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As an organization, our work aligns with this “complex,” or systems, context. This means that our approach is all about probing, sensing, and then responding with an understanding that we cannot predict what will happen and that the system is dynamic. Solutions can’t be imposed; rather, they emerge from the circumstances and are often put into action through influence. Our research efforts consists of...
User research: understand and advocate for our target users in all that we do. Provide information about our target market and business landscape as a nonprofit in the financial health space.
Team: Bruna Chixaro, Katherine Lordi
Academic research: explore, develop our knowledge, and make new discoveries and insights in the realm of financial health & equity.
Team: Pam Hoalt PhD, Oscar Wahltinez, Amy Chung-Yu Chou, Scott Glasgow James Glasgow PhD, Martin Noguera, James Glasgow Pharm.D., Scott Glasgow

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Objectives (research)
43%
Research pre-existing and current financial health metrics to gauge the state of financial health measurement and to analyze their shortcomings.
5%
Propose a methodology in developing a universal financial health metric (for young adults in transition) that we can create and distribute to organizations and policymakers.
72%
Publish “The Mango Model: Best practices in the creation of a COVID-19 Open Data Project through a partnership with Google Health and the non-profit FinMango.”
0%
Prove effectiveness of the the financial health metric tool
0%
Secure funding to scale the financial health metric tool
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OKR tracker (research)
Objective
Key result
Responsible
Status
Research pre-existing and current financial health metrics to gauge the state of financial health measurement and to analyze their shortcomings.
Gain an extensive knowledge of financial health through provided research documents and supplementary research.
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000
40
Compile a list of recent financial health studies and currently used financial health tools.
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000
50
Determine the pros and cons of each financial health metric for data analysis.
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000
40
Propose a methodology in developing a universal financial health metric (for young adults in transition) that we can create and distribute to organizations and policymakers.
Handpick select metrics from Objective 1 that may be most beneficial to FinMango
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000
20
Research extra statistics that a tool could be framed around to satisfy the objectives of the tool.
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10
Test a long list of possible questions based on Phase 1 and 2 to ensure their relevance Perfect the wording and do testing to select a subset of questions as candidates for the tool.
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000
0
Select a short set of final questions that accurately produce the results we hope to find.
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000
0
Create a scoring rubric to assess the scores.
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000
0
Propose financial health tool to FinMango for potential production.
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000
0
Publish “The Mango Model: Best practices in the creation of a COVID-19 Open Data Project through a partnership with Google Health and the non-profit FinMango.”
Draft an introduction section
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000
100
Draft a methodology section
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000
100
Draft the discussions/ conclusions, and acknowledgements sections
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000
80
Tweak the abstract
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000
80
Submit to a potential publishing journal
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000
0
Prove effectiveness of the the financial health metric tool
Pilot the tool with up to 100 people
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000
0
Analyze the data and share with partner(s)
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000
0
Identify patterns that act as barriers
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000
0
Secure funding to scale the financial health metric tool
Secure $100k to scale the pilot up to 5k people
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000
0
Write a paper with the analysis and repeat with increased funding for new areas.
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000
0
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Working documents

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1
UVA SEED scoping doc
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Semester outline and deadlines
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