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North CarolinaAction for Children North [email protected] | @lailaabell
Emerging Issues in Child Well-Being
Emerging Issues in Child Well-Being
Agenda
01 About Action for Children
02 The KIDS COUNT Data Book
03 National Trends in the Data Book
04 North Carolina Trends in the Data Book
05 Questions
APPLIED RESEARCH AND DATA
COMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA ADVOCACY
OUTREACH
CONVENING, ORGANIZING AND FACILITATING
PUBLIC EDUCATION
01 OURSTRATEGIES
TECHNOLOGY
Our Strategies
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Annie E. Casey Foundation Presenters2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book
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Why a new index?
OLD
• Ranked states on 10 indicators of child well-being
• Dominated by health indicators
• Minimized education and family and community influences
NEW
• Ranks states on 4 domains with 16 indicators of child well-being
• Leverages new data availability
• Allows for more comprehensive and nuanced views of child well-being
The New Domains
EconomicWell-Being
Education Family andCommunity
Health
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National Trends In Child Well-Being
2012 DATA BOOK
EconomicWell-BeingEducation
Family andCommunityHealth
National Trends
Improved Declined Mixed
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Child Poverty Rate
National Trends
Lack HealthInsurance
13
Live inHigh-Poverty Areas
National Trends
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North Carolina Trends In Child
Well-Being
2012 DATA BOOK
• North Carolina Ranks 34th in the nation in overall child well-being
• North Carolina improved in 10 indicators, and declined in 6 indicators
North Carolina Trends
EconomicWell-Being
EducationFamily andCommunityHealth
North Carolina Trends
25 26 35 36
Improved Declined
North Carolina Trends
• North Carolina Ranks 34th in the nation in overall child well-being
• North Carolina improved in 10 indicators and declined in 6 indicators
Implications for State Policy Work
More children at risk• Declining state investments • Dampening future prosperity
View the 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book online at:datacenter.kidscount.org
For questions about North Carolina’s rank in the 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book contact Laila A Bell, Director of Research and Data at Action for
Children North Carolina at: [email protected]
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Questions?