Richmond Department of Children and Youth 2020 Community Needs Assessment Report Table of Contents BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 ABOUT MEASURE E AND MEASURE K ........................................................................................................................... 1 GOALS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE RICHMOND FUND FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH .................................. 2 OUTCOME AREAS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING .............................................................................................................................................. 3 WHO IS THE FUND DESIGNED TO SUPPORT? ................................................................................................................ 4 LEARNING QUESTIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................... 5 COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT: ENGAGEMENT IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC RESPONSE ............................. 5 WORKING WITH COMMUNITY TO INCLUDE MULTIPLE VOICES .................................................................................................. 5 CO-DESIGN AND BUILDING ON EXISTING WORK ............................................................................................................................... 5 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, DATA COLLECTION, AND ANALYSIS ........................................................................................... 6 SECONDARY QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................................................ 6 KEY STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS .................................................................................................................................................................... 6 COMMUNITY FOCUS GROUPS AND COMMUNITY LISTENING ........................................................................................................ 6 COMMUNITY SURVEYS ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 COMMUNITY FORUMS: REFINING ASSETS AND GAPS ANALYSIS AND MAKING MEANING ........................................ 6 QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS........................................................................................................................................ 7 WHAT WE FOUND: DEMOGRAPHICS ........................................................................................... 8 ABOUT RICHMOND: OUR ASSETS AND DEMOGRAPHICS .................................................................................................................. 8 DEMOGRAPHICS .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 RACE AND ETHNICITY ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 AGE .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11 WHAT WE FOUND: PRIORITY POPULATIONS ........................................................................... 12 PRIORITY POPULATIONS OF FOCUS ............................................................................................................................................................. 12 YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVING UNDER THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL ................................ 12 EMPLOYMENT ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR ADULTS ............................................................................................................................................ 14 YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS – BASIC NEEDS ......................................................................................... 16 HOUSING....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS .................................................................................................................................... 17 IMMIGRANT AND UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES .......................................................................... 20 LGBTQ+ CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ...................................................................................................................................... 22 TEEN PARENTS AND FAMILIES, INCLUDING SINGLE MOTHERS ............................................................................................... 24 YOUNG PEOPLE WITH POOR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OUTCOMES AND DISABILITIES ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 YOUNG PEOPLE NOT IN SCHOOL ................................................................................................................................................................. 27 DISCONNECTED YOUTH ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 SYSTEM-INVOLVED YOUNG PEOPLE (FOSTER YOUTH AND TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH, JUSTICE- INVOLVED YOUTH) ......................................................................................................................................................... 28 JUSTICE-INVOLVED YOUTH .............................................................................................................................................................................. 28 YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE .................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 WHAT WE FOUND: PRIORITY AREAS THAT CROSS MULTIPLE POPULATIONS .............. 30 EDUCATION AND LEARNING: EARLY CHILDHOOD, K-12, COLLEGE AND CAREER (WITH COVID-19 REFLECTIONS) ..................................................................................................................................... 30 EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION ....................................................................................................................................... 30 EDUCATION AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS .................................................................................................................. 32 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE ............................................................................................................................................................ 34 CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS................................................................................................................................................................... 35 OUT OF SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PARTICIPATION AND BARRIERS ............................................................................................. 36 NEEDS DURING COVID-19 SHELTER-IN-PLACE ............................................................................................................................... 39 COLLEGE ACCESS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 STUDENT AID FOR COLLEGE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 40 COLLEGE GOING RATES 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