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ED 427 856 TITLE INSTITUTION SPONS AGENCY PUB DATE NOTE AVAILABLE FROM PUB TYPE EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT DOCUMENT RESUME PS 027 346 KIDS COUNT in Virginia: 1999 Data Book. Action Alliance for Virginia's Children and Youth, Richmond. Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. 1999-00-00 615p.; For 1998 edition, see ED 422 075. Action Alliance for Virginia's Children and Youth, 701 East Franklin Street, Suite 807, Richmond, VA 23219; Tel: 804-649-0184; Fax: 804-649-0161. Numerical/Quantitative Data (110) -- Reports - Descriptive (141) MF03/PC25 Plus Postage. Academic Achievement; Accidents; Adolescents; Birth Weight; Births to Single Women; Child Abuse; *Child Health; Child Neglect; Child Welfare; *Children; *Counties; Day Care; Delinquency; Demography; Dropout Rate; Early Parenthood; Economic Status; Elementary Secondary Education; Infants; Lunch Programs; Mortality Rate; Poverty; Preschool Education; *Social Indicators; State Surveys; Statistical Surveys; Substance Abuse; Tables (Data); Trend Analysis; Violence; *Well Being; Youth Problems Arrests; *Indicators; Project Head Start; *Virginia This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Virginia's children. The statistical portrait is based on five general areas of children's well being: health, safety, education, families, and economic factors. Key indicators in these five areas include: (1) prenatal care rates; (2) low birthweight; (3) child deaths; (4) sexually transmitted disease rateS; (5) psychiatric hospitalizations; (6) physical fitness; (7) child abuse and ncglact; (3) teen violent deaths; (9) delinquency; (10) substance abuse rates; (11) weapons possession; (12) violent crime arrests; (13) standardized test results; (14) literacy rates; (15) school dropout rates; (16) per-pupil expenditures; (17) special education enrollment; (18) school suspension rates; (19) day care capacity; (20) Head Start enrollments; (21) number of births to teens; (22) number of births to single mothers; (23) out-of-home placements; (24) reduced lunch enrollees; (25) unemployment rates; and (26) average income. Following a brief profile of the state, special issues for Virginia's youth are addressed including homelessness, inadequate health coverage, single-parent families, immunization, motor vehicle injuries, and child poverty. The remainder and bulk of the report provides data, by county, of the key indicators for the years 1993 through 1997. (SD) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************************************

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ED 427 856

TITLEINSTITUTIONSPONS AGENCYPUB DATENOTEAVAILABLE FROM

PUB TYPE

EDRS PRICEDESCRIPTORS

IDENTIFIERS

ABSTRACT

DOCUMENT RESUME

PS 027 346

KIDS COUNT in Virginia: 1999 Data Book.Action Alliance for Virginia's Children and Youth, Richmond.Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD.1999-00-00615p.; For 1998 edition, see ED 422 075.Action Alliance for Virginia's Children and Youth, 701 EastFranklin Street, Suite 807, Richmond, VA 23219; Tel:804-649-0184; Fax: 804-649-0161.Numerical/Quantitative Data (110) -- Reports - Descriptive(141)

MF03/PC25 Plus Postage.Academic Achievement; Accidents; Adolescents; Birth Weight;Births to Single Women; Child Abuse; *Child Health; ChildNeglect; Child Welfare; *Children; *Counties; Day Care;Delinquency; Demography; Dropout Rate; Early Parenthood;Economic Status; Elementary Secondary Education; Infants;Lunch Programs; Mortality Rate; Poverty; PreschoolEducation; *Social Indicators; State Surveys; StatisticalSurveys; Substance Abuse; Tables (Data); Trend Analysis;Violence; *Well Being; Youth ProblemsArrests; *Indicators; Project Head Start; *Virginia

This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in thewell-being of Virginia's children. The statistical portrait is based on fivegeneral areas of children's well being: health, safety, education, families,and economic factors. Key indicators in these five areas include: (1)

prenatal care rates; (2) low birthweight; (3) child deaths; (4) sexuallytransmitted disease rateS; (5) psychiatric hospitalizations; (6) physical

fitness; (7) child abuse and ncglact; (3) teen violent deaths; (9)

delinquency; (10) substance abuse rates; (11) weapons possession; (12)

violent crime arrests; (13) standardized test results; (14) literacy rates;(15) school dropout rates; (16) per-pupil expenditures; (17) specialeducation enrollment; (18) school suspension rates; (19) day care capacity;(20) Head Start enrollments; (21) number of births to teens; (22) number ofbirths to single mothers; (23) out-of-home placements; (24) reduced lunchenrollees; (25) unemployment rates; and (26) average income. Following abrief profile of the state, special issues for Virginia's youth are addressedincluding homelessness, inadequate health coverage, single-parent families,immunization, motor vehicle injuries, and child poverty. The remainder andbulk of the report provides data, by county, of the key indicators for theyears 1993 through 1997. (SD)

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Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be madefrom the original document.

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ant m

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wea

lth.

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heal

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wel

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f the

com

mun

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ell a

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w a

de-

quat

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child

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are

prot

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ren

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born

hea

lthy

and

do n

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xper

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car

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ves

lives

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heal

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re a

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in th

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tim

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lear

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and

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tatio

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ens

ofte

n es

tabl

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pote

ntia

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ealth

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agin

g ha

bits

that

can

hav

e la

stin

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nseq

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o ef

fect

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terv

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and

prev

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hese

beh

avio

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t is

nece

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hav

e an

acc

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pict

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of th

ehe

alth

of e

xpec

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and

you

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car

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ginn

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in th

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rim

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rena

tal c

are

is m

ore

likel

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be

effe

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begu

n ea

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pre

gnan

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arly

pren

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car

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def

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as

seei

ng a

phy

sici

an d

urin

g th

e fir

st th

ree

mon

ths

ofpr

egna

ncy.

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t of a

bab

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stem

s ar

e fo

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by

the

time

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fetu

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12 w

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ancy

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til b

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for

prop

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utrit

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exer

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avo

idan

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f alc

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and

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t als

o m

ay a

llow

ear

lier

dete

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, int

erve

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r, a

nd p

reve

ntio

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com

plic

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ns d

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umbe

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f Am

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see

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pre

nata

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eir

preg

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mor

e of

ten

than

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rena

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has

been

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late

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low

birt

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eigh

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fant

mor

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port

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ton

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gins

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f the

car

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ceiv

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roug

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pre

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over

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he la

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sura

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min

i-m

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uppo

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spou

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em

ploy

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or

othe

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mbi

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educ

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elih

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that

exp

ecta

nt m

othe

rs w

ill s

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and

obta

in p

rena

tal c

are.

The

thre

e m

ajor

com

pone

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of p

rena

tal c

arer

isk

asse

ssm

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trea

tmen

t for

med

ical

con

ditio

ns o

r ris

k re

duct

ion,

and

edu

catio

ncan

con

trib

ute

to th

ele

ssen

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of p

erin

atal

mor

bidi

ty a

nd m

orta

lity

by id

entif

ying

and

add

ress

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pote

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iona

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1 pe

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ll pr

egna

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rena

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in th

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sttr

imes

ter

in 1

995.

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, the

199

7 ra

te w

as 8

5.3

perc

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up 0

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from

199

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ontin

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even

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r po

sitiv

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end.

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earc

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dica

tes

that

thos

e le

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rec

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quat

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enat

al c

are

incl

ude

preg

nant

ado

les-

cent

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lack

wom

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nd lo

w-in

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omen

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n a

cale

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r, th

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perc

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calc

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sth

e nu

mbe

r of

preg

nant

fem

ales

rec

eivi

ng e

arly

car

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tal n

umbe

r of

live

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ths.

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min

atio

ns a

re e

xclu

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ality

ref

ers

to th

e m

othe

r's r

epor

ted

resi

denc

e.

Low

bir

th-w

eigh

t bab

ies.

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aby

is c

lass

ified

as

havi

ng a

low

birt

h w

eigh

t if i

t is

less

than

2,5

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ram

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pou

nds,

8 o

unce

s) r

egar

dles

s of

the

perio

d of

ges

tatio

n. L

ow b

irth-

wei

ght

infa

nts

are

a di

vers

e gr

oup;

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e ar

e bo

rn p

rem

atur

ely,

som

e ar

e fu

ll-te

rm b

utsm

all f

or g

esta

tiona

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, som

e ar

e bo

th p

rem

atur

e an

d sm

all f

or g

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lag

e, a

nd s

ome

are

the

resu

lt of

mul

tiple

birt

hs. N

atio

nally

, app

roxi

mat

ely

66pe

rcen

t of c

ases

of l

ow b

irth

wei

ght (

and

98 p

erce

nt o

f cas

es o

f ver

y lo

w b

irth

wei

ght,

whi

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def

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as

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re a

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ciat

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rob-

lem

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enso

ry im

pairm

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deve

lopm

enta

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lear

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dis

abili

ties,

and

infa

ntde

ath.

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birt

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eigh

t inf

ants

are

muc

h m

ore

susc

eptib

le to

cer

ebra

l pal

sy,

deaf

ness

, blin

dnes

s, e

pile

psy,

chr

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lung

dis

ease

, and

atte

ntio

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ficit

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r-de

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ow b

irth-

wei

ght i

nfan

ts w

ho s

urvi

ve a

re a

bout

thre

e tim

es m

ore

likel

yth

an o

ther

bab

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to e

xper

ienc

e m

enta

l ret

arda

tion,

sig

ht a

nd h

earin

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ficie

n-ci

es, g

row

th a

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evel

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blem

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hron

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ng a

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espi

rato

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rob-

lem

s, a

nd le

arni

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iffic

ultie

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ty a

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adeq

uate

mat

erna

l wei

ght g

ain

heig

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risk

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birt

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eigh

t. T

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grou

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com

men

ded

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par

ticul

arly

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, mos

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born

at 2

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eath

Syn

drom

e (S

IDS

) th

an fu

ll-te

rm, n

orm

al b

irth-

wei

ght b

abie

s.5

Whi

le s

cien

tific

pro

gres

s is

hel

ping

kee

pm

ore

child

ren

aliv

e, it

is a

lso

cont

ribut

ing

to th

e re

cord

num

ber

of in

fant

s bo

rnw

ith lo

w b

irth

wei

ghts

; rat

her

than

poi

ntin

g to

the

trad

ition

al r

isk

fact

ors

ofsm

okin

g an

d in

adeq

uate

pre

nata

l car

e, th

e tr

end

can

be a

ttrib

uted

to th

e us

eof

fert

ility

trea

tmen

ts a

nd th

e gr

owin

g nu

mbe

r of

wom

en in

thei

r 40

s gi

ving

birt

h. B

oth

of th

ese

(latte

r) fa

ctor

s co

ntrib

ute

to th

e ch

ance

s of

mul

tiple

birt

hs, w

hich

alm

ost a

lway

s re

sult

in p

rem

atur

e, u

nder

wei

ght b

abie

s.

Und

erw

eigh

t bab

ies

acco

unte

d fo

r ne

arly

two-

third

s of

all

infa

nt d

eath

s in

1995

. Acc

ordi

ng to

the

US

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lth a

nd H

uman

Ser

vice

s, th

eris

k of

ear

ly d

eath

for

babi

es b

orn

with

ver

y lo

w b

irth

wei

ghts

is a

bout

65

times

that

of i

nfan

ts w

ho w

eigh

at l

east

1,5

00 g

ram

s.6

Nat

iona

lly, t

he p

erce

nt o

f inf

ants

bor

n of

low

birt

h w

eigh

t was

7.4

in 1

996,

up s

light

ly fr

om 7

.3 in

199

5. T

he 1

996

rate

was

the

high

est l

evel

rep

orte

dsi

nce

the

1970

s. V

irgin

ia's

rat

e of

7.7

per

cent

has

bee

n un

chan

ged

for

thre

eye

ars-

1995

, 199

6, a

nd 1

997.

The

nat

iona

l low

birt

h-w

eigh

t rat

e of

13

per-

cent

for

blac

k in

fant

s w

as tw

ice

the

rate

for

whi

te in

fant

s (6

.3 %

).7

The

se d

ata

are

base

d on

a c

alen

dar

year

. The

per

cent

age

is c

alcu

late

d as

the

num

ber

of lo

w w

eigh

t bir

ths/

tota

l num

ber

of li

ve b

irth

s.Lo

calit

y re

fers

to th

e m

othe

r's r

epor

ted

resi

denc

e._1

_ 7

1999

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S C

OU

NT

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ia7

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Infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

.In

fant

mor

talit

y is

an

impo

rtan

t mea

sure

of a

nat

ion'

s he

alth

and

a w

orld

wid

e in

di-

cato

r of

hea

lth s

tatu

s an

d so

cial

wel

l-bei

ng. T

he in

fant

mor

talit

y ra

te r

efle

cts

the

heal

th o

f pre

gnan

t wom

en a

nd in

fant

s, th

e co

nditi

ons

in w

hich

they

live

, and

the

pare

ntin

g th

at in

fant

s re

ceiv

e. It

is o

ften

rega

rded

as

an in

dica

tor

of a

com

mun

ity's

over

all w

ell-b

eing

bec

ause

it is

ass

ocia

ted

with

a v

arie

ty o

f fac

tors

, suc

h as

mat

erna

lhe

alth

, qua

lity

and

acce

ss to

med

ical

car

e, n

utrit

ion,

soc

io-e

cono

mic

con

ditio

ns,

and

publ

ic h

ealth

pra

ctic

es.8

The

firs

t yea

r of

life

is o

ften

the

mos

t pre

cario

us, s

one

gativ

e so

cial

con

ditio

ns c

an h

ave

a si

gnifi

cant

impa

ct o

n th

is v

ulne

rabl

e ag

egr

oup.

Chi

ldre

n bo

rn to

poo

r fa

mili

es o

r in

to d

istr

esse

d ne

ighb

orho

ods

rem

ain

atgr

eate

r ris

k of

infa

nt d

eath

.

In th

e U

S, a

bout

two-

third

s of

infa

nt d

eath

s oc

cur

in th

e fir

st m

onth

afte

r bi

rth

and

are

due

mos

tly to

hea

lth p

robl

ems

of th

e in

fant

or

to p

regn

ancy

diff

icul

ties,

suc

h as

early

del

iver

y or

birt

h de

fect

s. A

bout

one

-thi

rd o

ccur

afte

r th

e fir

st m

onth

and

are

influ

ence

d gr

eatly

by

soci

al o

r en

viro

nmen

tal f

acto

rs, s

uch

as e

xpos

ure

to c

igar

ette

smok

e or

lim

ited

acce

ss to

hea

lth c

are.

9 T

he le

adin

g ca

uses

of n

eona

tal d

eath

in19

95 w

ere

diso

rder

s re

late

d to

sho

rt g

esta

tion

and

low

birt

h w

eigh

t, bi

rth

defe

cts,

resp

irato

ry d

istr

ess

synd

rom

e, a

nd m

ater

nal c

ompl

icat

ions

of p

regn

ancy

. Afte

r th

efir

st m

onth

of l

ife, S

udde

n In

fant

Dea

th S

yndr

ome

(SID

S)

is th

e le

adin

g ca

use

ofin

fant

mor

talit

y, a

ccou

ntin

g fo

r ab

out o

ne-t

enth

of a

ll de

aths

dur

ing

the

first

yea

r of

life.

