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August, 2003August, 2003

Statistical Fact

• Ten percent of all car thieves are left-handed ; All polar bears are left-handed ; If your car is stolen, there's a 10 percent chance it was stolen by a Polar bear

Survey data• Community Foundation Survey• Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)• Search Institute Student Survey

Community Foundation SurveySource: Hillsdale County Community

Foundation Youth Needs Assessment-2003

• The Hillsdale County Community Foundation Youth Needs Assessment compiled in the spring of 2003, had Hillsdale County teens ranking 23 “issues” on a scale from “serious” to “not a problem”.

• There were 735 students surveyed; 428 7th grade, 171 9th grade and 136 11th grade students.

• Overall 57% of students surveyed saw a serious/moderate problem in dealing with stress.

• 53% of students surveyed felt dealing with death of family or friend was a serious/moderate problem faced by teens.

Community Foundation Survey continued…

Source: HCCF 2003 Youth Needs Assessment

The following are the top 4 issues reported, by grade 7th 9th 11th

Stress Stress Drug use Death Death Peer Pressure Divorce Drug use Alcohol use Drug use Hygiene Stress

• Note the change between drug use and stress from 7th to 11th grade.

• Peer pressure in 11th grade was the only item with more than 40% of respondents rating it as a serious issue (51%)

Comparison of grade 11 students engaging in substance abuse risk

behaviors within the last 30 days, 1999-2001 YRBS

Source: Youth Risk Behavior Survey

53 5146 47

40 36

2628 28 27

24 24

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Alcohol Tobacco Marijuana

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Percentage of grade 11 studentsusing alcohol

Source: 1999-2001 YRBS

53 5146.2 47.1

34 31 32.1 30.7

18 1612.9

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Drank past 30 Days Rode with Drinker Drove after Drinking

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% of Grade 10 Hillsdale and grade 10 MI/US students who drank alcohol, last

30 daysSource: 2002 Hillsdale Search Institute Study &

2001YRBS

36

44.2 45.2

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HD Grade 10 MI Grade 10 US Grade 10

Percentage of grade 10 students using tobacco

Source: 2001YRBS & 2002 Search Institute Study- Hillsdale

24.3 23.9

2925.7

28.5

2217.7

19.4

16

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35

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Smoked Last 30 days Smoked Regularly Used Smokeless

MIUSHD

Arrests for narcotic law violations

adolescents (age 6-18) 2001Source: MSP Uniform Crime Report 2001

5

0 0

0

5

10

15

20

25

Marijuana Synthetics Amphetamines

2001

Additional Information: Selling tobacco to minors

• Prevention Partners is the designated Youth Tobacco Use representative (DYTUR) for our area.

• In 2002/3 and 2003/4 they will visit all 76 tobacco vendors to do checks for compliance with the Michigan Youth Tobacco Act.

• In addition to these visits, they will again conduct vendor education for compliance requirements.

Compliance check results – Tobacco sales to minorsHillsdale County 2002

Source: Mid-south Substance Abuse Commission

12

2

29

6

25

5

14

4

26

4

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

January February March April May

2002

CheckedSold to minor

Teen Pregnancy

Hillsdale County - Teen birthsSource: MDCH Vital Statistics

37

74

111

31

74

105

26

59

85

30

77

107

27

53

80

31

55

86

26

57

83

14

59

73

22

41

63

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Age 15-17Age 18-19Total Teen

Number of teen pregnancies *Hillsdale County

(*estimated – includes estimates for pregnancy ending in abortion)

Source: MDCH Vital Statistics

48

110

157

48

104

152

41

85

126

50

112

163

42

82

125

52

79

131

33

74

110

23

79

102

30

56

86

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Age 15-17Age 18-19Total Teen

Abortion rates – Hillsdale County vs. Michigan – 1994-2002

Source: Michigan Department of Community Health birth files

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16

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Abortions by age of mother – Hillsdale County 2002

Source: Michigan Department of Community Health birth files

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Perc

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< 20 20- 24 25- 29 30- 34 35- 39 40+

Hillsdale County abortions 2002 - 46

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Teen pregnancy rate per 1,000 Hillsdale County

Source: MDCH Vital Statistics

49

158

88 88

48

159

40

113

50

105

32

98

23

100

29

71

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Age 15-17Age 18-19

Additional Information:(Percentage of Parents Attending Parent

Teacher Conferences)• ISD/School age workgroup to lead data

collection efforts with local districts• HSN School Age Workgroup has a survey

that may capture this information.• There was some discussion about

capturing the number of expulsions from the schools as well as parent-teacher information.

