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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 2015 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook Rhode Island Foundation, United Way of Rhode Island, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts, Alliance for Early PARTNERS Success, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, DentaQuest The Rhode Island Foundation Foundation, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Delta Dental of Rhode Island, and Neil Steinberg, President & CEO Hasbro Children’s Fund. Jessica David, Vice President of Strategy & Community Investments Jennifer Pereira, Director of Grant Programs The annual Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook is one of fifty state-level projects designed to provide a detailed community-by- United Way of Rhode Island community picture of the condition of children. A national Data Anthony Maione, President & CEO Book with comparable data for the U.S. is produced annually by Adam Greenman, Executive Vice President, Director of Community Investment The Annie E. Casey Foundation. The Annie E. Casey Foundation Additional copies of the 2015 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook Patrick McCarthy, President & Chief Executive Officer are available for $20.00 per copy. Reduced rates are available for bulk Jann Jackson, Senior Associate, Policy Reform & Advocacy orders. To receive copies of the 2015 Factbook, please contact: Laura Speer, Associate Director, Policy, Research & Data Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Rhode Island KIDS COUNT One Union Station STAFF Providence, RI 02903 (401) 351-9400 Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Executive Director [email protected] Leanne Barrett, Senior Policy Analyst James Beasley, Policy Analyst Visit our website at www.rikidscount.org. Jill Beckwith, Deputy Director Dorene Bloomer, Finance Director Factbook design by Greenwood Associates. Jennifer Waring Capaldo, Program Assistant Illustrations by Gail Greenwood. Katherine Linwood Chu, Communications Coordinator W. Galarza, Executive Assistant/Office Manager Any portion of this report may be reproduced without prior Stephanie Geller, Policy Analyst permission, provided the source is cited as: John Neubauer, Policy Analyst Keller Anne Bumgardner, Intern, Brown University 2015 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook. (2015). Melitzi Torres, Intern, Brown University Providence, RI: Rhode Island KIDS COUNT. ©2015 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 Amy Goldberg, MD Kevin Gallagher Melba Depeña Victor F. Capellan Hasbro Children's Hospital Office of the Governor Michael Jolin Engagement Director Department of Human Services Mass Insight Education Reverend Matthew Kai Michael DiBiase Pastor Department of Administration Honorable Haiganush R. Bedrosian VICE CHAIRPERSON Westside Tabernacle Baptist Church Ronald Pagliarini Elizabeth Roberts Family Court William Hollinshead, MD Marisa Quinn John A. Y. Andrews Vice President, Public Affairs and University Executive Office of Health and Human Deborah A. Gist TREASURER Relations Services Kenneth Gu Raymond Celona, CPA Brown University Elliot Krieger Marcum LLP Maria Montanaro Department of Education Manuela Raposo Department of Behavioral Healthcare, S E C R E TA RY Executive Director Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals Thomas Mongeau Rhode Island Welcome Back Center Gina Tocco Linda Newton Rhode Island Department of Health Jamia MacDonald Department of Public Safety Partner David Allenson Newton & Newton Barbara Silvis Brian Renzi Scott Jensen FM Global (Retired) Department of Children, Youth and Families Department of Labor and Training Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD Peter Alviti Jr. Samara Viner-Brown Department of Transportation Department of Health Table of Contents OVERVIEW . 5 SAFETY Child Deaths . 90 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY Teen Deaths . 91 Child Population . 8-9 Youth Violence . 92-93 Children in Single-Parent Families . 10-11 Gun Violence . 94 Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren . 12-13 Homeless and Runaway Youth . 95 Mother’s Education Level . 14-15 Youth Referred to Family Court . 96-97 Racial and Ethnic Diversity . 