2010 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook

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Children Receiving Child Care Subsidies Table 38. Child Care Subsidies, Rhode Island, December 2009 SUBSIDY USE BY CHILD RESIDENCE SUBSIDY USE BY PROGRAM LOCATION ENROLLED NOT ENROLLED TOTAL CHILD UNDER TOTAL CHILD CITY/TOWN IN RI WORKS IN RI WORKS CARE SUBSIDIES AGE 3 AGES 3-5 AGES 6-12 CARE SUBSIDIES Barrington 0 14 14 8 7 10 25 Bristol 11 26 37 5 16 5 26 Burrillville 4 40 44 14 30 27 71 Central Falls 45 249 294 78 90 126 294 Charlestown 0 15 15 1 5 1 7 Coventry 7 112 119 19 44 42 105 Cranston 40 424 464 154 193 229 576 Cumberland 7 92 99 24 23 37 84 East Greenwich 2 25 27 30 24 21 75 East Providence 28 198 226 46 103 89 238 Exeter 2 9 11 6 9 5 20 Foster 0 6 6 2 1 1 4 Glocester 0 9 9 5 13 3 21 Hopkinton 0 10 10 2 2 4 8 Jamestown 0 4 4 4 4 0 8 Johnston 7 91 98 55 63 51 169 Lincoln 7 61 68 29 34 60 123 Little Compton 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 Middletown 12 53 65 65 57 22 144 Narragansett 4 26 30 0 2 10 12 New Shoreham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Newport 43 173 216 42 73 68 183 North Kingstown 16 85 101 42 63 33 138 North Providence 13 96 109 28 32 32 92 North Smithfield 5 7 12 19 11 5 35 Pawtucket 77 629 706 175 259 253 687 Portsmouth 6 26 32 5 11 7 23 Providence 363 2,501 2,864 730 987 1,256 2,973 Richmond 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 Scituate 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 Smithfield 2 26 28 18 31 10 59 South Kingstown 4 54 58 23 37 18 78 Tiverton 2 19 21 3 8 7 18 Warren 3 29 32 3 3 5 11 Warwick 16 229 245 101 159 139 399 West Greenwich 0 9 9 6 11 1 18 West Warwick 17 180 197 54 63 80 197 Westerly 6 48 54 28 22 12 62 Woonsocket 98 396 494 111 161 195 467 DCYF NA NA 623 NA NA NA NA Out-of-State* NA NA NA 7 10 4 21 Core Cities 643 4,128 4,771 1,190 1,633 1,978 4,801 Remainder of State 205 1,858 2,063 745 1,018 886 2,649 Rhode Island 848 5,986 7,457 1,942 2,661 2,868 7,471 Source of Data for Table/Methodology The Rhode Island Department of Human Services, InRhodes Database, December 2009. Subsidy data by age of child are reported by the location of the program. Total subsidy use numbers by child residence and total subsidy use numbers by program location do not match because children may be enrolled in more than one program and the InRhodes database is a live system and reports run on different days can have slight variation. *Out-of-State is Rhode Island resident children who attend child care located outside of Rhode Island. RI Works is Rhode Island’s cash-assistance program (formerly known as the Family Independence Program). DCYF is the number of children in the care of the Department of Children, Youth and Families who are receiving child care subsidies. Parents who are working and are enrolled in RI Works can claim a "child care disregard." When cash benefits levels are calculated based on monthly income, the child care disregard allows families to not count or "disregard" and designate for child care expenses up to $200 of their monthly income for children under two years of age and up to $175 for children two years and older. The child care disregard is a form of subsidy not included in this table. In December 2009, 19 families used child care disregards. The average annual cost for full-time child care was determined by multiplying the average weekly tuition rate by 52 weeks (for infants and preschoolers). For school-age children, the annual cost was determined by multiplying the average weekly tuition for before and after school care by 39 weeks and adding three weeks of average school vacation tuition and 10 weeks of average summer vacation tuition. References 1 Schulman, K. & Blank, H. (2009). State child care assistance policies 2009: Most states hold the line, but some lose ground in hard times. Washington, DC: National Women’s Law Center. 2 Parents and the high price of child care: 2009 update. (2009). Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. (continued on page 170) 2010 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook 127
