2010 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, 2010 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts, Hasbro Children’s Fund, CVS Caremark, David and Lucile Packard PARTNERS Foundation, Nellie Mae Education Foundation, The Pew Charitable The Rhode Island Foundation Trusts, Birth to Five Policy Alliance, Voices for America’s Children, America’s Promise Alliance, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Neil Steinberg, President & CEO Island, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, UnitedHealthcare, Carol Golden, Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer Citizens Bank Foundation, and Amica Companies Foundation. Owen Heleen, Vice President for Grant Programs Anna Cano-Morales, Associate Vice President for Grant Programs The annual Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook is one of fifty United Way of Rhode Island state-level projects designed to provide a detailed community-by- community picture of the condition of children. A national Anthony Maione, President & CEO Factbook with comparable data for the U.S. is produced annually Armeather Gibbs, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer by The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Allan Stein, Executive Vice President, Director, Community Investment and Public Policy Additional copies of the 2010 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook Rhode Island KIDS COUNT are available for $20.00 per copy. Reduced rates are available for bulk Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Executive Director orders. 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Katie Glover, Intern, Brown University permission, provided the source is cited as: Emma Reidy, Intern, Brandeis University Kyla Wilkes, Intern, Brown University 2010 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook. (2010). Providence, RI: Rhode Island KIDS COUNT. ©2010 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 Victor Capellan Andrew Hodgkin Thomas Mongeau William J. Allen Chief Academic Officer, Office of the Governor Elizabeth Gilheeney Assistant Superintendent of Rhode Island Justice Commission Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy Gary Alexander Curriculum and Instruction, Brown University Executive Office of Health and Human Deborah A. Gist Fall River Public Schools Services Kenneth Gu VICE CHAIRPERSON June N. Gibbs Elliot Krieger Rosemary Booth Gallogly Department of Elementary and Secondary Patricia A. Sullivan, Esq. Pamela C. High, MD Department of Administration Education Partner Director, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics David R. Gifford, MD, MPH Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP Hasbro Children's/Rhode Island Hospital Craig Stenning Samara Viner-Brown Department of Mental Health, Retardation William Hollinshead, MD Department of Health TREASURER and Hospitals Beverly E. Ledbetter, Esq. Jeremiah S. Jeremiah, Jr. Robert J. Civetti, CPA Sandra Powell Vice President & General Counsel Ron Pagliarini Principal Department of Labor and Training Braver PC Brown University Family Court Ray DiPasquale Charles E. Maynard Gary Alexander Board of Governors for Higher Education SECRETARY Randy Rosati Maxine Richman John A.Y. Andrews Mercedes Bernal Jewish Federation of Rhode Island Department of Human Services Patricia Martinez Leon Saunders David Allenson Department of Children, Youth and Families Table of Contents OVERVIEW . 5 SAFETY Child Deaths . 86 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY Teen Deaths . 87 Child Population . 8-9 * Youth Violence . 88-89 Children in Single Parent Families . 10-11 * Disconnected Youth . 90 Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren . 12-13 Homeless and Runaway Youth . 91 Infants Born at Highest Risk . 14-15 Juveniles Referred to Family Court . 92-93 Mother’s Education Level . 16-17 Juveniles at the Training School . 94-97 Racial and Ethnic Diversity . 18-19 Children of Incarcerated Parents . 98-99 Racial and Ethnic Disparities . 20-23 Children Witnessing Domestic Violence . 100-101 ECONOMIC WELL–BEING Child Abuse and Neglect . 102-105 Median Family Income . 26-27 Children in Out-of-Home Placement . 106-107 Cost of Housing . 28-29 Permanency for Children in DCYF Care . 108-109 Homeless Children . 30-31 EDUCATION Secure Parental Employment . 32-33 * Public School Enrollment and Demographics . 112-113 Children Receiving Child Support . 34-35 Children Enrolled in Early Intervention . 114-115 Children in Poverty . 36-39 Children Enrolled in Early Head Start . 116-117 Children in Families Receiving Cash Assistance . 40-43 Infant and Preschool Child Care . 118-119 Children Receiving SNAP Benefits . 44-45 Quality Early Care and Education . 120-121 Women and Children Participating in WIC . 46-47 Children Enrolled in Head Start . 122-123 Children Participating in School Breakfast . 48-49 Full-Day Kindergarten . 124-125 HEALTH Children Receiving Child Care Subsidies . 126-127 Children’s Health Insurance . 52-53 School-Age Child Care . 128-129 Childhood Immunizations . 54-55 English Language Learners . 130-131 Access to Dental Care . 56-57 Children Enrolled in Special Education . 132-133 Children’s Mental Health . 58-59 Student Mobility . 134-135 Children with Special Needs . 60-61 Fourth-Grade Reading Skills . 136-137 Breastfeeding . 62-63 Eighth-Grade Reading Skills . 138-139 Women with Delayed Prenatal Care . 64-65 Math Skills . 140-141 Preterm Births . 66-67 Schools Making Insufficient Progress . 142-143 Low Birthweight Infants . 68-69 * Chronic Early Absence . 144-145 Infant Mortality . 70-71 School Attendance . 146-147 Children with Lead Poisoning . 72-73 Suspensions . 148-149 Children with Asthma . 74-75 High School Graduation Rate . 150-151 Housing and Health . 76-77 * College Preparation and Access . 152-153 Childhood Obesity . 78-79 Teens Not in School and Not Working . 154-155 Births to Teens . 80-81 METHODOLOGY AND REFERENCES . 158-172 Alcohol, Drug, and Cigarette Use by Teens . 82-83 COMMITTEES . 173-175 * New Indicator ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . 176-179 2010 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook 3 Overview From: I’ll Be You and You Be Me by Ruth Krauss Harper I love the sun I love a house I love a river and a hill where I watch and a song I heard and a dream I made 4 2010 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook Overview The 2010 Rhode Island Kids Count By examining the best available Factbook is the sixteenth 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 2010 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 2010 Rhode Island Kids Count Information is presented for the state of Factbook examines sixty-seven indicators Educational Attainment.