Revised 6/21/13 Table of Contents Table of Figures ..........................................................................................................................................................5 Table of Tables ............................................................................................................................................................6 Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................................7 Commissioners .......................................................................................................................................................7 Community Volunteers and Collaborating Agencies ..............................................................................................8 The Oasis Center for Women and Girls Staff and Interns ......................................................................................8 About the Leon County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls and this Report......................................9 Limitations .............................................................................................................................................................. 12 Leon County: A Demographic Snapshot ................................................................................................................. 13 Crime and Justice .................................................................................................................................................... 18 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Key Findings ......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Limitations ........................................................................................................................................................... 19 Crimes Against Women and Girls ........................................................................................................................ 19 Domestic Violence ........................................................................................................................................... 19 Sexual Violence ................................................................................................................................................ 26 Human Trafficking ........................................................................................................................................... 28 Prostitution ...................................................................................................................................................... 29 Female Offenders ................................................................................................................................................ 30 Women: Arrests and Offenses ........................................................................................................................ 30 Girls: Arrests and Offenses .............................................................................................................................. 32 Incarcerated Women and Girls........................................................................................................................ 34 Child Maltreatment ............................................................................................................................................. 35 Child Abuse and Neglect in Leon County ......................................................................................................... 35 “Failure to protect” and “Family violence threatens child” ............................................................................ 36 Child Removals ................................................................................................................................................ 38 System Response and Services ........................................................................................................................ 41 Civil Legal Assistance ........................................................................................................................................... 42 Legal Services of North Florida ........................................................................................................................ 42 Economic Security ................................................................................................................................................... 44 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 45 Key Findings ......................................................................................................................................................... 45 Methodology ....................................................................................................................................................... 46 Defining Economic Security ................................................................................................................................. 46 Key Indicators of Economic Security in Leon County: The Cost of Living and Making Ends Meet ...................... 46 Housing and Other Economic Needs ............................................................................................................... 50 LeonCosts and Access County to Child and AdultCommission Care ................................................................ on ....................................... 52 Homelessness Among Women and Girls in Leon County ................................................................................... 53 Womenthe and Status Income in Leon of County Women ................................ &................................ Girls ................................................... 55 Women and Poverty in Leon County................................................................................................................... 58 Employment: Highlights of Women’s Employment Status and Earnings in Leon County .................................. 59 Economic Development ...................................................................................................................................... 66 Leon County Commission on the Status of Women & Girls 2 Workplace Fairness to Women: Rights, Benefits and the Effects of Violence in the Workplace ....................... 66 Methodology for Reviewing Local Workplace Policies.................................................................................... 67 Leave from Work ............................................................................................................................................. 67 Health Care ...................................................................................................................................................... 68 Ability to Advocate for Better Working Conditions ......................................................................................... 68 Effect of violence against women in the workplace ........................................................................................ 69 Other Policies to Help Women Workers ......................................................................................................... 69 Appendix – Economic Security ............................................................................................................................ 72 Census Definitions involving households and family ...................................................................................... 72 Education ................................................................................................................................................................ 73 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 74 Key Findings ......................................................................................................................................................... 74 Methodology ....................................................................................................................................................... 74 Limitations ........................................................................................................................................................... 75 Educational Demographics and Statistics for Leon County, Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade .................... 75 Student and School Characteristics ................................................................................................................. 75 Graduation and Dropout Rates ........................................................................................................................... 76 Graduation rates .............................................................................................................................................. 76 Dropout Rates .................................................................................................................................................