16-17 Youth at the Training School . 98-101 Racial and Ethnic Disparities . 18-21 Children of Incarcerated Parents . 102-103 ECONOMIC WELL–BEING Children Witnessing Domestic Violence . 104-105 Median Family Income . 24-25 Child Abuse and Neglect . 106-109 Cost of Housing . 26-27 Children in Out-of-Home Placement . 110-111 Homeless Children . 28-29 Permanency for Children in DCYF Care . 112-113 Secure Parental Employment . 30-31 EDUCATION * Paid Family Leave . 32-33 Children Enrolled in Early Intervention . 116-117 Children Receiving Child Support . 34-35 Children Enrolled in Early Head Start . 118-119 Children in Poverty . 36-39 Licensed Capacity of Early Learning Programs . 120-121 Children in Families Receiving Cash Assistance . 40-43 Children Receiving Child Care Subsidies . 122-123 Children Receiving SNAP Benefits . 44-45 Early Learning Programs Participating in BrightStars . 124-125 Women and Children Participating in WIC . 46-47 Children Enrolled in Head Start . 126-127 Children Participating in School Breakfast . 48-49 Children Enrolled in State Pre-K . 128-129 HEALTH Children Receiving Preschool Special Education Services . 130-131 Children’s Health Insurance . 52-53 Public School Enrollment and Demographics . 132-133 Childhood Immunizations . 54-55 Children Enrolled in Full-Day Kindergarten . 134-135 Access to Dental Care . 56-57 Out-of-School Time . 136-137 Children’s Mental Health . 58-59 English Language Learners . 138-139 Children with Special Needs . 60-61 K-12 Students Receiving Special Education Services . 140-141 Infants Born at Highest Risk . 62-63 Student Mobility . 142-143 Evidence-Based Family Home Visiting . 64-65 Fourth-Grade Reading Skills . 144-145 Women with Delayed Prenatal Care . 66-67 Eighth-Grade Reading Skills . 146-147 Preterm Births . 68-69 Math Skills . 148-149 Low Birthweight Infants . 70-71 Schools Identified for Intervention . 150-151 Infant Mortality . 72-73 Chronic Early Absence . 152-153 Breastfeeding . 74-75 Chronic Absence, Middle School and High School . 154-155 Children with Lead Poisoning . 76-77 Suspensions . 156-157 Children with Asthma . 78-79 High School Graduation Rate . 158-159 Housing and Health . 80-81 College Preparation and Access . 160-161 Adolescent Obesity . 82-83 Teens Not in School and Not Working . 162-163 Births to Teens . 84-85 METHODOLOGY AND REFERENCES . 166-185 Alcohol, Drug, and Tobacco Use by Teens . 86-87 COMMITTEES . 186-187 * New Indicator ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . 188-191 2015 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook 3 Lemonade Stand by Myra Cohn Livingston Every summer under the shade Overview we fix up a stand to sell lemonade. A stack of cups, a pitcher of ice, a shirtboard sign to tell the price. A dime for the big, A nickel for small. The nickel cup’s short. The dime cup’s tall. Plenty of sugar to make it sweet, and sometimes cookies for us to eat. But when the sun moves into the shade it gets too hot to sell lemonade. Nobody stops so we put things away and drink what’s left and start to play. 4 2015 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook Overview The 2015 Rhode Island Kids Count By examining the best available data Factbook is the 21st annual profile of statewide and in Rhode Island’s 39 cities Family Economic Security the well-being of children in Rhode and towns, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Island. The annual Factbook is an provides an information base that can Children most at risk of not achieving their full potential are children in poverty. important tool for planning and action result in more effective policy and Rhode Island’s child poverty rate was 19.5% between 2009 and 2013, during which time by community leaders, policy makers, community action on behalf of there were 42,247 children living in families with incomes below the federal poverty advocates, and others working toward children. Tracking changes in selected threshold. Many families with incomes above the poverty level also have a difficult time changes that will improve the quality of indicators can help communities to set meeting the high costs of housing, utilities, food, child care, and health care. Access to life for all children. priorities, identify strategies to reverse affordable and high-quality.