Schools

Measures students' knowledge and achievement in five areas: math, reading, science, social studies, and writing. Michigan's MEAP tests are based on the Model Core Curriculum Outcomes and the Content Standards approved by the Michigan State Board of Education. Michigan's MEAP tests results are reported as performance against a standard. Performance is judged according to whether or not the student has met the achievement standard. The MEAP test is the only common measure given statewide to all students. It is important to keep in mind that a MEAP score is only one achievement measure at one point in time. MEAP results should be considered along with other achievement measures, and should be viewed in local context.

MEAP – A FOUR LETTER WORD?Michigan Educational Assessment Program

MEAP Results• Due to changes in the MEAP in the

past 5 years, trend data is merely impossible. The following data represents 2002 results for multiple grades. Additionally, only the 8 public school districts are shown, however they represent approximately 7,090 of the 7,400 school students in public schools in Hillsdale County. Private school data is not included.

4th Grade- Hillsdale County, 2002 Math/Reading MEAP scores- passing

% Source: Standard & Poor’s School Evaluation

Services

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5th Grade – Hillsdale County, 2002Science/Social Studies/ Writing MEAP

scores- passing % Source: Standard & Poor’s School Evaluation

Services

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80

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Science Soc. Stud Writing

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7th Grade –Hillsdale County, 2002Reading/Writing MEAP scores-

passing% Source: Standard & Poor’s School Evaluation

Services

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20

40

60

80

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Reading Writing

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8th Grade –Hillsdale County, 2002 Math/Science/Social Studies

MEAP scores- passing % Source: Standard & Poor’s School Evaluation

Services

0

20

40

60

80

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Math Science Soc. Stud

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11th Grade – Hillsdale County, 2002 Math/Reading/Science/Social

Studies/Writing MEAP scores- passing % Source: Standard & Poor’s School Evaluation

Services

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Math Reading Science Soc. Stud Writing

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Graduating class 2002 –Hillsdale County, 2002 Math/Reading/Science/Social

Studies/Writing MEAP scores- passing %Source: Standard & Poor’s School Evaluation

Services

01020304050607080

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Math Reading Science Soc. Stud Writing Overall

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Graduation Rates• The Michigan Department of

Education uses graduation rates to estimate the percentage of grade 9 students who complete and graduate from high school. This is computed by multiplying the 4 retention rates for grades 9-12. Retention rates are the district dropout rate subtracted from 100.

High School graduation rate Hillsdale County schools

Source: Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information

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100

1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02

County AverageMI rate

High school dropout rate Hillsdale County

Source: Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information

6.15.2 4 4.4

5.7

44.8

3.7 3.4 3.2

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4

6

8

10

12

14

1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02

County Ave.MI Rate

Special Education by diagnosis,1989 to 2002 – Hillsdale County

(This data includes ages 0 to 26)Source: Hillsdale County ISD

Category % Hillsdale 1989

% Hillsdale 2002

% MI 1989

% MI 2001

Mild cognitive 14.3 11.5 8.3 8.5 Moderate Cog. 3.3 2.0 3.7 2.5 Severe cog. 1.5 1.0 1.4 .7 Emotional 5.6 5.5 11.4 8.4 Autistic .9 2.6 .6 2.4 Learning/disabled 42 40 41 41 Hearing/impaired 1.6 1.0 1.7 1.4 Visually/impaired .5 .2 .5 .4 Physical/impaired 3.4 6.4 3.4 7.2 Multiply/impaired 1.3 2.3 1.7 1.7 Early child develop. delay

2.3 9.1 1.3 1.7

Speech/language impaired

23.4 18.4 25 24.1 3

Abuse and neglect

Hillsdale County FIA record of referrals studied and those substantiated, 1995-

2001, youth under 18

Source: FIA Annual Report (CPS)

572

10196

562

98 111

549

158

101

22

527

123122

21

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300

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700

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1998 1999 1999/2000 2000/01

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Studied

SubstantiatedReferred

Children removed

Hillsdale County FIA Foster Care, youth under 18,

1995-2002 quarterly averages, Source: FIA Web site

4842 45 43

59

17

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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002Calendar Year

Number of children 6-18 involved in people seeking

shelter for domestic violence - Hillsdale

• Prior to 2002 Domestic Harmony violence data was not broken out by age into 0 to 5 and 6 to 18 subgroups. 2002 data is further broken down by age.

