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2007 County Data Book 2007 County Data Book A Project of Kentucky Youth Advocates and Urban Studies Institute, University of Louisville Kentucky KIDS COUNT is part of a nationwide initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation to build better futures for disadvantaged children. For more information on the KIDS COUNT initiative, visit the Annie E. Casey Foundation web site at www.aecf.org. 2007 County Data Book Funded by The Annie E. Casey Foundation The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Metro United Way PNC Bank United Way of Greater Cincinnati Copyright © 2007 Kentucky Youth Advocates. All rights reserved. Permission to duplicate is granted, provided the source is cited as: 2007 Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book, Kentucky Youth Advocates, Jeffersontown, KY. Content and research by Kentucky Youth Advocates. Data collection and processing by Michael Price, Thomas Sawyer, Martye Scobee, and Sweta Siripurapu of the Urban Studies Institute, University of Louisville. Kentucky Youth Advocates thanks the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Metro United Way, PNC Bank, and United Way of Greater Cincinnati for their support but acknowledges that the fi ndings and conclusions presented in this report are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily refl ect the opinions of these organizations. For additional copies, contact: Kentucky Youth Advocates 11001 Bluegrass Parkway, Suite 100, Jeffersontown, KY 40299 Telephone: (502) 895-8167 Fax: (502) 895-8226 Web site: http://www.kyyouth.org Acknowledgements The 2007 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Book Department for Public Health sharing their expert feedback on examining and is the 17th annual data book providing state and • Chronic Disease Prevention and talking about racial inequities. county-level data to measure and improve child Control Branch Staff Contributors: Terry Brooks, Jenessa Bryan, well-being. Many individuals and organizations • Kentucky Childhood Lead Poisoning Kimberly Deavers, Maggie Evans, Meredith Geers, devote signifi cant time and energy to the creation Prevention Program, Division of Adult Makeda Harris, Tracy Goff-Herman, Tara Grieshop- of this book and we greatly appreciate their and Child Health Goodwin, Lacey McNary, Joanna Young Marks, contributions. In particular, we would like to Zac Murphy, Patricia Tennen, and DeWayne • Nutrition Services Branch extend a special thanks to Michael Price, Thomas Westmoreland. David Green provided valuable Sawyer, Martye Scobee and Sweta Siripurapu • Vital Statistics Branch support on the education section as well. of the Urban Studies Institute at the University Kentucky Child Care Resource and Referral of Louisville for their dedicated work collecting Agencies KIDS COUNT Consortium and processing the data featured in this book. Kentucky Department of Education The KIDS COUNT Consortium is a unique Kentucky Youth Advocates is also grateful to Rob Division of Early Childhood Development collaboration among researchers and children’s Gorstein for his graphic design work and Tiffanie advocates who have signifi cant expertise in the Division of Nutrition and Health Services Lamont, who provided editorial services. aggregation and use of data to impact public The following KIDS COUNT data partners make Offi ce of Assessment and Accountability policy. Since 1991, the Consortium has produced the county-level data book possible, and Kentucky Offi ce of Teaching and Learning reports on children and families in Kentucky. Youth Advocates is particularly grateful for their Louisville Metro, Youth Detention Services The Consortium includes individuals from the support of the project: University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, University of Louisville Department of and Kentucky Youth Advocates. Administrative Offi ce of the Courts, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology Juvenile Services The members of the consortium are: In addition, we would like to thank the Education Professional Standards Board following individuals for their guidance on Terry Brooks, Ed.D., Executive Director, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Department indicator and data selection and analysis: Kentucky Youth Advocates of Juvenile Justice Kim Brooks Tandy, Executive Director, Ronald Crouch, Director, Kentucky State Data Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Children’s Law Center, Inc. Center, University of Louisville Services Charlotte Jones, Coordinator, Hardin County Lorraine Garkovich, Ph.D., Department of Department for Community Based Services Adolescent Services Community and Leadership Development, University of Kentucky • Division of Child Care Nancy Newberry, Retired, Kentucky Tara Grieshop-Goodwin, Deputy Director, • Division of Child Support Department of Education, Division of Early Childhood