Case Study: New York City Department of Education accelerates federal compliance reporting with Cityspan

New York City Department of Education centralizes reporting across 250 schools with Cityspan

The New York City Department of Education (DOE) faced a significant challenge in managing data for its federally funded after school programs, which involved coordinating nearly 60 nonprofit agencies across hundreds of schools. They needed a sophisticated data collection and management platform from vendor Cityspan to handle complex reporting for federal compliance while simultaneously tracking individual program performance, all without compromising student data integrity.

Cityspan implemented a flexible data platform that integrated with school day data, automated federal compliance reporting, and enabled real-time performance monitoring. The solution centralized data management for 250 schools, dramatically reduced report generation time, and provided accurate, up-to-date information. This success ensured continued strong funding for the programs and allowed the platform to be expanded to support additional initiatives for homeless students and violence prevention.

New York City Department of Education