2010 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook

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Children Enrolled in Head Start Table 36. Children Enrolled in Head Start, Rhode Island, 2009 # OF ESTIMATED ESTIMATED # OF CHILDREN ESTIMATED % OF ELIGIBLE CHILDREN ELIGIBLE CHILDREN ELIGIBLE CHILDREN ENROLLED IN CHILDREN ENROLLED CITY/TOWN AGES 3 & 4 < 100% OF FPL * 100-129% OF FPL * HEAD START IN HEAD START Barrington 416 10 0 2 21% Bristol 547 54 9 35 56% Burrillville 370 35 14 21 43% Central Falls 607 260 82 98 29% Charlestown 184 7 17 8 32% Coventry 789 45 25 39 56% Cranston 1,689 143 43 206 100% Cumberland 776 32 32 3 5% East Greenwich 381 29 5 1 3% East Providence 1,030 134 46 107 59% Exeter 220 35 25 5 8% Foster 76 0 0 0 NA Glocester 313 18 2 2 10% Hopkinton 263 19 31 10 20% Jamestown 71 0 0 0 NA Johnston 638 55 20 57 76% Lincoln 483 24 7 8 25% Little Compton 66 3 0 4 100% Middletown 508 30 32 45 73% Narragansett 290 18 4 7 31% New Shoreham 27 1 0 2 100% Newport 599 223 41 118 45% North Kingstown 750 85 15 37 37% North Providence 540 60 35 51 54% North Smithfield 180 13 1 0 0% Pawtucket 2,112 643 136 184 24% Portsmouth 443 24 0 9 38% Providence 4,590 1,919 451 797 34% Richmond 226 7 4 5 48% Scituate 164 6 0 3 49% Smithfield 365 5 3 5 66% South Kingstown 660 33 0 23 69% Tiverton 261 12 2 15 100% Warren 243 17 15 25 79% Warwick 1,989 137 52 144 76% West Greenwich 241 11 5 3 19% West Warwick 791 207 59 113 42% Westerly 538 51 45 57 60% Woonsocket 1,233 443 94 206 38% Core Cities 9,932 3,695 863 1,516 33% Remainder of State 15,737 1,153 489 939 57% Rhode Island 25,669 4,848 1,352 2,455 40% Source of Data for Table/Methodology Rhode Island Head Start Programs, all children enrolled (ages three to five) as of October 2009. Children enrolled are listed by residence of child, not location of the Head Start program. The estimated number of children eligible for Head Start is divided into two categories (below 100% of the Federal Poverty Line and between 100 and 129% of the Federal Poverty Line) as described in the income eligibility guidelines passed as part of the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007. The estimated number of Head Start eligible children is calculated by multiplying the number of three- and four-year-old children in each community from Census 2000, Summary File 3 by the percentage of children under age five living in families with incomes below 100% of the poverty level and between 100 and 129% of the poverty level in that community, according to Census 2000, Summary File 3. *This is an estimate of the income-eligible population and does not take into account other children who are eligible for Head Start services (e.g., children in homeless families) or changes in child population and poverty rates since 2000. Also, federal Head Start regulations allow 10% of enrolled children to be over the income threshold. Core cities are Central Falls, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, West Warwick and Woonsocket. References 1,4 Currie, J. & Neidell, M. (2003). Getting inside the “black box” of Head Start quality: What matters and what doesn’t? (Working paper 10091). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. 2 Head Start participants, programs, families, and staff in 2006. (2008). Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. 3 Klein, L. & Knitzer, J. (2007). Promoting effective early learning: What every policymaker and educator should know. New York: National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University. 5 Head Start impact study: First year findings (Executive Summary). (2005). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (continued on page 170) 2010 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook 123
Full-Day Kindergarten 100 80 DEFINITION Full-day kindergarten is the percentage of public school children enrolled in full-day kindergarten programs on October 1. Full-day kindergarten is defined as kindergarten programs that operate for at least six hours per day. Children enrolled in private kindergarten programs or in half-day kindergarten programs that offer after-school child care are not included. SIGNIFICANCE Children benefit academically from participating in full-day kindergarten. Those in full-day kindergarten are more likely to be ready for first grade than children in half-day kindergarten programs, regardless of family income, parental education and school characteristics. On average, the learning gains that students make in full-day kindergarten programs translate to a month of additional schooling over the course of a school year. Full-day kindergarten programs can be especially beneficial to poor and minority children and can contribute significantly to closing academic achievement gaps. 1,2,3 With an estimated 80% of 4-yearolds in the U.S. enrolled in some type of preschool program, kindergarten no 60 Source: of and Secondary Education, October 1, 1, 2009. longer serves as the entry-point to 40 formal, full-day school for most young 20 Children in Full-Day Public Kindergarten Programs, children. 