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North CarolinaAction for Children North [email protected] | @lailaabell

Emerging Issues in Child Well-Being

Emerging Issues in Child Well-Being

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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

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APPLIED RESEARCH AND DATA

COMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA ADVOCACY

OUTREACH

CONVENING, ORGANIZING AND FACILITATING

PUBLIC EDUCATION

01 OURSTRATEGIES

TECHNOLOGY

Our Strategies

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datacenter.kidscount.org

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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

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The New Domains

EconomicWell-Being

Education Family andCommunity

Health

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National Trends In Child Well-Being

2012 DATA BOOK

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EconomicWell-BeingEducation

Family andCommunityHealth

National Trends

Improved Declined Mixed

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Child Poverty Rate

National Trends

Lack HealthInsurance

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Live inHigh-Poverty Areas

National Trends

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North Carolina Trends In Child

Well-Being

2012 DATA BOOK

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• 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

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EconomicWell-Being

EducationFamily andCommunityHealth

North Carolina Trends

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Improved Declined

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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

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Implications for State Policy Work

More children at risk• Declining state investments • Dampening future prosperity

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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?