DIGITAL ORGANIZING POWER-BUILDING AND ENGAGEMENT LABS (DOPE LABS)

Programs

1. Maternal health care, community driven technology platform:partnering with maternal mental health now implement a culturally and community responsive engagement process and technology tool (streetwyze) that provides new opportunities for vulnerable populations to use local knowledge and local data to build healthier communities, re-imagine maternal mental health equity, and better connect to maternal mental health resources in los angeles.integrated the maternal mental health now resource directory with streetwyze to product an open access and community relevant tool for finding maternal resources; completed 10 community trainings on the new platform; and onboarding 100+ new community users.

   $75,024 spent$6,803 earned by the program
   24% of program spending

2. Childhood obesity, food equity, and justice, community technology platforms:partnering with ucsd, we implemented the streetwyze platform to utilize an exploration, preparation, implementation, and sustainment (epis) framework to advance community-based precision approach to aces while systematically examining community, organizational, family, and individual factors that impact implementation and individual response treating comorbid childhood obesity.0+ community organizations partnerships; 20+ community trainings on streetwyze; 5,000+ streetwyze data points collected by community users.

   $95,965 spent$8,702 earned by the program
   31% of program spending

3. Climate resilience measurement, community resource sharing through technology platforms:partnering with uta and eecho, this project examined how crowdsourced mobile data can be leveraged to (1) improve the spatiotemporal characterization of factors that influence community resilience to flood disasters, (2) develop new metrics that account for the dynamic social and physical nature of resilience, and (3) encourage more equitable capacity-building that reduces the impacts of future flood hazards and enhances disaster resilience across all segments of the population.25+ community trainings on streetwyze; 50+ community users; 200+ data points in the gulfport area around stormwater management and resilience

   $54,837 spent$4,972 earned by the program
   18% of program spending

4. Partnering with ucsd, we implemented the streetwyze platform with community based organizations across san diego county to collect data on the social determinants of health to explore solutions that will advance health literacy amongst low income and immigrant communities.5 community organization partnerships, 7 community trainings on streetwyze, 2,000 data points collected by community users

   $43,870 spent$3,978 earned by the program
   14% of program spending

5. During the duration of this project, we provided ongoing project management and design around community engagement, leading in-person streetwyze trainings to community groups from gulfport, biloxi, and harrison county as well as uta staff, ongoing technical assistance for using the streetwyze platform to gather data during the project, providing a streetwyze license to uta for 10 months during the project, moderating data collection, and analyzing and reporting on data findings.

   $26,842 spent$2,434 earned by the program
   9% of program spending

6. During the duration of this project, dope labs provided ongoing project management and community engagement support for the streetwyze safety mapping initiative in partnership with roots community health center. Activities included recruitment and training support for 10 community leaders, facilitation of streetwyze trainings, development of mapping prompts and outreach materials, ongoing technical assistance for use of the streetwyze platform, support for community-based data collection and quality assurance, participation in community events, and analysis and reporting on community safety data collected through the project in sobrante park and surrounding neighborhoods. 10 community leaders were trained to use the streetwyze platform and each engaged at least 3 additional community members in participatory mapping activities focused on neighborhood safety, civic engagement, and community-driven solutions. Participants collected and shared community stories, expanded outreach through peer recruitment, and supported broader resident engagement in data collection efforts.

   $12,612 spent$1,144 earned by the program
   4% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $309,150.