NCLDS Data Request Service Opens Sept. 2
The N.C. Longitudinal Data System’s Data Request Service will open and will begin receiving requests for custom, cross-sector datasets on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. This groundbreaking data exchange and research partnership will support policymakers, practitioners and researchers in their work to better understand and solve cross-cutting challenges across our state’s social, education and workforce sectors.
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What is NCLDS?
The North Carolina Longitudinal Data Service (NCLDS) provides secure, privacy-protected access to data linked across time and data sources to help North Carolina address its most pressing questions via data-informed decision-making, continuous improvement, and performance management processes.
NCLDS is:
- A data exchange and research strategic partnership of data-contributing state agencies and organizations;
- A data connector, not a data holder—NCLDS is a process for linking, de-identifying, and packaging data from two or more data-holders;
- A tool for securely delivering those data to partners, other state entities, researchers, and practitioners for research, evaluation, decision-making, and reporting; and
- A common space for coordinating cross-sector, longitudinal learning goals for NC.
Progress Toward Full Implementation
Starting September 2, 2025, NCLDS enters Public Launch (Full Open) with Limitations; read more here.
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