Development Kentucky Youth Advocates • Division of Family Support We would also like to express our gratitude to Gary Hansen, Ph.D., Department of Community • Division of Protection and Permanency Doretha Carter and Paula Dressel from the Annie and Leadership Development, University of Department for Medicaid Services E. Casey Foundation’s Race Matters initiative for Kentucky ii 2007 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Book | Acknowledgements Acknowledgements Joanna Young Marks, Policy Analyst, Kentucky Our New Hometown: Youth Advocates Photographic Michael Price, State Demographer, Urban Perspectives from Studies Institute, University of Louisville Louisville’s Immigrant Youth. The project Thomas Sawyer, Urban Studies Institute, engaging youth in University of Louisville Harlan, Kentucky, Martye Scobee, Urban Studies Institute, Appalachia As We See University of Louisville It: Photos from Harlan Julie Zimmerman, Ph.D., Department of Youth, was sponsored Community and Leadership Development, by Congregation Adath University of Kentucky Jeshurun with funding KYA Board provided by the Rabbi Youth participants from Iroquois High School and project leaders of Eyes on Simcha Kling Education Our New Hometown. Bill Stewart, President Fund. Special thanks Bob Butler to James R. Southard, Lois Dunner Beth Goldstein, JoAnn Borntrager, and the Lancaster Gordon students at Harlan Middle Sally Gorman School and Iroquois V. Faye Jones, M.D. High School for sharing Barbara Lasky their work from this project and allowing Beth Myers KYA to include it in Lynn Rippy, Immediate Past-President this book. This year’s Lori Wilson Kentucky student artists Youth participants in Appalachia As We See It from Harlan Middle School. Featured Artwork were: Maasy Ali, Duua Alkuzaei, Madison Ball, Quotes from Kentucky Families The photographs featured on the cover and Yarisleidy Betancourt, Ngoc Bui, Morgan Doss, section divider pages were taken by Kentucky Katlyn Estep, Merita Hamiti, Noel Hernandez, The quotes featured throughout this book youth involved in two photography projects. Zack Hollins, Nick Howard, Enisa Husicic, Hibba would not be possible without the many families These projects are part of ongoing KYA initiatives Abdul-Jabar, Taylor Lankford, Yiset Lazo, Emily who have participated in qualitative research with to engage youth voices in policy development and Nantz, Danay Quesada, Lindsey Richards, Alexis KYA. These families inform and inspire our work, advocacy work. Metro Louisville Government Roman, Yosmani Rivera, Kaitlyn Skidmore, and and we greatly appreciate the opportunity to hear sponsored the Louisville-based project, Eyes on Kenny Witt. about their experiences. Acknowledgements | 2007 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Book iii Using the 2007 County Data Book The Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data 0 If the indicator also provides rates for different Accessing County Profi les Book provides statistics for professionals, state time periods, see how your county has changed Readers may also access specifi c county profi les policymakers, and community members who over time, taking into account changes in the on KYA’s website, http://www.kyyouth.org. The work to improve the lives of children in Kentucky. population. county profi les provide a snapshot of the data The indicators selected for this book represent 0 For indicators without rates, you can estimate from all of the indicators for a single county. various measurements of children’s health, family the extent of participation in your county. For lives, economic well-being, education, and safety. example, for KCHIP participation, calculate Additional Web Resources The County Data Book presents a discussion the percent of all KCHIP participants who live The Annie E. Casey Foundation, which funds of each indicator, including defi nitions and data in your county. Compare that percent to the Kentucky KIDS COUNT, offers data on the KIDS sources, and the most current data for Kentucky percent of Kentucky children who live in your COUNT web page, http://www.kidscount.org. and all 120 counties. Where available, data county, as they will be similar if your county Three interactive online databases are available: are disaggregated by race to identify systemic follows the statewide trend. State-Level Data Online, Census Data Online, and inequities in policies and programs that have 0 CLIKS: Community-Level Information on Kids. created disparities among racial groups. Race is reported according to the categories Database users can generate a number of reports, The data included in this book were provided used by the source. including profi les, graphs, maps, and rankings. by or available from state and federal agencies. Important Data Reminders Standard mathematical formulas were used to 0 Data are based on different time intervals (i.e., convert
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