10 T

he c

ause

s of

SID

S a

re n

ot k

now

n, b

ut r

isk

fact

ors

incl

ude

mat

erna

l sm

okin

gan

d dr

ug u

se, t

eena

ge b

irth,

and

infe

ctio

ns la

te in

pre

gnan

cy. I

t has

bee

n sh

own

that

put

ting

infa

nts

to s

leep

on

thei

r ba

cks

can

help

to p

reve

nt S

IDS

. Mat

erna

l age

is a

lso

a ris

k fa

ctor

for

infa

nt m

orta

lity;

mor

talit

y ra

tes

are

high

est a

mon

g in

fant

sbo

rn to

teen

ager

s an

d m

othe

rs o

ver

the

age

of 4

4.11

The

Chi

ldre

n's

Def

ense

Fun

dre

port

s th

at o

vera

ll, n

atio

nal i

nfan

t mor

talit

y ra

tes

drop

ped

from

1 9

60-1

994

(an

d,in

fact

, fel

l to

an a

ll-tim

e lo

w-7

.2 in

fant

dea

ths

per

thou

sand

nat

iona

lly in

199

6,w

hich

is 5

% lo

wer

than

in 1

995)

. Acc

ordi

ng to

UN

ICE

F, i

n 19

98, t

he U

S r

anke

d21

am

ong

indu

stria

lized

nat

ions

of t

he w

orld

on

its in

fant

mor

talit

y ra

tes.

Inte

rest

ingl

y, in

the

past

dec

ade,

crit

ical

mea

sure

s of

incr

ease

d ris

k of

infa

nt d

eath

,su

ch a

s in

cide

nce

of lo

w b

irth

wei

ght a

nd v

ery

low

birt

h w

eigh

t, ha

ve a

ctua

llyin

crea

sed.

In V

irgin

ia, t

he in

fant

mor

talit

y ra

te d

ropp

ed fr

om 1

0 pe

r th

ousa

nd in

1991

to 7

.8 p

er th

ousa

nd in

199

7.

Bas

ed o

n a

cale

ndar

yea

r, th

is in

dica

tor

incl

udes

dea

ths

of a

ll ch

ildre

n un

der

one

year

of a

ge. I

t is

pres

ente

d as

a r

ate

and

is c

alcu

late

d as

the

num

ber

of d

eath

s in

the

firs

t yea

r of

life

/tota

l num

ber

of li

ve b

irth

s*1,

000.

Loca

lity

refe

rs to

the

mot

her's

res

iden

ce.

Chi

ld d

eath

rat

e.F

ar to

o m

any

child

ren

are

at h

igh

risk

for

untim

ely

deat

hs. N

early

one

-hal

f of a

llch

ildho

od d

eath

s ar

e pr

even

tabl

e. T

he c

hild

dea

th r

ate

refle

cts

the

heal

th o

f chi

l-dr

en, t

he le

vel o

f adu

lt su

perv

isio

n th

ey r

ecei

ve, a

nd th

e da

nger

s to

whi

ch c

hild

ren

are

expo

sed

in th

eir

hom

es a

nd c

omm

uniti

es.

Adv

ance

s in

the

prev

entio

n an

d tr

eatm

ent o

f chi

ldho

od il

lnes

ses

durin

g th

e pa

sttw

o de

cade

s m

ean

that

a la

rge

num

ber

of d

eath

s in

you

ng c

hild

ren

are

not r

elat

edto

illn

ess,

but

rat

her

to "

prev

enta

ble

even

ts."

The

maj

ority

of c

hild

dea

ths

are

due

to in

jurie

s, a

ccid

ents

, and

act

s of

vio

lenc

e. M

otor

veh

icle

cra

shes

are

the

mos

t fre

-qu

ent c

ause

of d

eath

to c

hild

ren

in th

is a

ge g

roup

. (T

hey

acco

unt f

or h

alf o

f all

unin

tent

iona

l inj

urie

s; fo

r m

ore

info

rmat

ion

on th

ese

fata

litie

s, s

ee p

age

29.)

Dro

wni

ng a

nd fi

res

acco

unt f

or m

ost o

ther

inju

ry-r

elat

ed d

eath

s am

ong

child

ren.

Bas

ed o

n a

cale

ndar

yea

r, th

is c

ateg

ory

incl

udes

dea

ths

of c

hild

ren

(age

s 1-

14ye

ars)

res

ultin

g fr

om a

ll ca

uses

. The

rat

e is

cal

cula

ted

as(t

he n

umbe

r of

819

99 K

IDS

CO

UN

T in

Vir

gini

a1

8

deat

hs/p

opul

atio

n, a

ges

1-14

)*1,

000.

Loca

lity

refe

rs to

the

child

's r

epor

ted

resi

denc

e.

Sex

ually

tran

smitt

ed d

isea

ses.

Sex

ually

tran

smitt

ed d

isea

ses

(ST

Ds)

are

com

mon

, cos

tly, a

nd p

reve

ntab

le. E

ach

year

, an

estim

ated

15

mill

ion

Am

eric

ans

are

infe

cted

with

an

ST

D, i

nclu

ding

3 m

il-lio

n te

enag

ers.

The

pre

senc

e of

ST

Ds

indi

cate

s ris

ky (

and

unpr

otec

ted)

sex

ual

beha

vior

. Abo

ut o

ne-f

ifth

of a

ll yo

ung

peop

le h

ave

need

ed tr

eatm

ent f

or a

ST

D b

yth

e tim

e th

ey r

each

21.

Acc

ess

to h

igh

qual

ity h

ealth

car

e is

ess

entia

l for

ear

lyde

tect

ion,

trea

tmen

t, an

d be

havi

or c

hang

e co

unse

ling

for

ST

Ds.

Ofte

n, g

roup

s w

ithth

e hi

ghes

t rat

es o

f ST

Ds

are

the

sam

e gr

oups

with

poo

r or

lim

ited

acce

ss to

hea

lthse

rvic

es. I

n ad

ditio

n to

life

-thr

eate

ning

Acq

uire

d Im

mun

e D

efic

ienc

y S

yndr

ome

(AID

S),

the

mos

t ser

ious

com

plic

atio

ns o

f ST

Ds

are

pelv

ic in

flam

mat

ory

dise

ase,

ster

ility

, ect

opic

pre

gnan

cy, b

lindn

ess,

can

cer

asso

ciat

ed w

ith h

uman

pap

illom

avi

rus,

feta

l and

infa

nt d

eath

, birt

h de

fect

s, a

nd m

enta

l ret

arda

tion.

Per

haps

the

grea

test

soc

ial f

acto

r co

ntrib

utin

g to

the

spre

ad o

f ST

Ds

is th

e st

igm

ath

at c

ontin

ues

to b

e as

soci

ated

with

ST

Ds

in o

ur c

ount

ry. U

nfor

tuna

tely

, thi

s st

igm

aca

n re

sult

in r

epor

ting

bias

es, i

n w

hich

man

y ca

ses

are

not r

epor

ted

or tr

eate

d.

Bas

ed o

n a

cale

ndar

yea

r, th

ese

rate

s ar

e ca

lcul

ated

as

(the

num

ber

of r

epor

ted

case

s/po

pula

tion,

age

s 12

-17)

*1,0

00.

To

mai

ntai

n co

nfid

entia

lity,

loca

litie

s do

not r

epor

t if t

here

are

few

er th

an th

ree

repo

rted

cas

es o

f ST

Ds

amon

g th

eir

yout

h.Lo

calit

y re

fers

to th

e yo

uth'

s re

port

ed r

esid

ence

.

Hos

pita

lizat

ions

invo

lvin

g ps

ychi

atric

dis

orde

rs.

The

pre

sent

atio

n of

this

info

rmat

ion

is a

n ad

ditio

n to

this

yea

r'sK

IDS

CO

UN

T in

Vir

gini

ada

ta b

ook.

His

toric

ally

, we

have

had

lim

ited

know

ledg

e ab

out t

he p

reva

lenc

e of

men

tal i

llnes

sin

chi

ldre

n an

d ab

out t

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f psy

cho-

path

olog

y in

chi

ldre

n. T

he la

ckof

suc

h kn

owle

dge

serio

usly

con

stra

ins

our

abili

ty to

est

imat

e or

trea

t the

exi

stin

gpr

oble

m. A

ccor

ding

to th

e W

est V

irgin

ia U

nive

rsity

Dep

artm

ent o

f Beh

avio

ral

Med

icin

e an

d P

sych

iatr

y, o

nly

415

per

cent

of c

hild

ren

suffe

ring

men

tal i

llnes

ses

rece

ive

appr

opria

te tr

eatm

ent.

At l

east

one

in fi

ve c

hild

ren

and

adol

esce

nts

may

hav

e a

diag

nosa

ble

men

tal,

emo-

tiona

l, or

beh

avio

ral p

robl

em th

at c

an le

ad to

sch

ool f

ailu

re, a

lcoh

ol o

r ot

her

drug

use,

vio

lenc

e, o

r su

icid

e.12

Ear

ly-o

nset

men

tal d

isor

ders

hav

e be

en fo

und

to b

est

rong

ly a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith r

educ

ed e

duca

tiona

l atta

inm

ent.1

3 F

urth

er, a

dole

scen

t em

o-tio

nal p

robl

ems

may

incr

ease

the

likel

ihoo

d of

ris

k-ta

king

beh

avio

rs. D

evel

opm

ent

of a

sub

stan

ce u

se d

isor

der

ofte

n po

stda

tes

that

of m

enta

l illn

ess

by a

s m

any

as fi

veto

ten

year

s, c

reat

ing

a w

indo

w o

f opp

ortu

nity

dur

ing

whi

ch in

terv

entio

n m

ay s

low

or e

limin

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f a s

ubst

ance

use

dis

orde

r th

at a

ccom

pani

es th

em

enta

l illn

ess.

14 T

he li

nk b

etw

een

child

hood

or

adol

esce

nt s

exua

l abu

se a

nd e

mo-

tiona

l pro

blem

s in

late

r lif

e al

so is

wel

l est

ablis

hed.

15 S

ever

al s

tudi

es h

ave

foun

d an

asso

ciat

ion

betw

een

Atte

ntio

n-D

efic

it H

yper

activ

ity D

isor

der

and

Con

duct

Dis

orde

ran

d vi

olen

t and

agg

ress

ive

beha

vior

late

r in

life

.16

Ano

ther

rea

son

to b

e co

ncer

ned

abou

t the

men

tal h

ealth

of o

ur y

outh

is b

ecau

seth

ere

is c

onsi

dera

ble

cont

inui

ty in

men

tal h

ealth

pro

blem

s in

chi

ldho

od/a

dole

scen

ceth

roug

h ad

ulth

ood.

Mor

eove

r, it

is n

ot u

nusu

al to

hav

e si

mul

tane

ous

mul

tiple

dia

g-no

ses.

17 W

hile

this

occ

urre

nce

is d

istu

rbin

g, th

e cl

inic

al c

onse

quen

ces

are

of e

ven

grea

ter

conc

ern.

For

exa

mpl

e, in

divi

dual

s w

ho r

ecei

ve d

iagn

oses

of m

ajor

dep

res-

sion

and

con

duct

dis

orde

rs in

ado

lesc

ence

are

mor

e lik

ely

as a

dults

to b

e in

volv

edin

crim

inal

act

ivity

.18

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Nin

e to

13

perc

ent (

3.5

to 4

mill

ion)

of y

outh

age

s 9

to 1

7 ye

ars

expe

rienc

e a

serio

us e

mot

iona

l dis

turb

ance

that

can

impa

ir da

ily li

ving

and

sch

ool,

fam

ily, a

ndco

mm

unity

act

iviti

es.

Nat

iona

lly, o

f the

chi

ldre

n an

d ad

oles

cent

s w

ith a

ser

ious

emot

iona

l dis

turb

ance

, 2.1

to 2

.8 m

illio

n ex

perie

nce

extr

eme

func

tiona

l im

pair-

men

t. T

wen

ty p

erce

nt o

f stu

dent

s w

ith a

ser

ious

em

otio

nal d

istu

rban

ce a

re a

rres

ted

at le

ast o

nce

befo

re th

ey le

ave

scho

ol, c

ompa

red

to s

ix p

erce

nt o

f all

stud

ents

.N

early

50

perc

ent o

f you

th w

ith a

ser

ious

em

otio

nal d

istu

rban

ce a

re a

rres

ted

with

-in

fi v

e y

ears

of l

eavi

ng s

choo

1.19

The

se d

ata

are

calc

ulat

ed a

s th

e nu

mbe

r of

chi

ldre

n ag

es 5

-17

hosp

italiz

edw

ith a

psy

chia

tric

dis

orde

r pe

r 1,

000

child

ren,

age

s 5-

17, a

nd r

efle

ct a

var

i-et

y of

psy

chia

tric

con

ditio

ns.

Mid

dle

scho

oler

s pa

ssin

g al

l fou

r sp

ring

phy

sica

l fitn

ess

test

s.C

hild

ren

need

to r

ecei

ve p

rope

r nu

triti

on a

nd e

xerc

ise

to g

row

into

hea

lthy

adul

ts.

Rec

ent r

epor

ts s

ugge

st th

at p

hysi

cal e

duca

tion

prog

ram

s in

ear

ly c

hild

hood

not

onl

ypr

omot

e he

alth

and

wel

l-bei

ng, b

ut a

lso

cont

ribut

e to

aca

dem

ic a

chie

vem

ent.

Atti

tude

s an

d be

havi

ors

begu

n in

ado

lesc

ence

can

last

a li

fetim

e. T

he h

ealth

ben

e-fit

s of

reg

ular

exe

rcis

e ar

e in

disp

utab

le. A

rec

ent s

tudy

con

duct

ed b

y th

e U

nive

rsity

of N

orth

Car

olin

a at

Cha

pel H

ill S

choo

l of N

ursi

ng c

oncl

uded

that

as

few

as

eigh

tw

eeks

of h

ealth

edu

catio

n cl

asse

s, c

oupl

ed w

ith v

igor

ous

exer

cise

(su

ch a

s ju

mpi

ngro

pe th

ree

times

a w

eek)

, can

red

uce

child

ren'

s ris

k of

dev

elop

ing

hear

t dis

ease

durin

g ad

ulth

ood.

20 H

owev

er, d

aily

par

ticip

atio

n in

phy

sica

l edu

catio

n cl

asse

sdr

oppe

d by

nea

rly 2

0 pe

rcen

t fro

m 1

991

to 1

995

natio

nally

.21

The

199

7C

ompr

ehen

sive

Nut

ritio

nal S

tatu

s of

Chi

ldre

n P

roje

ct fo

und

that

, of V

irgin

ia fo

urth

grad

ers,

app

roxi

mat

ely

one-

half

of th

e ch

ildre

n su

rvey

ed r

epor

ted

part

icip

atin

g in

phys

ical

edu

catio

n cl

ass

or r

eces

s, w

ith p

erio

ds o

f act

ivity

last

ing

an a

vera

ge o

f 30

min

utes

or

long

er.

