County data dashboards and RRI: Director urges subcommittee to define data requests

Aug 11, 2026

Director Clark Bernhardt told the Racial Disparities Subcommittee that Dane County's CJC dashboards aggregate cross-agency data and asked members to identify cohorts or indicators they want added; Bernhardt noted the dashboards are public on the CJC page at danecounty.gov and said some analyses previously led to a $600,000 grant.

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Director Clark Bernhardt asked the subcommittee on Aug. 11 to examine the Community Justice Council racial-disparities dashboards and identify missing indicators or cohorts for further analysis. "Data is only powerful when people use it," Bernhardt told members, describing data-sharing agreements his office has with the District Attorney, Sheriff, courts and others that enable cross-system dashboards.

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