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2008 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook 2008 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook Rhode Island KIDS COUNT is a children's policy organization that provides information on child well-being, stimulates dialogue on children's issues, and promotes accountability and action. Rhode Island KIDS COUNT appreciates the generous support of The Rhode Island Foundation, United Way of Rhode Island, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts, CVS Caremark Charity Classic, Hasbro Children's Fund, Jessie B. Cox 2008 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook Charitable Trust, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Pre-K Now, Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Neighborhood Health Plan of PARTNERS Rhode Island, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, The Rhode Island Foundation UnitedHealthcare, and Citizens Bank Foundation. George Graboys, Chairman and Acting President The annual Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook is one of fifty Carol Golden, Executive Vice President & Chief Philanthropy Officer state-level projects designed to provide a detailed community-by- community picture of the condition of children. A national United Way of Rhode Island Factbook with comparable data for the U.S. is produced annually Anthony Maione, President & CEO by The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Armeather Gibbs, Chief Operating Officer Kelly Wishart, Director, Solutions for Children, Youth and Families Impact Group Additional copies of the 2008 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook are available for $20.00 per copy. Reduced rates are available for bulk Rhode Island KIDS COUNT orders. To receive copies of the 2008 Factbook, please contact: Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Executive Director Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Catherine Boisvert Walsh, Deputy Director One Union Station Leidy Alves, Administrative Assistant Providence, RI 02903 Leanne Barrett, Policy Analyst Phone: 401-351-9400 Jill Beckwith, Policy Analyst Fax: 401-351-1758 Dorene Bloomer, Finance Director E-Mail: [email protected] Elaine Budish, Research Analyst Raymonde Charles, Communications Coordinator Visit our Web site at www.rikidscount.org. W. Galar za, Executive Assistant/Office Manager Kathleen Keenan, Policy Analyst Factbook design by Greenwood Associates. C. Alexandra Brassert, Intern, Brown University Illustrations by Chil Mott and Gail Greenwood. Danielle Kraus, Intern, Providence College A. Sophie Wagner, Intern, Salve Regina University Any portion of this report may be reproduced without prior permission, provided the source is cited as: 2008 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook. (2008). Providence, RI: Rhode Island KIDS COUNT. ©2008 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Rhode Island State Agency Directors and Board of Directors Data Liaisons to Rhode Island KIDS COUNT CHAIRPERSON Mercedes Bernal Brian Stern Thomas Mongeau William J. Allen Community Executive for Cancer Control Office of the Governor Elizabeth Gilheeney American Cancer Society Rhode Island Justice Commission Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy Adelita Orefice Brown University Gregory K. Fritz, MD Executive Office of Health and Human Peter McWalters Professor and Director, Services Kenneth G. Swanson VICE CHAIRPERSON Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Kenneth Gu Jerome Williams Rhode Island Hospital Department of Elementary and Secondary Thomas J. Izzo Department of Administration Education Pamela C. High, MD David R. Gifford, MD, MPH TREASURER Director, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Ellen Nelson William Hollinshead, MD Hasbro Children's/Rhode Island Hospital Department of Mental Health, Retardation Robert J. Civetti, CPA Samara Viner-Brown and Hospitals Principal Beverly E. Ledbetter, Esq. Department of Health Braver PC Vice President & General Counsel Sandra Powell Jeremiah S. Jeremiah, Jr. Brown University Department of Labor and Training SECRETARY Ron Pagliarini Lewis P. Lipsitt, Ph.D. Family Court Jack R. Warner Pauline Perkins-Moyé Professor Emeritus Board of Governors for Higher Education Gary Alexander Director Brown University Florence Gray Center Randy Rosati Newport Housing Authority Charles E. Maynard John A.Y. Andrews Department of Human Services Patricia A. Sullivan, Esq. Partner Patricia Martinez Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP Leon Saunders David Allenson Department of Children, Youth and Families Table of Contents OVERVIEW . 5 SAFETY Child Deaths . 82 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY Teen Deaths . 83 Child Population . 8-9 Gun Violence . 84-85 Children in Single Parent Families . 10-11 Homeless Children . 86 Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren . 12-13 Homeless Youth . 87 Infants Born at Highest Risk . 14-15 Juveniles Referred to Family Court . 88-89 Mother’s Education Level . 