Nat

ionw

ide,

49

perc

ent o

f hig

h sc

hool

stu

dent

s w

ere

enro

lled

in a

phy

sica

l edu

ca-

tion

clas

s in

the

mos

t rec

ent s

choo

l yea

r.22

Of t

hose

enr

olle

d, 7

4 pe

rcen

t of s

tu-

dent

s re

port

ed e

xerc

isin

g fo

r 20

or

mor

e m

inut

es d

urin

g an

ave

rage

phy

sica

l edu

ca-

tion

clas

s; th

is c

ompa

res

favo

rabl

y w

ith r

epor

ts b

y th

e C

ente

r fo

r C

hron

ic D

isea

seP

reve

ntio

n an

d H

ealth

Pro

mot

ion,

whi

ch s

how

that

few

er th

an tw

o-th

irds

of s

tu-

dent

s na

tionw

ide

had

part

icip

ated

in a

ctiv

ities

that

mad

e th

em "

swea

t and

bre

athe

hard

" fo

r at

leas

t 20

min

utes

on

thre

e ou

t of t

he p

revi

ous

seve

n da

ys. I

n V

irgin

ia,

37 p

erce

nt o

f mid

dle

scho

oler

s pa

ssed

all

four

spr

ing

phys

ical

fitn

ess

test

s in

199

7;th

is b

ench

mar

k is

up

cons

ider

ably

from

the

1996

rat

e of

30

perc

ent.

The

se d

ata

are

pres

ente

d as

per

cent

ages

and

incl

ude

stud

ents

enr

olle

d in

pub

licsc

hool

s.

SA

FE

TY

To

grow

and

thriv

e, c

hild

ren

need

ord

er a

nd a

feel

ing

of b

eing

pro

tect

ed. T

hey

need

saf

e ho

mes

and

nei

ghbo

rhoo

ds, f

ree

of v

iole

nce

and

drug

s. T

hey

need

to fe

elco

nfid

ent t

hat t

he a

dults

in th

eir

fam

ilies

and

thei

r co

mm

uniti

es w

ill p

rote

ct th

em,

not p

rey

upon

them

. Phy

sica

l saf

ety

and

psyc

holo

gica

l sec

urity

are

ess

entia

l to

chil-

dren

's h

ealth

, edu

catio

n, a

nd o

vera

ll de

velo

pmen

t.

Foun

ded

case

s of

chi

ld a

buse

or

negl

ect.

A lo

cal d

epar

tmen

t of s

ocia

l ser

vice

s de

term

ines

whe

ther

or

not a

rep

orte

dab

use/

negl

ect c

ase

is fo

unde

d (o

r su

bsta

ntia

ted)

afte

r in

vest

igat

ing

a co

mpl

aint

; are

view

of t

he fa

cts

mus

t sho

w c

lear

and

con

vinc

ing

evid

ence

that

chi

ld a

buse

or

negl

ect o

ccur

red.

(E

ffect

ive

Janu

ary

1, 1

998,

in V

irgin

ia, t

he le

vel o

f evi

denc

ech

ange

d to

a p

repo

nder

ance

of e

vide

nce

that

abu

se o

r ne

glec

t occ

urre

d.)

The

inci

-

20

denc

e of

chi

ld a

buse

and

neg

lect

is v

ery

diffi

cult

to m

easu

re. W

hile

this

ben

chm

ark

prov

ides

a u

sefu

l sta

ndar

d fo

r co

mpa

rison

s, it

has

man

y lim

itatio

ns th

at m

ay s

erve

to u

nder

estim

ate

the

true

inci

denc

e of

abu

se a

nd n

egle

ct.

Acc

ordi

ng to

the

Chi

ld S

afet

y In

stitu

te in

New

Yor

k, a

bout

two-

third

s of

all

case

sof

chi

ld a

buse

invo

lve

child

ren

betw

een

the

ages

of 5

and

18,

alth

ough

chi

ld a

buse

and

negl

ect o

ften

are

thou

ght o

f as

prim

arily

affe

ctin

g ba

bies

and

sm

all c

hild

ren.

Vio

lenc

e to

war

d ch

ildre

nesp

ecia

lly s

ever

e vi

olen

ceis

mor

e lik

ely

to o

ccur

inho

useh

olds

with

ann

ual i

ncom

es b

elow

the

pove

rty

line.

Pov

erty

has

a g

reat

impa

cton

wom

en's

ris

k of

usi

ng a

busi

ve v

iole

nce

tow

ard

thei

r ch

ildre

n.23

Res

earc

h on

the

effe

cts

of c

hild

abu

se a

nd n

egle

ct d

ocum

ent b

oth

imm

edia

te a

ndlo

ng-t

erm

har

m to

chi

ldre

n. C

hild

ren

of e

very

rac

e an

d cl

ass

suffe

r fr

om a

buse

and

negl

ect,

and

rese

arch

has

foun

d no

cau

sal r

elat

ions

hip

betw

een

race

and

the

inci

-de

nce

of c

hild

mal

trea

tmen

t. In

ext

rem

e ca

ses,

the

cons

eque

nce

of a

buse

and

negl

ect i

s de

ath;

in m

any

othe

r ca

ses,

the

outc

ome

is s

erio

us in

jury

, per

man

ent d

is-

abili

ty, a

nd a

wid

e ra

nge

of s

ocia

l, ps

ycho

logi

cal,

and

cogn

itive

pro

blem

s. C

hild

abus

e an

d ne

glec

t can

incr

ease

the

inci

denc

e of

phy

sica

l and

men

tal h

ealth

pro

b-le

ms

in c

hild

ren

and

fam

ilies

.

A r

ecen

t stu

dy r

elea

sed

by th

e U

S D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

and

Hum

an S

ervi

ces

repo

rted

that

the

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

abus

ed a

nd n

egle

cted

ros

e fr

om 1

.42

mill

ion

in 1

986

to 2

.81

mill

ion

in 1

993,

an

incr

ease

of 9

2 pe

rcen

t. It

also

est

imat

ed th

enu

mbe

r of

chi

ldre

n se

rious

ly in

jure

d fr

om a

buse

nea

rly q

uadr

uple

d in

that

tim

epe

riod.

Bas

ed o

n a

fisca

l yea

r, th

is r

ate

is c

alcu

late

d as

(th

e nu

mbe

r of

affe

cted

chi

ldre

nin

foun

ded

case

s/po

pula

tion,

age

s 0-

17)*

1,00

0. If

ther

e ar

e m

ultip

le in

vest

i-ga

tions

with

in a

rep

ortin

g pe

riod,

thes

e w

ill in

clud

e m

ultip

le c

ount

s of

child

rent

hat i

s to

say

, thi

s m

ay n

ot b

e an

und

uplic

ated

cou

nt o

f chi

ldre

n.

Tee

n vi

olen

t dea

th r

ate.

The

leth

ality

of A

mer

ican

vio

lenc

e di

stin

guis

hes

it fr

om v

iole

nce

in e

very

oth

erin

dust

rializ

ed c

ount

ry. T

he r

ecen

t epi

dem

ic o

f you

th h

omic

ide

and

suic

ide

is la

rgel

yth

e re

sult

of in

crea

ses

in th

e us

e of

fire

arm

s ov

er o

ther

, les

s le

thal

met

hods

. The

sens

eles

s vi

olen

t dea

th o

f you

ng p

eopl

e de

vast

ates

fam

ilies

. It a

lso

take

s a

trem

en-

dous

toll

on th

e ch

ild's

pee

rs, c

omm

unity

, and

our

ove

rall

sens

e of

hop

e w

hen

our

child

ren

don'

t liv

e lo

ng e

noug

h to

gro

w u

p.

In V

irgin

ia, t

he ju

veni

le m

urde

r ra

te in

crea

sed

by 2

77 p

erce

nt b

etw

een

the

year

sof

198

0 an

d 19

93. E

very

you

th d

eath

by

hom

icid

e im

pact

s fa

mili

es, f

riend

s, a

ndw

itnes

ses.

Hig

h vi

olen

t dea

th r

ates

indi

cate

the

need

for

actio

n an

d su

ppor

t fro

mfa

mili

es a

nd c

omm

uniti

es to

min

imiz

e th

ese

risks

. In

addi

tion

to m

inim

izin

g ris

k,co

mm

uniti

es a

lso

may

dev

elop

pro

gram

s to

enh

ance

pro

tect

ive

fact

ors

that

red

uce

the

risk

for

hom

icid

e, s

uici

de, a

nd p

reve

ntab

le a

ccid

ents

. Pre

vent

ing

viol

ent b

ehav

-io

r be

fore

it o

ccur

s is

pre

fera

ble

to a

ny fo

rm o

f tre

atm

ent a

fter

the

fact

.

Fac

tors

that

con

trib

ute

to th

is b

ench

mar

k in

clud

e fe

elin

gs o

f im

mor

talit

y, a

nger

,de

sire

to r

ebel

, poo

r co

mm

unic

atio

n an

d nu

rtur

ance

in fa

mili

es, a

lcoh

ol a

nd s

ub-

stan

ce a

buse

, acc

ess

to h

andg

uns,

poo

r ed

ucat

ion,

few

edu

catio

nal o

ppor

tuni

ties,

as

wel

l as

soci

al d

isin

tegr

atio

n in

som

e ne

ighb

orho

ods.

Incl

uded

in th

is b

ench

mar

k ar

ede

aths

occ

urrin

g th

roug

h ho

mic

ide,

sui

cide

, acc

iden

t, or

lega

l int

erve

ntio

n. (

Mot

orve

hicl

e de

aths

are

incl

uded

. Tee

nage

rs e

xper

ienc

e a

disp

ropo

rtio

nate

ly h

igh

inci

-de

nce

of c

rash

es a

nd c

rash

dea

ths.

Tee

nage

rs a

ccou

nted

for

10 p

erce

nt o

f the

US

popu

latio

n in

199

6 an

d 15

per

cent

of m

otor

veh

icle

dea

ths,

and

driv

ers

at a

ges

16 a

nd 1

7 w

ere

at th

e gr

eate

st r

isk.

)21

1999

KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgin

ia9

Page 12: EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION originating it

The

rat

e is

cal

cula

ted

as(t

he n

umbe

r of

vio

lent

dea

ths/

popu

latio

n ag

es 1

5-17

)*1,

000.

The

se d

ata

are

base

d on

the

cale

ndar

yea

r an

d re

flect

the

repo

rted

resi

denc

e of

the

teen

.

Inta

ke c

ases

invo

lvin

g de

linqu

ency

.R

isk

fact

ors

for

juve

nile

crim

e an

d de

linqu

ency

incl

ude

a la

ck o

f edu

catio

n an

d jo

btr

aini

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties,

pov

erty

, fam

ily v

iole

nce,

and

inad

equa

te s

uper

visi

on. P

oor

scho

ol p

erfo

rman

ce, i

nclu

ding

falli

ng b

ehin

d on

e or

mor

e gr

ade

leve

ls, i

ncre

ases

the

likel

ihoo

d of

invo

lvem

ent w

ith th

e ju

veni

le ju

stic

e sy

stem

.24

Thi

s in

dica

tor

refle

cts

both

soc

ial b

ehav

ior

and

soci

al c

ontr

ol w

ithin

the

com

mun

ity a

nd r

epre

sent

s ca

ses

of y

oung

peo

ple

invo

lved

in c

rimin

al a

ctiv

ity. C

ases

may

incl

ude

traf

fic, m

isce

lla-

neou

s cr

ime,

and

sta

tus

offe

nses

(su

ch a

s sc

hool

trua

ncy,

cur

few

vio

latio

ns, a

ndru

nnin

g aw

ay fr

om h

ome)

in a

dditi

on to

the

delin

quen

cy c

harg

es. C

ases

com

pris

edso

lely

of s

tatu

s of

fens

e co

mpl

aint

s, h

owev

er, a

re n

ot in

clud

ed in

this

indi

cato

r.

Not

onl

y is

the

inci

denc

e of

vio

lent

crim

e ris

ing

amon

g ju

veni

les,

but

this

tren

d is

likel

y to

con

tinue

. The

Offi

ce o

f Juv

enile

Jus

tice

and

Del

inqu

ency

Pre

vent

ion

repo

rts

that

bet

wee

n 19

85 a

nd 1

994,

ther

e w

as a

40

perc

ent i

ncre

ase

in m

urde

rs,

rape

s, r

obbe

ries,

and

ass

aults

rep

orte

d to

law

enf

orce

men

t age

ncie

s ac

ross

the

natio

n. A

nd, d

espi

te th

eir

rela

tivel

y lo

w n

umbe

rs in

the

popu

latio

n, o

ur y

outh

wer

ere

spon

sibl

e fo

r 26

per

cent

of t

his

grow

th in

vio

lenc

e. W

orse

, the

Nat

iona

l Cen

ter

for

Juve

nile

Jus

tice

repo

rts

that

the

num

ber

of y

outh

age

s 10

to 1

7 w

ho a

re a

rres

t-ed

for

viol

ent c

rimes

cou

ld m

ore

than

dou

ble

by th

e ye

ar 2

010

if ar

rest

rat

es c

on-

tinue

to in

crea

se a

s th

ey d

id b

etw

een

1983

and

199

2. T

his

proj

ecte

d gr

owth

betw

een

1992

and

201

0 is

exp

ecte

d to

var

y am

ong

cate

gorie

s as

follo

ws:

mur

ders

(+14

2%),

rap

es (

+66

%),

rob

berie

s (+

58%

), a

nd a

ssau

lts (

+12

9%).

Cha

ngin

g th

ese

life

path

s w

ill r

equi

re c

omm

itted

com

mun

ities

who

iden

tify

prob

-le

ms

and

inte

rven

e pr

ospe

ctiv

ely

usin

g pr

even

tion

prog

ram

s th

at h

ave

a pr

oven

trac

k re

cord

. Juv

enile

s at

hig

h ris

k fo

r cr

imin

al b

ehav

ior

can

be id

entif

ied

usin

gob

ject

ive

crite

ria, s

uch

as s

choo

l per

form

ance

, sel

f-re

gula

tory

and

pro

blem

-sol

ving

skill

s, c

hild

abu

se a

nd/o

r do

mes

tic v

iole

nce

hist

ory;

invo

lvem

ent w

ith a

lcoh

ol,

drug

s, o

r fir

earm

s; r

elat

ives

with

crim

inal

his

torie

s; a

nd p

oor

fam

ily fu

nctio

ning

.T

he c

ruci

al p

oint

to b

e m

ade

is th

at a

sm

all g

roup

of i

dent

ifiab

le y

outh

will

be

resp

onsi

ble

for

an in

cred

ibly

dis

prop

ortio

nate

sha

re o

f Virg

inia

's c

rimin

al a

nd v

io-

lent

offe

nses

.

Thi

s ca

tego

ry in

clud

es th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

cas

es r

efer

red

to in

take

(m

eant

to d

iver

tyo

uth

from

form

al c

ourt

act

ions

) in

a C

ourt

Ser

vice

Uni

t for

an

alle

ged

delin

quen

-cy

com

plai

nt. T

hese

cas

es m

ay th

en b

e de

emed

unf

ound

ed, d

iver

ted,

or

petit

ione

dto

cou

rt b

y th

e C

ourt

Ser

vice

Inta

ke S

taff.

