—published (on-time or delayed); not yet published; or status remains uncertain.
As a complement to our Survey Data Finder, this blog provides very brief, one- or two-paragraph summaries of each of the surveys included, to help users of the tool to better understand the main focus and specifics that may make them particularly well-suited to certain uses in comparison to other… Read more
Children’s health surveys allow public health researchers to better understand the health and health-related issues facing the U.S. population, and how survey data can be effectively used to address these concerns in both the short- and long-term. Learn more in this blog.
In response to uncertainty about whether the federal government may eliminate or scale back important surveys, SHADAC has undertaken a new project called State Alternatives for Health Data Continuity, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Learn more about the project in this blog.