Number of children ages 0 to 18 housed by Domestic Violence Shelter, 1996-2002 - Hillsdale

Source: Domestic Harmony

48 4855 55

64

89

53

36

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1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02

Children-allChildren 6-18Children 0-5

Number of resident nights provided for children ages 0 to 18 by

Domestic Violence Shelter, 1996-2002 - Hillsdale

Source: Domestic Harmony

1331

545

1059

762 711

1388

832

556

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400

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1600

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1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02

Children- allChildren 6-18Children 0-5

Additional Information: domestic violence victims

Source: Michigan State Police Crime data

According to the crime reports issued by the Michigan State Police there were:

• 292 victims of domestic violence in Hillsdale in 2001. This included 17 children ages 6-18– 240 victims in 1999 which included 32

children ages 9 to 19.

Juvenile Court(some basics)

• Step 1- Preliminary hearing – screen out cases not needing to go before Juvenile court judge (first time offenders, minor offenses). These minors are included in the number of juveniles under the jurisdiction of the court.

• Step 2 -Adjudication – case goes before judge. Status determined. Investigation activated to determine course of action.

• Step 3 - Disposition – Judge decides course of action (sentence) for juvenile offender/family.

Total minors under the court jurisdiction, 1998-2001Source: Hillsdale County Juvenile Court

438

140

367

201

580

232

747

190

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

1998 1999 2000 2001

DelinquencyChild Protection

Juvenile Court Disposition terms

• Delinquency – juvenile criminal activity, example: shoplifting, vandalism

• Status – criminal activity of minor due to their age (status). Examples include runaways, smoking, truancy, dropout.

• Neglect – often includes more than 1 child. Example: If a parent of 4 abuses 1 child, all 4 would come under court jurisdiction.

Juvenile Court petitions disposed, 1998-2002

Source: Hillsdale County Juvenile Court

290

74 55

310

53 72

356

8358

368

65

27

300

5821

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

DelinquencyStatusNeglect

Personal protection petitions filed, Juvenile Court, 1999 to

2002 (Due to reporting disparities, this represent

approximately ½ of all cases) Source: Hillsdale Co. Prosecuting Attorney

11

21

1311

0

5

10

15

20

25

Num

ber

1999 2000 2001 2002

Percentage of children in extracurricular activities

Source: Community Foundation Survey- 2000

Community Foundation Survey in the winter of 2000 asked 168 seventh graders and 129 eleventh grade students, “Are you active in extracurricular activities?” 67% of the 7th graders and 63% of the 11th graders said yes.

Hillsdale youth – 8th and 10th grade extra curricular activity

Source: Search Institute Study – March 2002

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Community Service

Economics – show me the money !!

Percentage of children receiving free or reduced lunches, Hillsdale ISD/Michigan percents

Source: Michigan Department of Education Web site

29 32 29 32 31 32 3031

3231

3532

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1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

School Year

ISD %MI %

Poverty Estimates for Hillsdale Children Age 5 to

17Source: 2000 U.S. Census

1990 1993 1995 1997

2000 2000 Michigan

Total Children 5-18

8685 9256 9276 9591 8947 1,887,554

Number in Poverty

1212 1666 1345 1573 857 250,271

Percentage in Poverty

14.0% 18.0% 14.5% 16.4% 9.6% 13.3%

2003 U.S. Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines

Source: U.S. Department of Human Services website

# in Family Unit Poverty Threshold

1 $8,9802 $12,120

3 $15,2604 $18,4005 $21,5406 $24,6807 $27,8208 $30,960

Poverty breakdown – Households with children under

18 years Hillsdale CountySource: U.S. Census 2000

441 197

4525

42376 202

716

0500

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Total Families Married Dad only Mom only

In PovertyNot in Poverty