For

this

boo

k, in

take

dat

a in

clud

e ju

veni

les

of a

ll ag

es; p

opul

atio

n da

ta a

re fo

r ju

ve-

nile

s 12

-17.

The

refo

re, t

he r

ate(

s) m

ay b

e sl

ight

ly o

ver-

estim

ated

. It s

houl

d be

note

d th

at n

umbe

rs o

f int

ake

case

s re

port

ed h

ere

are

the

best

est

imat

es, g

iven

the

avai

labl

e da

ta. S

ome

loca

litie

s do

not

pro

vide

a r

epor

t for

eve

ry m

onth

of t

heye

arso

met

imes

bec

ause

ther

e ar

e no

cas

es, s

omet

imes

for

othe

r re

ason

s. T

heim

pact

of t

his

prac

tice

on th

e ac

cura

cy o

f the

se e

stim

ates

can

not b

e de

term

ined

.T

hese

dat

a ar

e ba

sed

on a

fisc

al y

ear

and

are

calc

ulat

ed a

s(t

he n

umbe

r of

inta

keca

ses/

popu

latio

n, a

ges

12-1

7)*1

,000

.

Inci

dent

s of

stu

dent

s po

sses

sing

alc

ohol

or

drug

s in

sch

ool.

Thi

s be

nchm

ark

refe

rs to

the

num

ber

of ti

mes

pub

lic s

choo

l stu

dent

s w

ere

foun

d to

have

alc

ohol

, min

d-al

terin

g dr

ugs,

illic

it dr

ugs,

ille

gally

-pos

sess

ed o

r -u

sed

pres

crip

-tio

n dr

ugs,

syn

thet

ic d

rugs

, or

anab

olic

ste

roid

s on

thei

r pe

rson

or

loca

ted

with

inth

e sc

ope

of th

e pe

rson

's c

ontr

ol, o

n sc

hool

pro

pert

y (f

or e

xam

ple,

lock

er, h

and-

1019

99 I

UD

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgi

nia

2,2

bag,

gym

bag

, or

car

on s

choo

l gro

unds

).

The

nat

ion

is a

t a c

ritic

al ju

nctu

re in

the

fight

aga

inst

dru

gs. A

fter

year

s of

ste

ady

decl

ine,

dru

g us

e is

rap

idly

incr

easi

ng a

mon

g yo

uth.

In 1

992,

the

natio

nal r

ate

ofpa

st-m

onth

illic

it dr

ug u

se r

each

ed a

low

of 5

.3 p

erce

nt, a

dec

line

from

16.

3 pe

r-ce

nt in

197

9. B

y 19

95, t

he r

ate

had

risen

to 1

0.9

perc

ent.

Sub

stan

ce u

se is

sho

w-

ing

up a

t an

earli

er a

ge th

an e

ver

befo

re, n

egat

ivel

y af

fect

ing

the

deve

lopm

ent a

ndm

atur

atio

n of

Am

eric

a's

yout

h. 2

5

Als

o tr

oubl

ing

is th

e no

tion

that

ado

lesc

ents

incr

easi

ngly

bel

ieve

that

ther

e is

littl

eor

no

risk

to th

emse

lves

or

othe

rs in

usi

ng d

rugs

, and

that

far

less

pee

r di

sapp

rova

lis

enc

ount

ered

; res

earc

h co

nsis

tent

ly h

as s

how

n th

at b

oth

of th

ese

incr

ease

the

ten-

denc

y to

use

dru

gs. A

lcoh

ol a

nd d

rug

use

by a

dole

scen

ts is

ass

ocia

ted

with

mot

orve

hicl

e ac

cide

nts,

inju

ries

and

deat

hs, p

robl

ems

in s

choo

l and

in th

e w

ork

plac

e,fig

htin

g an

d cr

ime,

and

hea

lth p

robl

ems.

Hab

itual

dru

g an

d al

coho

l use

by

yout

hal

so c

an le

ad to

ser

ious

hea

lth, s

ocia

l, an

d le

gal c

onse

quen

ces.

Thi

s in

dica

tor

may

ref

lect

the

avai

labi

lity

of a

lcoh

ol a

nd/o

r dr

ugs

to m

inor

s an

dco

mm

unity

nor

ms

that

do

not s

tron

gly

disc

oura

ge u

se. A

199

7 C

ente

rs fo

r D

isea

seC

ontr

ol a

nd P

reve

ntio

n su

rvey

rev

eals

that

nat

ionw

ide,

14.

6 pe

rcen

t of s

tude

nts

had

smok

ed c

igar

ette

s on

sch

ool p

rope

rty

in th

e la

st m

onth

, 5.6

per

cent

of s

tu-

dent

s ha

d at

leas

t one

drin

k of

alc

ohol

on

scho

ol p

rope

rty

in th

e la

st m

onth

, and

7pe

rcen

t had

use

d m

ariju

ana

on s

choo

l pro

pert

y on

e or

mor

e tim

es in

the

last

mon

th. F

inal

ly, 3

1.7

perc

ent o

f stu

dent

s na

tionw

ide

had

been

offe

red,

sol

d, o

rgi

ven

an il

lega

l dru

g on

sch

ool p

rope

rty

in th

e pa

st y

ear.

26

Ado

lesc

ent a

lcoh

ol a

nd d

rug

use

plac

es s

ubst

antia

l bur

dens

on

crim

inal

just

ice,

edu

-ca

tion,

and

hea

lth c

are

syst

ems

at th

e na

tiona

l, st

ate,

and

loca

l lev

els.

The

cos

tsas

soci

ated

with

thes

e pr

oble

ms

may

incl

ude

larg

er ju

veni

le c

ourt

cas

e lo

ads,

the

need

for

incr

ease

d ca

paci

ties

for

juve

nile

det

entio

n ce

nter

s, th

e ne

ed fo

r m

ore

scho

ol s

taff

to h

andl

e st

uden

t pro

blem

s as

soci

ated

with

dru

g us

e, a

nd m

ore

mon

eybe

ing

spen

t on

heal

th c

are

prob

lem

s re

late

d to

dru

g an

d al

coho

l use

.27

Alth

ough

sch

ool d

ivis

ions

hav

e at

tem

pted

to c

olle

ct d

ata

in a

form

at c

onsi

sten

t with

the

stat

e co

llect

ion

proc

ess,

ther

e m

ay b

e re

port

ing

disc

repa

ncie

s in

the

data

pro

-vi

ded

in th

is b

ook.

Bec

ause

rep

orte

d hi

gh in

cide

nces

of s

ubst

ance

abu

se m

ay in

di-

cate

a m

ore

com

preh

ensi

ve r

epor

ting

syst

em (

or s

ome

othe

r ca

usal

fact

or w

ithin

agi

ven

scho

ol d

ivis

ion)

, the

rea

der

is c

autio

ned

to r

efra

in fr

om a

ssum

ing

that

hig

her

num

bers

indi

cate

wor

seni

ng c

ondi

tions

. Thi

s be

nchm

ark

is c

alcu

late

d as

(the

num

-be

r of

inci

dent

s/av

erag

e da

ily s

choo

l mem

bers

hip)

*1,0

00,

and

thes

e da

taar

e ba

sed

on a

sch

ool y

ear.

Inci

dent

s of

stu

dent

s po

sses

sing

wea

pons

in s

choo

l.T

his

benc

hmar

k in

dica

tes

the

num

ber

of in

stan

ces

whe

n pu

blic

sch

ool s

tude

nts

wer

efo

und

to h

ave

wea

pons

(su

ch a

s gu

ns o

r kn

ives

) on

thei

r pe

rson

or

loca

ted

with

inth

e sc

ope

of th

e pe

rson

's c

ontr

ol, o

n sc

hool

pro

pert

y.

You

th p

osse

ssin

g w

eapo

ns r

epre

sent

s a

serio

us fa

ilure

by

pare

nts,

sch

ools

, and

com

-m

uniti

es to

teac

h no

n-vi

olen

t atti

tude

s, r

estr

ict t

he a

vaila

bilit

y of

wea

pons

, and

pro

-m

ote

a fe

elin

g of

per

sona

l saf

ety.

Fin

ding

s fr

om th

e 19

97 Y

outh

Ris

k B

ehav

ior

Sur

veill

ance

Sum

mar

y (c

ondu

cted

by

the

Cen

ters

for

Dis

ease

Con

trol

and

Pre

vent

ion)

rev

eal t

hat t

he p

reva

lenc

e of

car

ry-

ing

wea

pons

on

scho

ol p

rope

rty

in th

e la

st 3

0 da

ys w

as 8

.5 p

erce

nt n

atio

nally

.In

tere

stin

gly,

nin

th g

rade

mal

es a

nd fe

mal

es w

ere

mor

e lik

ely

than

ele

vent

h or

twel

fth g

rade

stu

dent

s to

hav

e ca

rrie

d a

wea

pon.

23

Page 13: EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION originating it

Alth

ough

sch

ool d

ivis

ions

hav

e at

tem

pted

to c

olle

ct d

ata

in a

form

at c

onsi

sten

t with

the

stat

e co

llect

ion

proc

ess,

ther

e m

ay b

e re

port

ing

disc

repa

ncie

s in

the

data

pro

-vi

ded

in th

is b

ook.

Bec

ause

rep

orte

d hi

gh in

cide

nces

of w

eapo

n po

sses

sion

may

indi

cate

a m

ore

com

preh

ensi

ve r

epor

ting

syst

em (

or s

ome

othe

r ca

usal

fact

or w

ith-

in a

giv

en s

choo

l div

isio

n), t

he r

eade

r is

cau

tione

d to

ref

rain

from

ass

umin

g th

athi

gher

num

bers

indi

cate

wor

seni

ng c

ondi

tions

. The

se d

ata

are

base

d on

a s

choo

lye

ar a

nd a

re c

alcu

late

d as

(the

num

ber

of in

cide

nts/

aver

age

daily

sch

ool

mem

bers

hip)

*1,0

00.

juve

nile

s ar

rest

ed f

or v

iole

nt c

rim

e.B

eing

arr

este

d fo

r a

viol

ent c

rime

is a

n ev

ent w

ith s

erio

us r

amifi

catio

ns fo

r a

teen

'sfu

ture

.

Man

y ris

k fa

ctor

s ca

n be

add

ress

ed to

red

uce

juve

nile

crim

e: s

choo

l pro

blem

s, a

nti-

soci

al p

eer

grou

p an

d ne

ighb

orho

od in

fluen

ces,

fam

ily d

ysfu

nctio

n, a

nd in

divi

dual

char

acte

ristic

s, s

uch

as la

ck o

f sel

f-re

gula

tory

abi

litie

s an

d su

bsta

nce

abus

e pr

oble

ms.

Vio

lenc

e no

t onl

y af

fect

s th

e qu

ality

of l

ife o

f the

per

petr

ator

, but

als

o th

ose

youn

gpe

ople

who

exp

erie

nce,

witn

ess,

or

feel

thre

aten

ed b

y it.

Thi

s in

dica

tor

is a

goo

d m

easu

re o

f juv

enile

s at

hig

h ris

k fo

r co

ntin

ued

serio

us d

elin

-qu

ency

and

crim

inal

beh

avio

r. T

he a

rres

t rat

e va

ries

as a

func

tion

of c

rimin

al a

ctiv

i-ty

in th

e co

mm

unity

. It a

lso

may

ref

lect

diff

eren

t lev

els

of c

omm

unity

tole

ranc

ean

d po

lice

activ

ity.

Thi

s ite

m in

clud

es th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

arr

ests

of j

uven

iles

for

mur

der,

forc

ible

rap

e,ro

bber

y, a

nd a

ggra

vate

d as

saul

t. T

hese

figu

res

repr

esen

t the

tota

l num

ber

of a

rres

tson

ly; t

hey

cann

ot b

e co

mpa

red

with

offe

nse

figur

es b

ecau

se s

ever

al p

erso

ns c

ould

be a

rres

ted

for

the

sam

e of

fens

e, o

r th

e ar

rest

of o

ne p

erso

n m

ay s

olve

sev

eral

offe

nses

. Law

enf

orce

men

t arr

est p

olic

ies

vary

, par

ticul

arly

with

res

pect

to ju

veni

les,

but l

aw e

nfor

cem

ent a

genc

ies

have

bee

n in

stru

cted

to c

ount

one

arr

est e

ach

time

juve

nile

s ar

e ta

ken

into

cus

tody

for

com

mitt

ing

an o

ffens

e. J

uven

iles

are

coun

ted

whe

n ar

rest

ed fo

r an

offe

nse

whe

n th

e ci

rcum

stan

ces

are

such

that

if th

e of

fend

erw

ere

an a

dult,

an

arre

st w

ould

be

mad

e.

The

se d

ata

are

base

d on

a c

alen

dar

year

and

are

col

lect

ed m

onth

ly fr

om c

ontr

ibut

-in

g la

w e

nfor

cem

ent a

genc

ies.

The

rat

e is

cal

cula

ted

as(t

he n

umbe

r of

arre

sts/

popu

latio

n, a

ges

12-1

7)*1

,000

.It

shou

ld b

e no

ted

that

arr

ests

of

juve

nile

s on

col

lege

or

univ

ersi

ty c

ampu

ses,

fede

ral p

rope

rty,

or

othe

r lo

catio

ns n

otcl

assi

fied

as a

city

or

coun

ty a

re n

ot in

clud

ed. T

hese

dat

a ar

e fo

r ar

rest

s; th

e nu

m-

ber

of a

ctua

l con

vict

ions

may

be

subs

tant

ially

low

er. A

rres

t dat

a in

clud

e ju

veni

les

ofal

l age

s. P

opul

atio

n da

ta a

re fo

r ju

veni

les

ages

12-

17; t

here

fore

, the

rat

e(s)

may

be

slig

htly

ove

r-es

timat

ed.

ED

UC

AT

ION

One

of t

he m

ost f

unda

men

tal i

ndic

ator

s of

a c

hild

's fu

ture

wel

l-bei

ng is

edu

catio

n.A

goo

d ed

ucat

ion

prov

ides

a p

ath

to p

erso

nal g

row

th, r

espo

nsib

le c

itize

nshi

p, a

ndec

onom

ic w

elfa

re. G

loba

l com

petit

ion

and

the

grow

ing

dem

and

of th

e w

orkp

lace

mak

e th

e be

nefit

s of

edu

catio

n a

nece

ssity

for

each

chi

ld a

nd th

e ke

y to

our

futu

re.

Edu

catio

nal a

ttain

men

t is

nega

tivel

y co

rrel

ated

with

pov

erty

, whi

ch m

eans

that

the

mor

e ed

ucat

ion

a pe

rson

has

, the

less

like

ly h

e or

she

is to

be

poor

.