16-17 Juveniles at the Training School . 90-93 Racial and Ethnic Diversity . 18-19 Children of Incarcerated Parents . 94-95 Racial and Ethnic Disparities . 20-23 Children Witnessing Domestic Violence . 96-97 ECONOMIC WELL–BEING Child Abuse and Neglect . 98-101 Median Family Income . 26-27 Children in Out-of-Home Placement . 102-103 Cost of Rent . 28-29 Adoption and Permanency . 104-105 Secure Parental Employment . 30-31 EDUCATION Children Receiving Child Support . 32-33 Early Intervention . 108-109 Children in Poverty . 34-37 Early Head Start . 110-111 Children in the Family Independence Program . 38-41 Infant and Preschool Child Care . 112-113 Children Receiving Food Stamps . 42-43 Accredited Early Care and Education . 114-115 Children Participating in School Breakfast . 44-45 Children Enrolled in Head Start . 116-117 HEALTH Full-Day Kindergarten . 118-119 Children’s Health Insurance . 48-49 Children Receiving Child Care Subsidies . 120-121 Childhood Immunizations . 50-51 School-Age Child Care . 122-123 Access to Dental Care . 52-53 English Language Learners . 124-125 Children’s Mental Health . 54-55 Children Enrolled in Special Education . 126-127 Children with Special Needs . 56-57 Student Mobility . 128-129 Women and Children Participating in WIC . 58-59 Fourth-Grade Reading Skills . 130-131 Breastfeeding . 60-61 Eighth-Grade Reading Skills . 132-133 Women with Delayed Prenatal Care . 62-63 Math Skills . 134-135 Preterm Births . 64-65 High Performing Schools . 136-137 Low Birthweight Infants . 66-67 School Attendance . 138-139 Infant Mortality . 68-69 Suspensions . 140-141 Children with Lead Poisoning . 70-71 High School Graduation Rate . 142-143 Children with Asthma . 72-73 Teens Not in School and Not Working . 144-145 Childhood Obesity . 74-75 METHODOLOGY AND REFERENCES . 148-156 Births to Teens . 76-77 Alcohol, Drug, and Cigarette Use by Teens . 78-79 COMMITTEES . 157-159 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . 160-163 2008 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook 3 Tuning Up Overview by Felice Holman I’m at a concert And the tuba moans. The tuba moans And the bassoon groans. The bassoon groans And the violin sings. The violin sings And the cymbal rings. The cymbal rings And the trumpet toots. The trumpet toots And the flutist flutes. The flutist flutes And the drummer drums. The drummer drums And the cello hums…. Then ending all this dissonance The baton raps and starts to dance. 4 2008 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook Overview The 2008 Rhode Island Kids Count By examining the best available Factbook is the fourteenth annual profile data statewide and in Rhode Island’s Early Investments Count of the well-being of children in Rhode 39 cities and towns, Rhode Island Improving outcomes for children of all ages requires investments in young children and Island. The annual Factbook is an KIDS COUNT provides an their families. Yet, most resources are directed toward crisis intervention after children, important tool for planning and action information base that can result in youth, families and communities are already in trouble. Many of the difficult and costly by community leaders, policy makers, more effective policy and community problems faced by adolescents can be prevented by providing children with a better start advocates and others working toward action on behalf of children. Tracking in life. Access to health insurance, quality health care, home visiting for high risk changes that will improve the quality of changes in selected indicators can help families and high-quality child care, Head Start and pre-Kindergarten programs are life for all children. communities to set priorities, identify critical public policy investments that have proven impacts on the long-term educational The 2008 Rhode Island Kids Count strategies to reverse negative trends and achievement and healthy development of children and youth. Factbook provides a statistical portrait of monitor progress. the status of Rhode Island’s children. The 2008 Rhode Island Kids Count Information is presented for the state of Factbook examines sixty-two indicators Educational Attainment for All Children Rhode Island, each city and town and in five areas that affect the lives of an aggregate of the six cities in which children: Family and Community, Improving student achievement and high school graduation rates in Rhode Island will 15% or more of the children live in Economic Well-Being, Health, Safety require focused leadership to increase school readiness, to maintain high academic poverty. These six core cities are Central and Education. All areas of child standards across the curriculum at all grades, and to ensure that all children graduate Falls, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, well-being are interrelated and critical from high school with the skills they need to succeed in college and the workforce. West Warwick and Woonsocket. throughout a child’s development. Research shows that.
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