School-Age Child Care DEFINITION School-age child care is the number of licensed after-school child care programs and slots for children ages six and older. These numbers do not include certified family child care home slots, informal child care arrangements, summer day camps, or community programs that do not require licensing by the state. SIGNIFICANCE Between 2006 and 2008, an estimated 74% of Rhode Island children ages six to 17 had all resident parents in the workforce, higher than the U.S. average of 71%. 1 Children are typically in school for only about 64% of the time that full-time employed parents are at work. The gap between parents’ work schedules and students’ school schedules amounts to 15-25 hours per week during the school year. 2 Families often patch together different care arrangements to cover the hours before and after school and the days during school vacations and summer break. 3 Concerns about their children’s safety and the reliability of care arrangements is a significant source of stress for working parents of school-age children. 4 When school is out and parents are at work, children and young adolescents need safe, structured programs with adequate adult supervision. Effective after-school programs also engage 00 160 00 140 00 120 100 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 8000 6000 4000 6,692 4,246 2,446 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 children in new experiences, give them a 2000 chance to build skills and increase their sense of competency, and offer children opportunities to develop meaningful relationships with both adults and peers. 5 In Rhode Island, 21% of elementary school students and 37% of middle school students reported that they are unsupervised after school on three or more days a week. 6 Children and youth who are regularly left alone without adult supervision when school is out are more likely to become involved with gangs, engage in criminal behavior, and use illegal substances. 7 Many school-age child care programs provide enrichment activities, homework help, and opportunities for children to develop positive relationships with peers. Research shows that children who participate in highquality, well-designed after-school programs and extracurricular activities benefit socially, emotionally, and academically. They attend school more regularly, behave better in school, perform better academically, and have higher graduation rates. 8 Students who are low-income, have poor school attendance, limited English proficiency or low test scores gain the most from participating in high-quality after-school programs. 9 0 Licensed School-Age Child Care Center Slots, Rhode Island, 1998-2009 16,000 14,000 12,000 14,236 10,000 10,821 8,000 8,652 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Source: Options for Working Parents, 1998-2006. Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families, 2007- 2009. Data do not include slots in family child care settings. ◆ In 2009 in Rhode Island, there were 10,821 licensed school-age child care slots in 204 center-based programs in Rhode Island. 10 Five of these programs were accredited by the National AfterSchool Association. 11 ◆ After reaching a peak of 14,236 in 2003, the number of licensed center-based slots for school-age children has been steadily decreasing. Licensed school-age child care capacity is now 24% below the high point. 12 School-Age Children Receiving Child Care Subsidies ◆ In December 2009, 2,868 Rhode Island children ages six to 12 received a child care subsidy for before and/or after-school care. Of these children, 1,918 (67%) were enrolled in a licensed center-based program, 918 (32%) were enrolled in licensed family child care, and 32 (1%) were in the care of a license-exempt family, friend or neighbor. 13 ◆ Between 2006 and 2009, the number of child care subsidies for school-age children has dropped 45% from 5,218 to 2,868. 14 In 2007, family income eligibility for a child care subsidy was reduced from 225% to 180% of the federal poverty level ($32,958 for a family of three in 2009), eligibility for children over age 12 was eliminated, and family co-payments increased. In addition, the subsidy rates paid to before and after-school providers decreased. 15 5,989 5,340 128 2010 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook / Education
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Overview From: I’ll Be You and Yo
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Table 1. Child Population, Rhode Is
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Racial and Ethnic Diversity Table 6
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities Rhode
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Children Receiving SNAP Benefits 75
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Table 17. Breastfeeding Rates, Rhod
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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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Table 22. Lead Poisoning in Childre
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Table 23. Asthma Hospitalizations f
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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 109 and 110: Permanency for Children in DCYF Car
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Page 134 and 135: Table 41. Kindergarten Through 12th
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