The

vas

t maj

ority

of V

irgin

ia c

hild

renw

heth

er th

ey h

ave

a nu

rtur

ing

and

deve

lop-

men

tally

app

ropr

iate

ear

ly c

hild

hood

exp

erie

nce

or n

otw

ill e

nter

our

pub

licsc

hool

s (t

he d

ata

with

in th

is c

ateg

ory

are

base

d on

Virg

inia

's p

ublic

sch

ools

).C

hild

ren

who

hav

e a

qual

ity e

arly

chi

ldho

od e

xper

ienc

e ar

e m

uch

mor

e lik

ely

to b

esu

cces

sful

in s

choo

l. R

ecen

t bra

in d

evel

opm

ent r

esea

rch

show

s th

at a

chi

ld's

edu

ca-

2 4

tion

begi

ns a

t birt

has

lang

uage

is le

arne

d, in

terp

erso

nal r

elat

ions

hips

are

form

ed,

and

early

cur

iosi

ty is

sat

isfie

d.

4th

grad

ers

who

se s

tand

ardi

zed

test

sco

res

wer

e ab

ove

the

25th

per

-ce

ntile

.N

OT

E: I

n 19

96-9

7, th

e V

irgin

ia D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion

stop

ped

adm

inis

terin

gth

is b

atte

ry to

four

th g

rade

rs a

nd b

egan

adm

inis

terin

g it

to th

ird a

nd fi

fth g

rade

rs.

To

prov

ide

com

para

bilit

y ac

ross

yea

rs o

f dat

a pr

esen

ted

in th

is d

ata

book

and

the

KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgin

ia w

ebsi

te, t

he 1

997

entr

y fo

r th

is in

dica

tor

repr

esen

ts th

eav

erag

e of

the

third

and

fifth

gra

de r

esul

ts.

Virg

inia

Sta

te A

sses

smen

t Pro

gram

sta

ndar

dize

d te

sts

(like

thos

e in

this

indi

cato

r)ar

e m

ultip

le c

hoic

e in

form

at a

nd a

sses

s st

uden

ts in

the

basi

c ac

adem

ic s

kill

area

s.

Thi

s in

dica

tor

can

serv

e as

an

early

war

ning

sig

nal t

hat o

ur c

hild

ren

are

not l

earn

ing

and

that

fam

ilies

, com

mun

ities

, and

sch

ools

mus

t res

pond

. The

se d

ata

are

base

d on

a sc

hool

yea

r an

d ar

e re

pres

ente

d as

per

cent

ages

.

6th

grad

ers

who

pas

sed

all t

hree

Lite

racy

Pas

spor

t Tes

ts.

The

Lite

racy

Pas

spor

t Tes

ts a

sses

s ho

w w

ell s

tude

nts

have

mas

tere

d si

xth-

grad

e le

vel

skill

s in

mat

hem

atic

s, r

eadi

ng, a

nd w

ritin

g.

In V

irgin

ia, i

n 19

97, 6

8 pe

rcen

t of a

ll si

xth

grad

ers

pass

ed a

ll th

ree

Lite

racy

Pas

spor

t Tes

ts, d

own

slig

htly

from

the

1996

rat

e of

70

perc

ent.

The

res

ults

of c

ri-te

rion-

refe

renc

ed te

sts,

suc

h as

the

Lite

racy

Pas

spor

t Tes

ts in

six

th g

rade

, sho

w h

oww

ell c

hild

ren

are

lear

ning

, bas

ed o

n si

xth-

grad

e st

anda

rds.

The

edu

catio

nal s

yste

m is

requ

ired

to te

ach

child

ren

the

skill

s ne

eded

to s

ucce

ed in

life

, sus

tain

em

ploy

men

t,an

d ex

erci

se c

ivic

res

pons

ibili

ty; t

hese

ski

lls a

re a

ll im

poss

ible

to a

ttain

with

out b

asic

liter

acy

in w

ords

and

num

bers

. Man

y fa

ctor

s, in

clud

ing

pare

ntal

sup

port

and

leve

lof

edu

catio

n, c

lass

siz

e, te

ache

r sk

ills,

sch

ool c

limat

e, a

nd h

ome-

scho

ol c

onne

ctio

ns,

are

linke

d to

this

ben

chm

ark.

Thi

s is

an

impo

rtan

t pre

dict

or o

f hig

h sc

hool

gra

dua-

tion

and

the

abili

ty to

per

form

wel

l in

mid

dle

and

high

sch

ool.

Per

cent

ages

are

use

d to

rep

rese

nt th

ese

data

.

9th

- 12

th g

rade

rs w

ho d

ropp

ed o

ut o

f sc

hool

.G

radu

atin

g fr

om h

igh

scho

ol is

an

impo

rtan

t ind

icat

or o

f a c

omm

unity

's s

ucce

ss in

educ

atin

g its

chi

ldre

n. It

als

o is

a p

redi

ctor

of a

dult

succ

ess.

Bec

ause

man

y jo

bsre

quire

ach

ieve

men

t of a

hig

h sc

hool

dip

lom

a, e

mpl

oym

ent o

ppor

tuni

ties

are

limit-

ed fo

r th

ose

who

do

not g

radu

ate.

On

aver

age,

you

ng p

eopl

e w

ho d

rop

out o

f sch

ool w

ill e

arn

abou

t one

-thi

rd le

ssin

com

e th

an h

igh

scho

ol g

radu

ates

and

less

than

one

-hal

f of w

hat c

olle

ge g

radu

ates

earn

.28

The

con

sequ

ence

s of

dro

ppin

g ou

t of s

choo

l are

not

sol

ely

econ

omic

, how

-ev

er. D

ropo

uts

are

3.5

times

as

likel

y as

hig

h sc

hool

gra

duat

es to

be

arre

sted

, and

6 tim

es a

s lik

ely

to b

ecom

e un

mar

ried

pare

nts.

29

You

ths

from

fam

ilies

with

the

low

est i

ncom

es a

re e

ight

tim

es m

ore

likel

y to

be

drop

outs

than

thos

e fr

om fa

mili

es w

ith h

igh

inco

mes

. The

Nat

iona

l Edu

catio

nLo

ngitu

dina

l Stu

dy tr

acke

d a

grou

p of

eig

hth

grad

ers

begi

nnin

g in

198

8, a

t whi

chtim

e on

e in

five

cou

ld n

ot d

o m

ath

and

one

in s

even

cou

ld b

arel

y re

ad. T

wo

year

sla

ter,

abo

ut o

ne-f

ourt

h of

thes

e te

nth

grad

ers

had

been

ret

aine

d in

cla

ss. I

t has

been

foun

d th

at s

tude

nts

are

mor

e lik

ely

to d

rop

out o

f sch

ool w

hen

they

are

hel

dba

ck in

one

or

mor

e gr

ades

. In

fact

, the

Nat

iona

l Edu

catio

n Lo

ngitu

dina

l Stu

dyfo

und

that

stu

dent

s w

ho h

ad b

een

held

bac

k w

ere

11 ti

mes

mor

e lik

ely

to d

rop

out

than

thos

e w

ho h

ad n

ot b

een.

Som

e re

sear

ch s

ugge

sts

that

man

y ch

ildre

n w

ho w

ill

25 1

999

KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgi

nia

11

Page 14: EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION originating it

even

tual

ly b

e sc

hool

dro

pout

s ca

n be

iden

tifie

d as

ear

ly a

s th

ird g

rade

; pre

dict

ors

incl

ude

the

inab

ility

to r

ead

at g

rade

leve

l, po

vert

y, a

nd b

eing

ret

aine

d a

grad

e.30

In V

irgin

ia, t

he 1

997

rate

for

9th

- 12

th g

rade

rs w

ho d

ropp

ed o

ut o

f sch

ool w

asfiv

e pe

rcen

t, w

hich

has

rem

aine

d th

e sa

me

sinc

e 19

92.

The

se d

ata

are

base

d on

a s

choo

l yea

r an

d in

dica

te th

e pe

rcen

t of s

tude

nts

ingr

ades

9-1

2 w

ho le

ave

scho

ol a

nd d

o no

t gra

duat

e.

Ave

rage

dai

ly s

choo

l mem

bers

hip.

Ref

errin

g to

the

aver

age

daily

mem

bers

hip

in V

irgin

ia's

pub

lic s

choo

ls, t

his

figur

ere

flect

s th

e av

erag

e nu

mbe

r of

K-1

2 pu

pils

bel

ongi

ng e

ach

day

in a

roo

m, s

choo

l,or

sch

ool s

yste

m fo

r th

e re

port

per

iod.

Thi

s m

easu

re s

how

s th

e nu

mbe

r of

chi

ldre

nin

a c

omm

unity

who

atte

nd p

ublic

sch

ool o

r re

ceiv

e se

rvic

es p

aid

for

with

pub

licfu

ndin

g an

d in

clud

es a

ll st

uden

ts w

hose

edu

catio

nal s

ervi

ces

are

paid

for

by th

esc

hool

dis

tric

t, ev

en if

the

stud

ents

are

in a

ltern

ativ

e ed

ucat

ion,

spe

cial

edu

catio

n,or

oth

er p

lace

men

ts p

hysi

cally

out

side

of t

he s

choo

l dis

tric

t.

As

with

the

othe

r in

dica

tors

rel

ated

to e

duca

tion

in th

is d

ata

book

, thi

s nu

mbe

rre

flect

s st

uden

ts in

pub

lic s

choo

ls o

nly.

The

Virg

inia

Cou

ncil

for

Priv

ate

Edu

catio

nes

timat

es th

at a

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

,000

stu

dent

s in

Virg

inia

atte

nd p

rivat

e sc

hool

s. A

sth

is b

ook

goes

to p

ress

, it i

s es

timat

ed (

acco

rdin

g to

var

ious

pro

visi

ons

of th

e la

w)

that

app

roxi

mat

ely

14,0

00 V

irgin

ia c

hild

ren

are

hom

e sc

hool

ed.

Use

d to

cal

cula

te c

ost p

er p

upil,

this

figu

re is

det

erm

ined

by

the

sum

of

the

days

pres

ent a

nd a

bsen

t for

all

pupi

ls w

hen

scho

ol is

in s

essi

on d

urin

g a

give

npe

riod

/the

num

ber

of d

ays

scho

ol is

in s

essi

on d

urin

g th

is p

erio

d.B

ased

on

a sc

hool

yea

r, it

is p

rese

nted

in th

is b

ook

as a

raw

num

ber.

Per-

pupi

l exp

endi

ture

s.B

ecau

se th

is is

an

impo

rtan

t ind

icat

or o

f a c

omm

unity

's c

omm

itmen

t tow

ard

educ

a-tio

n, in

form

atio

n ab

out t

his

benc

hmar

k ha

s be

en in

clud

ed in

this

yea

r'sK

IDS

CO

UN

T in

Virg

inia

dat

a bo

ok.

A 1

997

Edu

catio

n W

eek

surv

ey fo

und

that

70

perc

ent o

f adu

lts (

natio

nally

)be

lieve

that

red

ucin

g cl

ass

size

wou

ld r

esul

t in

a bi

g im

prov

emen

t in

publ

ic s

choo

ls.

Add

ition

ally

, 83

perc

ent o

f tea

cher

s an

d 60

per

cent

of p

rinci

pals

agr

ee th

at c

lass

size

in e

lem

enta

ry s

choo

ls s

houl

d no

t exc

eed

17 s

tude

nts

(com

pare

d to

the

natio

n-al

ave

rage

of 2

5).

Sm

alle

r cl

asse

s en

cour

age

incr

ease

d st

uden

t-te

ache

r in

tera

ctio

n, a

nd a

llow

for

mor

eth

orou

gh e

valu

atio

n of

stu

dent

s. H

owev

er, b

ecau

se o

f the

add

ition

al te

ache

rs a

ndfa

cilit

ies

requ

ired,

it is

a c

ostly

pro

posi

tion.

The

Nat

iona

l Cen

ter

for

Edu

catio

nal

Sta

tistic

s ca

lcul

ates

that

the

aver

age

per-

pupi

l exp

endi

ture

has

ris

en in

con

stan

t19

93-1

994

dolla

rs fr

om $

1,29

9 in

194

9-50

to $

5,73

4 in

199

3-94

. How

ever

,ac

cord

ing

to th

e U

S D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion,

per

-pup

il co

sts

rose

a b

arel

y pe

rcep

-tib

le o

ne-h

alf o

f one

per

cent

bet

wee

n19

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d 19

93-9

4.31

In a

Gov

ernm

ent

Acc

ount

ing

Offi

ce s

urve

y st

udyi

ng th

e re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n co

mm

unity

wea

lth a

ndpe

r-pu

pil e

xpen

ditu

res,

Virg

inia

was

,foun

d to

be

one

of th

e to

p fiv

e st

ates

whe

refu

ndin

g in

crea

sed

as th

e in

com

e of

the

dist

rict i

ncre

ased

. Tha

t is,

per

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il ex

pend

i-tu

re w

as h

ighe

r in

wea

lthie

r di

stric

ts.3

2 In

Virg

inia

, fro

m 1

989-

90 to

199

6-97

,to

tal p

er-p

upil

spen

ding

incr

ease

d ab

out o

ne-h

alf o

f one

per

cent

from

$5,

636

to$5

,907

. Whe

n ad

just

ed fo

r in

flatio

n, p

er-p

upil

spen

ding

in th

e C

omm

onw

ealth

actu

ally

dec

reas

ed o

ver

the

eigh

t-ye

ar p

erio

d.33

1219

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IDS

CO

UN

T in

Vir

gini

a26

Stud

ents

elig

ible

for

spe

cial

edu

catio

n se

rvic

es.

New

to th

e K

IDS

CO

UN

T in

Virg

inia

dat

a bo

ok, t

his

figur

e re

pres

ents

stu

dent

sag

es 6

-18

who

are

dia

gnos

ed w

ith m

enta

l or

phys

ical

con

ditio

ns r

esul

ting

in th

eir

elig

ibili

ty fo

r sp

ecia

l edu

catio

n se

rvic

es.

Spe

cial

edu

catio

n pl

acem

ents

ref

lect

bot

h ch

ildre

n w

ith s

erio

us d

isab

ling

cond

ition

san

d st

uden

ts w

ith m

ild le

arni

ng a

nd b

ehav

iora

l pro

blem

s th

at h

ave

not b

een

acco

m-

mod

ated

suc

cess

fully

by

a no

n-sp

ecia

lized

edu

catio

nal p

rogr

am.

The

per

cent

of s

tude

nts

serv

ed b

y sp

ecia

l edu

catio

n re

lativ

e to

the

tota

l sch

ool

mem

bers

hip

rose

from

11.

0 pe

rcen

t in

1993

-94

to 1

3.3

perc

ent i

n 19

96-9

7.T

he g

row

th h

as b

een

mai

nly

in th

e ar

ea o

f lea

rnin

g di

sabi

litie

s, b

ut a

lso

repr

esen

tsin

crea

ses

in s

tude

nts

with

mul

tiple

or

phys

ical

impa

irmen

ts. T

he C

ente

r fo

r th

eF

utur

e of

Chi

ldre

n es

timat

es th

e co

st o

f spe

cial

edu

catio

n to

be

2.3

times

that

of

regu

lar

educ

atio

n, a

nd th

e co

st is

bor

ne p

rimar

ily b

y lo

cal s

choo

l dis

tric

ts. T

he to

tal

per-

pupi

l spe

ndin

g fo

r al

l stu

dent

s in

199

4 -9

5 w

as $

6,53

4; th

e av

erag

e co

st o

fed

ucat

ion

for

spec

ial e

duca

tion

stud

ents

was

$11

,584

, whi

ch r

efle

cts

low

er p

upil-

to-t

each

er r

atio

s an

d re

late

d se

rvic

es, s

uch

as o

ccup

atio

nal t

hera

py a

nd s

peci

aliz

edtr

ansp

orta

tion.

