2010 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities Rhode Island’s Hispanic Children and Youth ◆ In 2008, there were 43,821 Hispanic children under age 18 living in Rhode Island, up from 35,282 in 2000. Hispanic children made up 19% of Rhode Island’s child population in 2008, compared with 14% in 2000. 43 ◆ In 2000, more than three-quarters (78%) of the Hispanic children in Rhode Island lived in Central Falls, Pawtucket, and Providence. 44 While Providence has the largest population of Hispanics overall, they are most densely concentrated in Central Falls. 45 Economics ◆ Thirty-six percent of Rhode Island’s Hispanic children were living in poverty in 2008, compared to the national rate of 28%. 46 The median family income for Hispanics in Rhode Island is $35,798, compared to $71,081 overall in Rhode Island. 47 Health ◆ In Rhode Island between 2004 and 2008, 19.1% percent of Hispanic babies were born to women who received delayed or no prenatal care, compared with 14.0% of all babies in the state. 48 ◆ Hispanic female teens between the ages of 15 and 19 in Rhode Island have a birth rate that is over three times higher than the overall teen birth rate in Rhode Island (101.7 per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19 compared to 30.9 per 1,000). 49,50 Education ◆ The Hispanic high school graduation rate for the class of 2009 was 64%, the lowest of any racial/ethnic group in the state and lower than the overall Rhode Island high school graduation rate of 75%. 51 ◆ Hispanic immigrants in Rhode Island are less likely to have a high school diploma but more likely to have a college degree or higher than U.S.-born Hispanics. 52 References 1,3 U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2006-2008. Table S0901, Children Characteristics. 2,5 Acevedo-Garcia, D., McArdle, N., Osypuk, T. L., Lefkowitz, B. & Krimgold, B. K. (2007). Children left behind: How metropolitan areas are failing America’s children. Cambridge, MA: Harvard School of Public Health & Center for the Advancement of Health. 4,24 U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2006-2008. Tables R1704, B17020A, B17020B, B17020C, B17020D & B170202I. 6,44 U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 1. 7 Providence Plan analysis of U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 data. 8 Mouw, T. & Entwisle, B. (2006). Residential segregation and interracial friendship in schools. American Journal of Sociology, 112(2), 394-441. 9 Iceland, J., Weinberg, D. H., & Steinmetz, E. (2002). Racial and ethnic residential segregation in the United States 1980 – 2000. Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau. 10 Weller, C. E. & Logan, A. (2009). Leveling the playing field: How to ensure minorities share equitably in the economic recovery and beyond. Washington, DC: Center for American Progress. 11 Reidenback, L. & Weller, C. (2010). The state of minorities in 2010: Minorities are suffering disproportionately in the recession. Washington, DC: Center for American Progress. 12 Orfield, G. (2009). Reviving the goal of an integrated society: A 21st Century challenge. Los Angeles, CA: The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at University of California Los Angeles. 13 Wells, A. S., et al. (2009). Boundary crossing for diversity, equity and achievement: Inter-district school desegregation and educational opportunity. Cambridge, MA: Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice. 14 Race matters: Unequal opportunities in education. (n.d.). Baltimore, MD: The Annie E. Casey Foundation. 15 Rueben, K. & Murray, S. (2008). Racial disparities in education finance: Going beyond equal revenues. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. 16,38 Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP), 2005-2009. 17,21 Fiscella, K. & Kitzman, H. (2009). Disparities in academic achievement and health: The intersection of child education and health policy. Pediatrics, 123(3), 1073-1080. 18 Ready for college: Advocates series, action brief #1. (2006). Washington, DC: The Forum for Youth Investment. 19 The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. (n.d.). Measuring up 2008: Rhode Island report card. Retrieved January 15, 2010 from www.highereducation.org 20 Engle, J. & Lynch, M. (2009). Charting a necessary path: The baseline report of public higher education systems in the Access to Success Initiative. Washington, DC: The Education Trust and the National Association of System heads. 22 Parsing the Achievement Gap II. (2009). Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service. 23 Rothstein, R. (2006). Reforms that could help narrow the achievement gap. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. 25 U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2006-2008. Tables B25003, B25003A, B25003B, B25003C, B25003D & B25003I. 26 U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Tables P46, PCT70A, PCT70B, PCT70C, PCT70D & PCT70H. 27 Bridgeland, J. M., Dilulio, J. J., Jr. & Morison, K. B. (2006). The silent epidemic: Perspectives of high school dropouts. Washington, DC: Civic Enterprises, LLC. 28,29 Rhode Island Department of Health, Maternal and Child Health Database, 2004-2008. Data for 2008 are provisional. 30 Rhode Island Department of Health, Hospital Discharge Database, 2004-2008. 31 Mead, H., Cartwright-Smith, L., Jones, K., Ramos, C. Woods, K. & Siegel, B. (2008). Racial and ethnic disparities in U.S. health care: A chartbook. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund. (continued on page 160) 2010 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook 23
Economic Well-Being Grandpa’s Stories by Langston Hughes The pictures on the television Do not make me dream as well As the stories without pictures Grandpa knows how to tell. Even if he does not know What makes a Spaceman go, Grandpa says back in his time Hamburgers only cost a dime, Ice cream cones a nickel, And a penny for a pickle. 24 2010 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook
Page 1 and 2: 2010 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbo
Page 3 and 4: Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Board of Di
Page 5 and 6: Overview From: I’ll Be You and Yo
Page 7: Family and Community From: On Freed
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Page 16 and 17: Infants Born at Highest Risk Table
Page 18 and 19: Table 5. Births by Education Level
Page 20 and 21: Racial and Ethnic Diversity Table 6
Page 22 and 23: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Econo
Page 27 and 28: 600 Median Family Income DEFINITION
Page 29 and 30: Cost of Housing 1300 1200 1100 DEFI
Page 31 and 32: Homeless Children DEFINITION Homele
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Page 37 and 38: 35 Children in Poverty DEFINITION C
Page 39 and 40: Children in Poverty Financial Asset
Page 41 and 42: 2000 Children in Families Receiving
Page 43 and 44: Children in Families Receiving Cash
Page 45 and 46: Children Receiving SNAP Benefits 75
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Page 51: Health Make Music with Your Life by
Page 54 and 55: Children’s Health Insurance Table
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Page 68 and 69: Preterm Births Table 19. Preterm Bi
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Table 22. Lead Poisoning in Childre
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Table 23. Asthma Hospitalizations f
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Housing and Health Key Principles o
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20 15 Childhood Obesity 10 20% 15%
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Table 24. Births to Teens, Ages 15-
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Alcohol, Drug and Cigarette Use by
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30 Child Deaths DEFINITION Child de
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Youth Violence DEFINITION Youth vio
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Disconnected Youth DEFINITION Disco
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Juveniles Referred to Family Court
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Juveniles at the Training School DE
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Juveniles at the Training School Gi
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Children of Incarcerated Parents DE
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Children Witnessing Domestic Violen
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Child Abuse and Neglect DEFINITION
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Child Abuse and Neglect Indicated A
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Children in Out-of-Home Placement D
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Permanency for Children in DCYF Car
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Child of the Sun by Lillian M. Fish
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Table 31. Rhode Island Public Schoo
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Table 32. Infants and Toddlers Enro
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Table 33. Children Ages Birth to Th
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Infant and Preschool Child Care Tab
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Table 35. Measuring Quality in Earl
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Children Enrolled in Head Start Tab
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Full-Day Kindergarten Table 37. Chi
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Children Receiving Child Care Subsi
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Federal Financing After-School Care
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English Language Learners Table 40.
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Table 41. Kindergarten Through 12th
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Table 42. Student Mobility and Stab
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Fourth-Grade Reading Skills Table 4
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Eighth-Grade Reading Skills Table 4
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Table 45. Fourth and Eighth Grade M
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Chronic Early Absence Table 47. Chr
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School Attendance Table 48. Student
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Table 49. Disciplinary Actions, Rho
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High School Graduation Rate Table 5
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College Preparation and Access Tabl
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Teens Not in School and Not Working
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Methodology The 2010 Rhode Island K
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Methodology & References Family Inc
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References 6 U.S. Census Bureau, Am
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References 13,15 Rhode Island Depar
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References (continued from page 63)
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References RICHIST, 2009. 29 Safety
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References 16,21 Chang, H. N. & Agu
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Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Committees
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Acknowledgements The 2010 Rhode Isl
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Acknowledgements Michael Burk, RI D
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