Frequently Asked Questions

Community indicator data and related information are available.  

Community indicator data include data for Montgomery County and -- depending on the indicator -- data for the nation, the state of Ohio, the other large counties in Ohio, and jursidcitions and school districts within Montgomery County.

The related information includes the Annual Reports of the Montgomery County (Ohio) Family and Children First Council (FCFC), reports from the FCFC Outcome Teams, and analyses which go "Behind the Numbers" of some of the indicator data.

In Montgomery County the FCFC is considered the lead collaborative for health and human services. It is composed of community leaders that as a team investigate, monitor, and advance selected attributes of a healthy community. By state law each Ohio county is required to have an FCFC.

Outcomes are conditions of well-being and, by their nature, are general and descriptive. The Montgomery County FCFC has adopted six community outcomes: Healthy People, Young People Succeeding, Stable Families, Positive Living for Special Populations, Safe and Supportive Neighborhoods, and Economic Self-Sufficiency.

Indicators are quantifiable attributes of an outcome. Because outcomes are not directly measurable, the FCFC has chosen some indicators that are. The reasoning is that if a community's indicators are moving in the desired direction from year to year, then it is making progress toward achieving the related outcome.

First, choose and click on one of the 6 outcomes from the menu on the left-hand side of any page.

Second, choose and click on the indicator you want from the drop-down menu on the left-hand side of the page.

Third, click on the drop-down boxes labeled "Locality Type" and "Location" and click "Refresh."

The page changes dynamically, so all you have to do is start at Step 1 to conduct another search.

If you need to return to the Home page or would like to navigate to the other pages of the site, simply choose from the menu at the top of any page.

The U.S. Census Bureau is a prime source for population, demographic, housing and economic data, and American FactFinder is a powerful way to access that data.

The data on this web site are obtained from the Montgomery County Progress Reports which can be viewed or downloaded as a PDF document by visiting the Annual Reports link at the top of any of the site pages.

You can call the Office of Family and Children First at 1(937) 225 – 4695 or you can send your questions, comments or feedback to indicators@fcfc.montco.org.

Yes, you can download the data in a format similar to the chart at the bottom of the page for the current Community Indicator Page. The data can be downloaded as a Microsoft Excel file by clicking on the Excel icon, which is next to the name of the indicator for the page you are viewing at that time.

Yes, you can copy and paste the image of a graph being viewed at the bottom of the indicators page by right clicking and selecting 'Save Image As...', or by dragging onto a document.

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