In V

irgin

ia p

ublic

sch

ools

, the

ave

rage

dai

ly m

embe

rshi

p in

crea

sed

from

978

,194

in 1

989-

90 to

1,0

51,5

55 in

199

4-95

, an

incr

ease

of n

early

eig

htpe

rcen

t. D

urin

g th

at s

ame

perio

d, th

e nu

mbe

r of

spe

cial

nee

ds s

tude

nts

incr

ease

dat

a m

uch

fast

er p

ace.

Stu

dent

s re

ceiv

ing

spec

ial e

duca

tion

serv

ices

incr

ease

d by

near

ly 3

0,00

0, a

n in

crea

se o

f 28

perc

ent,

or 3

.5 ti

mes

fast

er th

en th

e av

erag

eda

ily m

embe

rshi

p.

The

ent

ire s

yste

m o

f spe

cial

edu

catio

n is

und

er s

crut

iny,

and

it is

diff

icul

t to

mak

ege

nera

lizat

ions

abo

ut th

e ap

prop

riate

ness

of s

tude

nt p

lace

men

ts o

r th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

of c

urre

nt s

peci

al e

duca

tion

prog

ram

s. F

rom

a m

onito

ring

stan

dpoi

nt, t

he la

ck o

fna

tiona

l dat

a on

the

epid

emio

logy

of s

peci

fic d

isor

ders

and

thei

r pr

eval

ence

in th

epo

pula

tion

is p

robl

emat

ic. T

he la

ck o

f suc

h in

form

atio

n m

akes

it d

iffic

ult f

or e

duca

-to

rs a

nd p

olic

y m

aker

s to

pla

n or

eva

luat

e pr

ogra

ms.

Man

y ex

pert

s fe

el th

at s

choo

lsca

n an

d sh

ould

ass

ume

mor

e of

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r pr

ovid

ing

educ

atio

n to

stu

-de

nts

with

dis

abili

ties,

and

ther

e is

res

earc

h to

sup

port

this

. Suc

h ch

ange

s ca

nnot

occu

r im

med

iate

ly. I

ncre

asin

g th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

of m

ains

trea

m e

duca

tion

also

will

requ

ire in

crea

sed

reso

urce

s in

its

clas

sroo

ms

and

exte

nsiv

e tr

aini

ng o

f its

teac

hers

.E

ach

of th

ese

requ

irem

ents

is a

n ob

stac

le th

at c

omm

uniti

es a

nd s

tate

s w

ill h

ave

toov

erco

me.

The

rat

e is

def

ined

as

(the

num

ber

of s

tude

nts

ages

6 to

18

elig

ible

for

spe

-ci

al e

duca

tion/

aver

age

daily

sch

ool m

embe

rshi

p)'1

,000

.

Stud

ents

pro

mot

ed in

kin

derg

arte

n -

3rd

grad

e.T

his

indi

cato

r w

as a

dded

to th

eK

IDS

CO

UN

T in

Virg

inia

dat

a bo

ok b

ecau

se g

rade

rete

ntio

n (o

r no

t bei

ng p

rom

oted

) at

an

early

age

may

indi

cate

that

a c

hild

has

star

ted

scho

ol w

ithou

t ade

quat

e pr

epar

atio

n an

d m

ay c

ontin

ue to

exp

erie

nce

scho

olpr

oble

ms

in s

ubse

quen

t yea

rs. E

arly

sch

ool f

ailu

re m

ay le

ad to

det

achm

ent,

whi

chca

n af

fect

all

area

s of

you

ng p

eopl

e's

lives

.34

Gra

de r

epet

ition

diff

ers

by fa

mily

soc

ioec

onom

ic s

tatu

s, a

nd c

an b

e m

easu

red

bypo

vert

y st

atus

and

mat

erna

l edu

catio

n le

vels

.In

199

5, te

n pe

rcen

t of c

hild

ren

inpo

or fa

mili

es h

ad r

epea

ted

a gr

ade,

in c

ompa

rison

with

sev

en p

erce

nt o

f sec

ond

grad

ers

livin

g in

non

-poo

r fa

mili

es (

abov

e th

e po

vert

y th

resh

old)

. Gra

de r

epet

ition

varie

s by

mat

erna

l edu

catio

n, w

ith th

e hi

ghes

t per

cent

age

of g

rade

rep

etiti

on in

1995

am

ong

child

ren

who

se m

othe

rs d

id n

ot c

ompl

ete

high

sch

ool a

nd th

e lo

wes

tpe

rcen

tage

am

ong

child

ren

who

se m

othe

rs w

ere

colle

ge g

radu

ates

.35

2'7

Page 15: EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION originating it

Thi

s pe

rcen

tage

rep

rese

nts

the

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

prom

oted

in X

-3/(

the

sum

of c

hild

ren

prom

oted

and

ret

aine

d in

X-3

).

The

num

ber

of s

choo

l sus

pens

ions

.T

his

impo

rtan

t ind

icat

or h

as b

een

incl

uded

in th

is y

ear's

KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgin

iada

ta b

ook

beca

use

it ca

n re

flect

stu

dent

s' e

ngag

ing

in h

igh-

risk

beha

vior

s th

atin

crea

se th

e lik

elih

ood

they

will

bec

ome

invo

lved

with

the

crim

inal

just

ice

syst

eman

d no

t com

plet

e hi

gh s

choo

l.

Acc

ordi

ng to

the

Chi

ldre

n's

Def

ense

Fun

d, a

US

pub

lic s

choo

l stu

dent

is s

uspe

nded

ever

y se

cond

of t

he s

choo

l day

(ba

sed

on 1

80 d

ays

of s

even

hou

rs e

ach)

.

Stu

dent

s w

ho a

re s

uspe

nded

are

freq

uent

ly tr

uant

and

hav

e of

ten

falle

n be

hind

insc

hool

, str

ong

pred

icto

rs o

f bei

ng in

volv

ed in

oth

er h

igh-

risk

beha

vior

s su

ch a

ssm

okin

g da

ily, u

sing

mar

ijuan

a, c

arry

ing

wea

pons

, and

figh

ting.

38 A

lthou

gh s

us-

pend

ed s

tude

nts

are

clea

rly a

t hig

her

risk

than

thei

r pe

ers,

it c

an b

e as

sum

ed th

atth

ey a

re s

till l

ess

at r

isk

and

mor

e ac

cess

ible

than

stu

dent

s w

ho a

re n

o lo

nger

inco

ntac

t with

effe

ctiv

e sc

hool

s an

d ca

ring

teac

hers

.

The

like

lihoo

d of

dro

ppin

g ou

t of s

choo

l is

incr

ease

d fo

r st

uden

ts w

ho h

ave

been

susp

ende

d. O

nce

stud

ents

hav

e dr

oppe

d ou

t of s

choo

l, th

ey a

re m

ore

likel

y to

be

invo

lved

in a

wid

e ra

nge

of n

egat

ive

beha

vior

s. T

hus,

sus

pend

ed s

tude

nts

who

are

still

enr

olle

d ne

ed c

onsi

dera

ble

supp

ort t

o av

oid

deep

enin

g th

eir

invo

lvem

ent i

nm

ore

risky

beh

avio

rs th

at w

ould

jeop

ardi

ze th

eir

futu

re. W

e be

lieve

that

sch

ools

and

com

mun

ities

nee

d to

vie

w s

uspe

nsio

ns n

ot o

nly

as a

dis

cipl

inar

y ac

tion

but a

lso

as a

n op

port

unity

to e

xert

a p

ositi

ve in

fluen

ce o

n st

uden

ts w

ho a

re s

till o

pen

toin

terv

entio

n.

Thi

s ra

te is

cal

cula

ted

as(t

he n

umbe

r of

long

and

sho

rt s

uspe

nsio

ns/a

vera

geda

ily s

choo

l mem

bers

hip)

*1,0

00.

In V

irgin

ia, s

uspe

nsio

ns a

re r

epor

ted

byvo

catio

nal-t

echn

ical

sch

ools

, reg

ular

sch

ools

, and

spe

cial

sch

ools

. The

dur

atio

n is

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e lo

calit

y an

d is

bas

ed o

n a

num

ber

of fa

ctor

s.

Chi

ld d

ay c

are

capa

city

.In

crea

sing

ly, p

aren

ts m

ust d

ivid

e th

eir

time

betw

een

child

ren

and

empl

oyer

s. In

orde

r to

mee

t fam

ily fi

nanc

ial n

eeds

, mos

t par

ents

mus

t wor

k an

d th

us h

ave

less

time

for

fam

ily li

fe. C

arin

g fo

r ch

ildre

n is

a p

robl

em fo

r pa

rent

s un

able

to o

btai

nqu

ality

, affo

rdab

le c

hild

car

e w

hile

they

are

at w

ork.

The

nee

d fo

r ch

ild c

are

in th

e C

omm

onw

ealth

is g

reat

. Mor

e th

an 3

30,1

00V

irgin

ia c

hild

ren

youn

ger

than

six

are

in c

hild

car

e fu

ll-tim

e or

par

t-tim

e. A

ccor

ding

to 1

995

estim

ates

, mos

t mot

hers

in V

irgin

ia w

ork

to h

elp

supp

ort t

heir

fam

ilies

;ab

out

64pe

rcen

t of V

irgin

ia m

othe

rs w

ith c

hild

ren

youn

ger

than

six

, and

78

per-

cent

of w

omen

with

chi

ldre

n 6-

17 a

re in

the

labo

r fo

rce.

36 H

alf o

f all

Virg

inia

chi

l-dr

en y

oung

er th

an th

ree

spen

d al

l or

part

of t

heir

day

bein

g ca

red

for

by s

omeo

neot

her

than

thei

r pa

rent

s.37

The

pre

senc

e of

chi

ld c

are

oppo

rtun

ities

with

in th

e C

omm

onw

ealth

doe

s no

t ref

lect

issu

es r

elat

ed to

qua

lity

and

affo

rdab

ility

or to

the

rela

tivel

y lo

w w

ages

pai

d to

child

car

e w

orke

rs in

Virg

inia

. Virg

inia

ns ty

pica

lly p

ay th

e pe

ople

who

car

e fo

r th

eir

child

ren

half

the

hour

ly w

age

they

pay

the

peop

le w

ho c

are

for

thei

r ca

rs. (

In19

96 in

Virg

inia

, the

med

ian

hour

ly w

age

for

child

car

e w

orke

rs w

as $

5.92

; the

med

ian

hour

ly w

age

for

all w

orke

rs in

the

Com

mon

wea

lth w

as $

10.1

6.)3

8

In V

irgin

ia, a

s of

Feb

ruar

y 19

98, t

here

wer

e 2,

223

licen

sed

child

day

cen

ters

;1,

751

licen

sed

fam

ily d

ay h

omes

; 673

lice

nsed

chu

rch-

exem

pt fa

cilit

ies;

and

131

2 8

licen

sed

shor

t-te

rm d

ay c

are

prov

ider

s. In

Virg

inia

, cur

rent

ly th

ere

is n

o re

gula

tion

of m

ost f

amily

day

car

e pr

ovid

ers

who

car

e fo

r fe

wer

than

five

chi

ldre

n, a

nd li

mite

dre

gula

tion

for

thos

e w

ho c

are

for

mor

e th

an s

ix.3

9 W

hile

qua

lity

early

chi

ldho

odpr

ogra

ms

have

bee

n fo

und

to b

enef

it al

l chi

ldre

n, w

ithou

t que

stio

n th

e po

sitiv

eef

fect

s ar

e m

ost s

igni

fican

t for

chi

ldre

n w

hose

hom

e en

viro

nmen

ts a

re r

elat

ivel

ypo

or. H

owev

er, c

hild

ren

are

less

like

ly to

par

ticip

ate

in c

hild

car

e an

d ea

rly e

duca

-tio

n if

they

are

livi

ng b

elow

the

pove

rty

thre

shol

d. F

orty

-nin

e pe

rcen

t of c

hild

ren

belo

w th

e po

vert

y lin

e pa

rtic

ipat

e in

thes

e pr

ogra

ms,

com

pare

d to

65

perc

ent o

fch

ildre

n liv

ing

abov

e th

e po

vert

y th

resh

old.

40

The

ava

ilabi

lity

of r

egul

ated

chi

ld d

ay c

are

is a

n in

dica

tor

of a

com

mun

ity's

reso

urce

s th

at e

nabl

e fa

mili

es w

ith y

oung

chi

ldre

n to

obt

ain

and

mai

ntai

n em

ploy

-m

ent.

Fam

ilies

livi

ng a

t the

pov

erty

leve

l ofte

n sp

end

up to

25

perc

ent o

f the

irin

com

e on

chi

ld c

are.

Thi

s co

mpa

res

with

a n

atio

nal n

on-p

over

ty in

com

e av

erag

e of

six

perc

ent.

Hig

h qu

ality

chi

ld c

are

prom

otes

the

inte

llect

ual,

phys

ical

, soc

ial,

and

emot

iona

lde

velo

pmen

t of c

hild

ren,

ens

urin

g th

at th

ey a

re r

eady

to e

nter

sch

ool.

Res

earc

h ha

sde

mon

stra

ted

that

the

early

yea

rs a

re c

ritic

al. A

s po

inte

d ou

t in

the

Act

ion

Alli

ance

for

Virg

inia

's C

hild

ren

and

You

th's

Crit

ical

Issu

es in

Chi

ld C

are

serie

s, k

inde

rgar

ten

is n

ot th

e st

artin

g po

int o

f a c

hild

's b

rain

dev

elop

men

t, in

fact

by

then

the

proc

ess

is h

alf o

ver.

Qua

lity

early

chi

ldho

od p

rogr

ams

impr

ove

child

ren'

s ab

ility

to th

ink

and

reas

on a

s th

ey e

nter

sch

ool,

enab

ling

them

to le

arn

mor

e in

the

early

gra

des.

Ear

ly c

hild

hood

pro

gram

s ha

ve b

een

foun

d to

enh

ance

chi

ldre

n's

scho

ol a

chie

ve-

men

t and

futu

re e

arni

ngs,

and

dec

reas

e in

volv

emen

t in

the

crim

inal

just

ice

syst

em.

Equ

ally

impo

rtan

t is

the

fact

that

poo

r qu

ality

pro

gram

s ar

e as

soci

ated

with

bei

ngde

laye

d in

lang

uage

and

rea

ding

ski

lls a

nd w

ith d

ispl

ayin

g m

ore

aggr

essi

on to

war

dot

her

child

ren

and

adul

ts. S

choo

l-age

d ch

ild c

are

prog

ram

s pr

omot

e sk

ill-b

uild

ing

and

safe

ty, a

nd d

eter

pot

entia

lly u

nsaf

e an

d un

relia

ble

circ

umst

ance

s. E

cono

mic

and

soci

al in

equa

litie

s ar

e re

info

rced

by

an a

bsen

ce o

f chi

ld c

are

and

pare

ntal

em

ploy

-m

ent.4

1

Thi

s ite

m r

epre

sent

s th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

slo

ts a

vaila

ble

in th

e fo

ur c

ateg

orie

s of

child

car

e lic

ense

d by

the

Virg

inia

Dep

artm

ent o

f Soc

ial S

ervi

ces.