4 Many parents favor full-day Core 0 Cities and Rhode Island, 1999-2000 and 2009-2010 School Years kindergarten as it provides continuity 1999-2000 2009-2010 for children who are already 100% 100% 99% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% accustomed to full-day preschool 92% 80% experiences and it reduces the number 60% 68% of transitions and disruptions their 60% 40% child must make each day. 5 40% Also, 20% teachers in full-day kindergarten 18% 18% 0% 0% 0% 0% programs have more time to provide Rhode Core Central Newport Pawtucket Providence West meaningful learning opportunities that Island Cities Falls Warwick encourage cognitive, physical and Rhode Island Department Elementary 1999 and October before entering first grade. 10 social-emotional development. 6,7 ◆ In Rhode Island in the 2009-2010 school year, 60% of the children who attended Nationally, enrollment in full-day public kindergarten were in a full-day program. 11 kindergarten has been increasing steadily over the past 25 years. In 1979, ◆ During the 2009-2010 school year, 16 school districts offered universal access to fullday kindergarten programs and another eight school districts operated at least one full- 25% of kindergartners were in full-day programs. 8 In 2008, 72% of the day kindergarten classroom. All of the independent charter schools in Rhode Island that nation’s public school kindergarteners offer kindergarten run full-day programs. 12 and 72% of private school kindergarteners were enrolled in fullday programs. 9 Across the U.S., nine states require Academic Progress in Full-Day Kindergarten all school districts to offer full-day ◆ According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 68% of full-day kindergarten kindergarten and two states require classes spend more than one hour per day on reading instruction compared to 37% of children to attend full-day kindergarten half-day classes. 13 ◆ Full-day kindergarten classes are more likely than half-day classes to spend time every day on math (90% and 73%, respectively), social studies (30% and 18%, respectively), and science (24% and 10%, respectively). 14 ◆ Nationally, children in full-day kindergarten classes make greater academic gains in both reading and mathematics compared to those in half-day classes, even after adjusting for differences associated with race/ethnicity, poverty status, achievement level at kindergarten entry, gender and class size. 15 124 2010 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook / Education
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Overview From: I’ll Be You and Yo
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Family and Community From: On Freed
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Table 1. Child Population, Rhode Is
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Children in Single-Parent Families
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Table 3. Grandparents Caring for Gr
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Infants Born at Highest Risk Table
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Table 5. Births by Education Level
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Racial and Ethnic Diversity Table 6
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities Econo
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities Rhode
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600 Median Family Income DEFINITION
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Cost of Housing 1300 1200 1100 DEFI
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Homeless Children DEFINITION Homele
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Secure Parental Employment DEFINITI
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Children Receiving Child Support DE
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Children in Poverty Financial Asset
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2000 Children in Families Receiving
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Children in Families Receiving Cash
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Children Receiving SNAP Benefits 75
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Women and Children Participating in
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50 Children Participating in School
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Health Make Music with Your Life by
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Children’s Health Insurance Table
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010 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 Vaccina
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Children’s Mental Health Referenc
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Table 17. Breastfeeding Rates, Rhod
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Women with Delayed Prenatal Care Ta
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Preterm Births Table 19. Preterm Bi
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Table 20. Low Birthweight Infants,
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Infant Mortality Table 21. Infant M
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Page 80 and 81: 20 15 Childhood Obesity 10 20% 15%
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Page 84 and 85: Alcohol, Drug and Cigarette Use by
Page 87 and 88: 30 Child Deaths DEFINITION Child de
Page 89 and 90: Youth Violence DEFINITION Youth vio
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Page 103 and 104: Child Abuse and Neglect DEFINITION
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Page 134 and 135: Table 41. Kindergarten Through 12th
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Acknowledgements The 2010 Rhode Isl
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