Work
In 2024, the Food Bank Council of Michigan partnered with the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Michigan State University to study food assistance across its member network. The report aimed to better understand food insecurity statewide and guide future policy and investment. Over 2,500 participants completed surveys at 53 partner agencies, generating data on demographics, housing and income, health and insurance, food security and tradeoffs, and participation in public benefits. The study also produced unique and duplicate counts of people served by prosperity region.
Teal’s role was to capture the report’s significance and translate its findings into an accessible digital experience. Using Highcharts, the data was brought to life through interactive graphs that allow users to compare results across facets such as age, race, and region—making complex insights clear, engaging, and actionable.
All survey data was organized in a carefully formatted spreadsheet, which was then uploaded directly to the website’s admin panel. This spreadsheet acts as the single data source for all charts displayed across the site.
Through an interactive page component, a dropdown menu is used to select a specific survey question to display on a website page. The system then pulls the corresponding data points, labels, and keys from the spreadsheet and generates an interactive Highcharts graph. Each chart can display a single source of data from a question, or be configured with tabs which cycle through different variations of a survey topic.
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