It is

impo

rtan

t to

note

that

all

Virg

inia

loca

litie

s ha

ve c

hild

car

e av

aila

ble

that

is n

ot li

cens

ed o

r re

gu-

late

d.

Chi

ldre

n en

rolle

d in

Hea

d St

art.

Thi

s in

dica

tor

is in

clud

ed fo

r th

e fir

st ti

me

in th

is y

ear's

KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgin

iada

ta b

ook

beca

use

it pr

esen

ts th

e m

ost r

ecen

t dat

a on

the

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

inth

e C

omm

onw

ealth

, who

thro

ugh

Hea

d S

tart

pro

gram

s, r

ecei

ve c

are

and

early

edu

-ca

tion

on a

reg

ular

bas

is fr

om p

erso

ns o

ther

than

thei

r pa

rent

s.

Ear

ly c

hild

hood

pro

gram

s ha

ve b

een

foun

d to

enh

ance

chi

ldre

n's

scho

ol a

chie

ve-

men

t and

futu

re e

arni

ngs,

and

dec

reas

e in

volv

emen

t in

the

crim

inal

just

ice

syst

em.

Poo

r qu

ality

pro

gram

s ar

e as

soci

ated

with

bei

ng d

elay

ed in

lang

uage

and

rea

ding

skill

s an

d di

spla

ying

agg

ress

ion

tow

ard

othe

r ch

ildre

n an

d ad

ults

".42

Qua

lity

early

chi

ld d

evel

opm

ent p

rogr

amss

uch

as H

ead

Sta

rtof

ten

help

chi

ldre

nat

ris

k of

edu

catio

nal f

ailu

re d

evel

op b

asic

inte

llect

ual a

nd s

ocia

l ski

lls a

nd a

cqui

reth

e m

otiv

atio

n to

suc

ceed

in e

lem

enta

ry s

choo

l and

bey

ond.

Stu

dies

of e

arly

inte

r-ve

ntio

n pr

ojec

ts s

how

that

you

ng a

dults

who

par

ticip

ated

in th

ese

prog

ram

s as

chi

l-dr

en w

ere

less

like

ly to

hav

e re

peat

ed a

gra

de o

r to

hav

e be

en r

efer

red

to s

peci

aled

ucat

ion

clas

ses.

The

y al

so w

ere

mor

e ac

hiev

emen

t-or

ient

ed th

an p

eers

with

sim

i-la

r ch

ildho

od b

ackg

roun

ds w

ho d

id n

ot h

ave

the

bene

fit o

f a h

igh

qual

ity e

arly

2 9

1999

KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgin

ia13

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child

hood

pro

gram

. Mor

eove

r, th

e pa

rent

s of

thes

e st

uden

ts h

ad h

ighe

r as

pira

tions

for

thei

r ch

ildre

n's

educ

atio

nal p

rogr

ess

and

futu

re e

mpl

oym

ent.

The

se s

tude

nts,

intu

rn, m

ore

ofte

n co

mpl

eted

hig

h sc

hool

and

wer

e m

ore

likel

y to

be

empl

oyed

than

thei

r pe

ers

who

did

not

par

ticip

ate

in a

hig

h qu

ality

ear

ly c

hild

hood

pro

gram

.43

Thi

s in

dica

tor

is e

xpre

ssed

as

the

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

enro

lled

in H

ead

Star

tpe

r 1,

000

child

ren,

age

s 3

and

4.

FAM

ILIE

SF

amili

es h

ave

hist

oric

ally

bee

n th

e m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t inf

luen

ce in

a c

hild

's li

fe.

Chi

ldre

n de

pend

on

thei

r fa

mili

es fo

r m

ater

ial n

eeds

, stim

ulat

ion,

and

gui

danc

e.T

oday

, fam

ily li

fe is

cha

ngin

g in

man

y w

ays

from

pre

viou

s ge

nera

tions

, and

the

indi

cato

rs in

this

cat

egor

y re

flect

that

diff

eren

ce.

Bir

ths

to te

enag

e gi

rls.

Acr

oss

the

natio

n, b

irth

rate

s am

ong

teen

ager

s 1

5-1

7 ye

ars

old

decl

ined

from

39

to 3

4 bi

rths

per

thou

sand

bet

wee

n 19

91 a

nd 1

996.

The

se d

eclin

es fo

llow

a p

eri-

od o

f sub

stan

tial i

ncre

ase

betw

een

1986

and

199

1.44

Virg

inia

rat

es a

lso

decl

ined

from

33.

9 to

25.

9 pe

r th

ousa

nd b

etw

een

1991

and

199

7. A

t the

nat

iona

l lev

el,

in 1

996,

85

perc

ent o

f birt

hs to

fem

ales

age

s 15

-17

wer

e to

unm

arrie

d m

othe

rs,

com

pare

d to

62

perc

ent i

n 19

80.4

5 T

he U

S h

as th

e hi

ghes

t rat

es o

f tee

n pr

egna

n-cy

and

birt

hs in

the

indu

stria

lized

wor

ld.4

6

Whi

le n

o on

e sh

ould

ass

ume

that

teen

par

ents

and

thei

r ch

ildre

n ar

e de

stin

ed fo

rfa

ilure

, the

evi

denc

e is

ove

rwhe

lmin

g th

at a

rriv

ing

early

at p

aren

thoo

d te

nds

tolim

it th

e lif

e op

tions

of b

oth

the

pare

nts

and

thei

r ch

ildre

n an

d re

flect

s a

num

ber

ofso

cial

and

eco

nom

ic c

ondi

tions

. The

Nat

iona

l Cam

paig

n to

Pre

vent

Tee

n P

regn

ancy

repo

rts

that

mor

e th

an o

ne-h

alf o

f firs

t out

-of-

wed

lock

birt

hs a

re to

teen

s an

d th

atch

ildre

n of

teen

mot

hers

are

twic

e as

like

ly to

be

abus

ed a

nd n

egle

cted

as

child

ren

of o

lder

mot

hers

and

that

boy

s bo

rn to

teen

mot

hers

are

thre

e tim

es m

ore

likel

y to

end

up in

jail.

The

Urb

an In

stitu

te fo

und

in A

ugus

t 199

8 th

at m

ore

than

one

-hal

fof

the

mot

hers

on

wel

fare

wer

e te

enag

ers

whe

n th

ey fi

rst g

ave

birt

h. S

ixty

-six

per

-ce

nt o

f all

birt

hs a

mon

g te

enag

ers

are

the

resu

lt of

uni

nten

ded

preg

nanc

y.47

Ast

udy

by th

e R

obin

Hoo

d F

ound

atio

n in

199

6 fo

und

that

teen

pre

gnan

cy c

osts

tax-

paye

rs a

n ex

tra

$2,8

00 p

er te

en m

othe

r.48

The

se d

ata

are

base

d on

a c

alen

dar

year

and

are

pre

sent

ed a

s a

rate

cal

cula

ted

as(a

ll liv

e bi

rths

to f

emal

es, a

ge 1

7 or

you

nger

/tota

l pop

ulat

ion

of f

emal

es,

ages

15-

17)*

1,00

0.B

ecau

se th

e m

ajor

ity o

f birt

hs a

re to

old

er g

irls,

the

popu

la-

tion

figur

es u

sed

in c

ompu

ting

this

rat

e ar

e fo

r gi

rls a

ges

15-1

7. T

his

rate

will

ove

r-es

timat

e sl

ight

ly th

e ac

tual

rat

e, a

s so

me

birt

hs a

re to

girl

s yo

unge

r th

an 1

5.

Bir

ths

to s

ingl

e m

othe

rs.

Bet

wee

n 19

80an

d 19

96, t

he U

S b

irth

rate

for

unm

arrie

d w

omen

incr

ease

d fr

om29

to 4

5 pe

r th

ousa

nd. I

n 19

97, 2

9.3

perc

ent o

f Virg

inia

's b

abie

s w

ere

born

tosi

ngle

mot

hers

.In

crea

ses

in b

irths

to u

nmar

ried

wom

en a

re a

mon

g th

e m

any

chan

ges

that

hav

e af

fect

ed fa

mily

str

uctu

re a

nd th

e ec

onom

ic s

ecur

ity o

f chi

ldre

n.49

Acc

ordi

ng to

the

1998

Fac

ts a

nd F

igur

es o

f the

Chi

ldre

n's

Def

ense

Fun

d, a

bab

y is

born

to a

n un

mar

ried

mot

her

in A

mer

ica

ever

y 25

sec

onds

.

Chi

ldre

n of

unm

arrie

d m

othe

rs a

re a

t hig

her

risk

of h

avin

g ad

vers

e bi

rth

outc

omes

,su

ch a

s lo

w b

irth

wei

ght a

nd in

fant

mor

talit

y, b

ecau

se th

eir

mot

hers

(ev

en w

hen

diffe

renc

es in

age

and

edu

catio

nal l

evel

are

take

n in

to a

ccou

nt)

are

less

like

ly to

have

rec

eive

d ad

equa

te p

rena

tal c

are,

less

like

ly to

hav

e ga

ined

suf

ficie

nt w

eigh

tw

hile

pre

gnan

t, an

d m

ore

likel

y to

hav

e sm

oked

dur

ing

preg

nanc

y. S

ingl

e fe

mal

e

1419

99 K

IDS

CO

UN

T in

Vir

gini

a30

pare

nt fa

mili

es a

re a

lso

muc

h m

ore

likel

y to

live

bel

ow th

e po

vert

y lin

e th

an o

ther

fam

ilies

, eve

n w

hen

rece

ivin

g pu

blic

ass

ista

nce.

50,5

1

Thi

s be

nchm

ark

refe

rs to

a b

irth

that

occ

urre

d to

a w

oman

who

was

not

mar

ried

toth

e fa

ther

of t

he c

hild

at t

he ti

me

of th

e ev

ent a

nd h

ad n

ot b

een

mar

ried

to h

im a

tan

y tim

e du

ring

the

prec

edin

g te

n m

onth

s. T

hese

dat

a ar

e ba

sed

on a

cal

enda

rye

ar; t

he p

erce

ntag

e is

cal

cula

ted

as(t

he n

umbe

r of

bir

ths

to s

ingl

em

othe

rs/to

tal n

umbe

r of

bir

ths)

*10

0.

(In

prev

ious

ver

sion

s of

the

KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgin

ia d

ata

book

, thi

s in

dica

tor

was

refe

rred

to a

s "o

ut-o

f-w

edlo

ck b

irths

.")

Fost

er c

are

out-

of-h

ome

plac

emen

ts.

Alth

ough

chi

ldre

n ne

ed s

tabl

e, lo

ving

, and

per

man

ent h

omes

, som

etim

es th

at is

not

thei

r re

ality

, and

they

mus

t be

plac

ed in

fost

er c

are.

To

prev

ent c

hild

ren

from

ente

ring

fost

er c

are,

an

emph

asis

on

stre

ngth

enin

g fa

mili

es is

crit

ical

, with

a p

roac

-tiv

e ap

proa

ch to

iden

tify

at-r

isk

fam

ilies

and

the

avai

labi

lity

of in

tens

ive

hom

e-ba

sed

serv

ices

. Unf

ortu

nate

ly, s

tres

sful

livi

ng c

ondi

tions

, fam

ily in

stab

ility

, pov

erty

, crim

e,vi

olen

ce, h

omel

essn

ess,

sub

stan

ce a

buse

, ser

ious

illn

ess,

and

han

dica

ppin

g co

ndi-

tions

are

rea

sons

man

y of

Virg

inia

's c

hild

ren

are

spen

ding

a p

ortio

n of

thei

r ch

ild-

hood

s in

fost

er c

are,

eith

er in

a fo

ster

hom

e or

in a

res

iden

tial s

ettin

g. A

bout

two-

third

s ar

e re

mov

ed fr

om th

eir

hom

es a

nd p

lace

d in

fost

er c

are

beca

use

of a

buse

or

negl

ect.

Eve

n w

ith in

crea

sed

effo

rts

to m

ove

child

ren

into

per

man

ent h

omes

, the

num

ber

of V

irgin

ia's

chi

ldre

n in

car

e is

ris

ing

abou

t fou

r pe

rcen

t ann

ually

, acc

ord-

ing

to th

e V

irgin

ia D

epar

tmen

t of S

ocia

l Ser

vice

s. M

any

child

ren

ultim

atel

y re

turn

hom

e, b

ut w

hen

that

is n

ot fe

asib

le, t

here

is a

nee

d to

find

an

alte

rnat

ive

perm

a-ne

nt h

ome

for

them

, suc

h as

in a

n ad

optiv

e ho

me.

As

alm

ost o

ne-h

alf o

f the

chi

l-dr

en in

fost

er c

are

are

teen

ager

s, le

arni

ng li

fe s

kills

for

inde

pend

ent l

ivin

g be

com

esim

port

ant.

Nat

iona

lly, t

he d

eman

d fo

r fo

ster

hom

es is

incr

easi

ng fa

ster

than

the

supp

ly o

fav

aila

ble

reso

urce

s. M

any

of th

e ch

ildre

n co

min

g in

to fo

ster

car

e to

day

are

med

-ic

ally

frag

ile a

nd/o

r ph

ysic

ally

han

dica

pped

. Ove

r th

e la

st d

ecad

e, th

ere

has

been

abou

t a 1

5 pe

rcen

t inc

reas

e in

the

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

who

ent

ered

fost

er c

are

beca

use

of th

eir

own

hand

icap

or

disa

bilit

y.55

Pre

vent

ion

serv

ices

(th

at d

eter

the

need

for

fost

er c

are

plac

emen

t with

out r

emov

ing

the

child

from

the

hom

e) a

re n

ot in

clud

ed in

thes

e da

ta, w

hich

are

bas

ed o

n a

fis-

cal y

ear.

The

se d

ata

are

raw

num

bers

.

EC

ON

OM

YE

cono

mic

fact

ors

affe

ct y

oung

peo

ple.

It h

as b

een

show

n th

at n

egat

ive

outc

omes

for

child

ren

can

ofte

n be

trac

ed to

pov

erty

or

to in

adeq

uate

eco

nom

ic r

esou

rces

.B

y ex

amin

ing

this

info

rmat

ion,

Virg

inia

ns c

an a

sses

s w

heth

er o

r no

t the

ir co

mm

uni-

ties'

eco

nom

ic h

ealth

sup

port

s th

e w

ell-b

eing

of c

hild

ren.

Stud

ents

app

rove

d fo

r fr

ee o

r re

duce

d-pr

ice

scho

ol lu

nch

prog

ram

.T

heC

omm

onw

ealth

has

ack

now

ledg

ed th

at s

tude

nt p

over

ty (

as m

easu

red

by e

ligi-

bilit

y fo

r fr

ee o

r re

duce

d-pr

ice

scho

ol lu

nch)

is a

n in

dica

tor

of th

ose

stud

ents

who

may

be

"edu

catio

nally

at-

risk.

" A

lthou

gh fr

ee o

r re

duce

d-pr

ice

scho

ol m

eal e

ligib

ili-

ty s

tand

ards

are

slig

htly

abo

ve th

e po

vert

y lin

e, th

is is

one

of t

he b

est i

ndic

ator

s fo

rpe

rcen

t of c

hild

ren

livin

g in

pov

erty

, whi

ch is

link

ed to

alm

ost e

very

maj

or p

robl

emth

at c

hild

ren

face

. (F

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion

on V

irgin

ia c

hild

ren

livin

g in

pov

erty

, see

page

s 29

-31.

) T

he c

hild

ren

who

qua

lify

for

this

pro

gram

are

mor

e lik

ely

to li

ve in

fam

ilies

whe

re th

ere

is n

ot e

noug

h m

oney

to p

urch

ase

a ba

lanc

ed d

iet t

hat e

nsur

es

Page 17: EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION originating it

prop

er n

utrit

ion

for

grow

ing

child

ren.

The

con

nect

ion

betw

een

pove

rty,

poo

r nu

tri-

tion,

and

edu

catio

nal d

evel

opm

ent i

s w

ell-d

ocum

ente

d. N

utrit

ion

affe

cts

not o

nly

the

actu

al p

hysi

cal g

row

th o

f chi

ldre

n, b

ut th

eir

lear

ning

and

soc

ial d

evel

opm

ent

also

. Rec

ent s

tudi

es s

how

that

eve

n m

ild m

alnu

triti

on li

mits

a c

hild

's a

bilit

y to

lear

n.U

nfor

tuna

tely

, res

earc

h ha

s sh

own

that

as

child

ren

get o

lder

, the

stig

ma

atta

ched

tofr

ee lu

nch

prog

ram

s re

sults

in d

ram

atic

ally

red

uced

par

ticip

atio

n.

The

per

cent

of V

irgin

ia's

pub

lic s

choo

l stu

dent

s w

ho a

re e

ligib

le fo

r fr

ee a

ndre

duce

d-pr

ice

scho

ol lu

nch

has

incr

ease

d ov

er th

e ei

ght-

year

per

iod

from

198

9-90

to 1

997-

98.

Thi

s in

dica

tor,

bas

ed o

n a

scho

ol y

ear,

sho

ws

the

perc

ent o

f stu

dent

s in

a s

choo

ldi

visi

on w

ith a

ppro

ved

appl

icat

ions

for

free

or

redu

ced-

pric

e sc

hool

lunc

h.

Chi

ldre

n re

ceiv

ing

TA

N F

.T

empo

rary

Ass

ista

nce

to N

eedy

Fam

ilies

(T

AN

F)

is a

fede

rally

man

date

d bl

ock

gran

t cas

h as

sist

ance

pro

gram

ena

cted

in th

e 19

90s;

it a

bolis

hed

the

60+

yea

r-ol

dA

id to

Fam

ilies

with

Dep

ende

nt C

hild

ren

(AF

DC

). U

nder

the

wel

fare

law

, eac

hst

ate

mus

t req

uire

a p

aren

t or

care

take

r re

ceiv

ing

TA

NF

ass

ista

nce

to w

ork

(as

defin

ed b

y th

e st

ate)

onc

e th

e pe

rson

has

bee

n de

term

ined

to b

e re

ady

for

wor

k,or

onc

e th

e pe

rson

has

rec

eive

d as

sist

ance

for

24 m

onth

s.

Chi

ldre

n re

ceiv

ing

gove

rnm

ent a

ssis

tanc

e ar

e th

e po

ores

t of p

oor

child

ren.

Chi

ldre

nin

low

-inco

me

fam

ilies

tend

to n

ot fa

re a

s w

ell a

s ch

ildre

n in

mor

e af

fluen

t fam

ilies

for

man

y of

the

indi

cato

rs p

rese

nted

in th

is d

ata

book

, inc

ludi

ng th

ose

in th

e ar

eas

of e

cono

mic

sec

urity

, hea

lth, a

nd e

duca

tion.

The

rat

e of

chi

ldre

n re

ceiv

ing

assi

s-ta

nce

prov

ides

impo

rtan

t inf

orm

atio

n ab

out t

he p

erce

ntag

e of

chi

ldre

n w

hose

cur

-re

nt li

fe c

ircum

stan

ces

are

hard

and

who

se fu

ture

s ar

e po

tent

ially

lim

ited

as a

res

ult

of th

eir

fam

ily's

low

inco

me.

Alth

ough

AF

DC

and

TA

NF

elig

ibili

ty r

equi

rem

ents

diff

er, f

or th

e pu

rpos

e of

dat

apr

esen

ted

in th

is b

ook,

the

figur

es a

re c

ombi

ned

in o

ne c

ateg

ory

to s

how

a m

ulti-

ple-

year

tren

d. S

tatis

tics

are

a m

onth

ly a

vera

ge o

f the

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

rece

ivin

gT

AN

F.

The

se d

ata

are

base

d on

a ft

sca

l yea

r an

d ar

e pr

esen

ted

as a

rat

e ca

lcul

ated

as

(chi

ldre

n re

ceiv

ing

assi

stan

ce/p

opul

atio

n, a

ges

0-17

) *1

,000

.

Fisc

al s

tres

s le

vel.

The

Virg

inia

Com

mis

sion

on

Loca

l Gov

ernm

ent c

ompu

tes

an a

nnua

l fis

cal s

tres

sin

dex

of V

irgin

ia's

citi

es a

nd c

ount

ies.

Var

iabl

es u

sed

in d

eter

min

ing

it in

clud

e pe

rca

pita

rev

enue

cap

acity

(a

loca

lity'

s ab

ility

to g

ener

ate

reve

nue

thro

ugh

taxe

s an

dot

her

levi

es),

rev

enue

effo

rt (

the

ratio

of a

loca

lity'

s po

tent

ial r

even

ue to

its

actu

alco

llect

ions

), a

nd m

edia

n ad

just

ed g

ross

inco

me.

The

se v

aria

bles

and

thei

r as

soci

ated

rank

ings

cha

ract

eriz

e th

e ov

eral

l fis

cal w

ell-b

eing

of a

loca

lity.

The

se d

ata

not o

nly

desc

ribe

a lo

calit

y, th

ey a

lso

are

used

in v

ario

us s

tate

fund

ing

allo

catio

n fo

rmul

as. W

hen

a lo

calit

y is

und

er fi

sca

l str

ess,

it is

less

like

ly to

hav

e th

ere

sour

ces

to p

rovi

de th

e pr

ogra

ms

and

supp

orts

that

man

y ch

ildre

n an

d fa

mili

esne

ed. I

roni

cally

, as

the

med

ian

adju

sted

gro

ss in

com

e is

par

t of i

ts fo

rmul

a, th

isin

dica

tion

of fi

scal

str

ess

also

may

indi

cate

a h

ighe

r ne

ed fo

r se

rvic

es a

nd s

uppo

rts

beca

use

of lo

wer

inco

mes

. Ano

ther

unf

ortu

nate

iron

y is

that

man

y co

mm

uniti

es'

limite

d re

sour

ces

are

bein

g ov

erta

xed

by e

scal

atin

g de

ep-e

nd s

ervi

ces

(suc

h as

jails

and

fost

er c

are)

. Thi

s m

akes

it d

iffic

ult f

or c

omm

uniti

es to

inve

st in

cos

t-ef

fect

ive,

fron

t-en

d se

rvic

es (

such

as

pren

atal

car

e, im

mun

izat

ions

, and

fam

ily s

uppo

rt)

that

repr

esen

t our

bes

t hop

e fo

r lo

ng-t

erm

sol

utio

ns.

3 2

Une

mpl

oym

ent r

ate.

Une

mpl

oym

ent i

s a

key

indi

cato

r of

eco

nom

ic h

ealth

. The

low

er th

e un

empl

oym

ent

rate

, the

bet

ter

the

job

clim

ate

for

wor

kers

.

The

une

mpl

oym

ent r

ate

indi

cate

s th

e op

port

uniti

es a

vaila

ble

to fa

mili

es, b

ut it

may

not b

e a

good

indi

cato

r of

em

ploy

men

t opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r ad

ults

in lo

w-in

com

e fa

mi-

lies.

It ty

pica

lly is

hig

her

than

ave

rage

for

thos

e w

ith lo

wer

edu

catio

nal l

evel

s an

dfo

r m

inor

ities

. Hig

h un

empl

oym

ent r

ates

incr

ease

the

risk

for

fam

ily in

stab

ility

, chi

ldab

use/

negl

ect,

and

pare

ntal

dep

ress

ion/

conf

lict.

Low

ered

une

mpl

oym

ent r

ates

may

mis

lead

us

into

thin

king

that

thin

gs a

re im

prov

ing

for

child

ren.

How

ever

, em

ploy

-m

ent d

oes

not a

utom

atic

ally

sol

ve th

e pr

oble

m o

f pov

erty

for

man

y fa

mili

es. T

hefa

stes

t gro

win

g se

gmen

t of p

oor

child

ren

resi

de in

fam

ilies

with

wor

king

par

ents

.

Dat

a on

une

mpl

oym

ent d

o no

t ref

lect

the

exte

nt o

f und

er-e

mpl

oym

ent,

whi

chin

clud

es th

ose

who

wor

k pa

rt-t

ime

beca

use

full-

time

wor

k is

una

vaila

ble

and

thos

ew

ho a

re "

disc

oura

ged"

and

not

look

ing

for

wor

k. (

The

une

mpl

oym

ent r

ate

only

refle

cts

jobl

essn

ess

amon

g th

ose

activ

ely

look

ing

for

wor

k.)

Sec

ure

pare

ntal

em

ploy

men

t ena

bles

mos

t fam

ilies

to a

void

pov

erty

and

its

atte

n-da

nt r

isks

to c

hild

ren.

Em

ploy

men

t als

o is

the

mea

ns b

y w

hich

mos

t fam

ilies

obt

ain

heal

th in

sura

nce

and

thus

ens

ure

that

thei

r ch

ildre

n ha

ve a

cces

s to

hea

lth c

are.

(F

orre

late

d in

form

atio

n, s

ee p

age

28.)

Tho

se fa

mili

es w

ho w

ork

for

low

wag

es o

ften

are

unab

le to

affo

rd s

ervi

ces

and

are

not e

ligib

le fo

r an

y pu

blic

ser

vice

s; th

eref

ore,

man

y ch

ildre

n in

wor

king

poo

r fa

mili

es s

uffe

r a

lack

of a

cces

s to

bas

ic h

uman

reso

urce

s. R

esea

rch

sugg

ests

that

a p

aren

t's e

mpl

oym

ent a

lso

may

enh

ance

chi

l-dr

en's

psy

chol

ogic

al w

ell-b

eing

and

impr

ove

fam

ily fu

nctio

ning

by

redu

cing

str

ess

and

othe

r ne

gativ

e ef

fect

s th

at u

nem

ploy

men

t and

und

erem

ploy

men

t can

hav

e on

pare

nts.

The

199

7 un

empl

oym

ent r

ate

for

Virg

inia

was

4.0

per

cent

, dow

n fr

om th

e 19

96an

d 19

95 r

ates

of 4

.4 a

nd 4

.5 p

erce

nts,

res

pect

ivel

y.

Bas

ed o

n a

cale

ndar

yea

r, th

ese

figur

es a

re th

e av

erag

e an

nual

une

mpl

oym

ent r

ates

as d

eter

min

ed b

y th

e B

urea

u of

Lab

or S

tatis

tics.

The

une

mpl

oym

ent r

ate

is (

the

num

ber

of u

nem

ploy

ed p

erso

ns/to

tal c

ivili

an la

bor

forc

e) *

100.

Ave

rage

per

cap

ita in

com

e.T

his

cate

gory

rep

rese

nts

aver

age

inco

me

per

pers

onin

clud

ing

pay

for

full-

time

and

part

-tim

e w

ork

and

bene

fits

such

as

retir

emen

t and

pub

lic a

ssis

tanc

e.

It is

est

ablis

hed

that

ade

quat

e in

com

e is

fund

amen

tal f

or th

e w

ell-b

eing

, sta

bilit

y,an

d se

lf-su

ffici

ency

of f

amili

es; b

ecau

se fa

mili

es c

reat

e th

e pr

imar

y en

viro

nmen

t for

child

ren,

suf

ficie

nt fa

mily

inco

me

also

is im

port

ant f

or th

eir

wel

l-bei

ng a

nd d

evel

op-

men

t. N

ot a

ll po

or fa

mili

es e

xper

ienc

e ne

gativ

e ou

tcom

es, b

ut p

over

ty g

reat

lyin

crea

ses

the

likel

ihoo

d of

hig

her

heal

th r

isks

, del

ays

in a

chi

ld's

dev

elop

men

t and

grow

th, l

earn

ing

disa

bilit

ies,

hos

pita

lizat

ions

, illn

esse

s, d

eath

s, m

ore

scho

ol d

iffic

ul-

ties,

mor

e pr

oble

ms

for

adol

esce

nts,

mor

e fa

mily

str

ess,

chi

ld a

buse

and

neg

lect

,do

mes

tic v

iole

nce,

alc

ohol

and

dru

g ab

use,

poo

r he

alth

car

e, p

oor

educ

atio

nal

atta

inm

ent,

inad

equa

te h

ousi

ng, a

nd h

omel

essn

ess.

At t

he ti

me

of p

ublic

atio

n of

this

dat

a bo

ok, t

he U

S h

ourly

min

imum

wag

e (e

stab

-lis

hed

in th

e su

mm

er o

f 199

6) is

$5.

15 p

er h

our.

Wor

king

40

hour

s a

wee

k, 5

2w

eeks

a y

ear,

an

indi

vidu

al w

ould

ear

n $1

0,71

2 ba

sed

on th

is fi

gure

. The

199

9po

vert

y th

resh

old

for

Virg

inia

for

a fa

mily

of t

hree

is $

13,3

60. A

ccor

ding

to th

eU

S C

ensu

s B

urea

u, c

hild

ren

who

live

in a

n em

ploy

ed fa

mily

with

bel

ow-p

over

tyin

com

e ar

e fo

ur ti

mes

mor

e lik

ely

than

oth

er c

hild

ren

to la

ck e

mpl

oyer

-pro

vide

d

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S C

OU

NT

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irgin

ia15

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heal

th in

sura

nce

cove

rage

.

Thi

s fig

ure

is s

uppl

ied

by th

e V

irgin

ia E

mpl

oym

ent C

omm

issi

on a

nd r

epre

sent

sac

tual

gro

ss in

com

e.

RE

FE

RE

NC

ES

I Ven

tura

SJ

et a

l.R

epor

t of f

inal

nat

ality

sta

tistic

s, 1

995.

Hya

ttsvi

lle, M

D: N

atio

nal C

ente

r fo

r H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s. M

onth

ly V

ital S

tatis

tics

Rep

ort 4

5 (1

1, S

2), 1

997.

2Cen

ters

for

Dis

ease

Con

trol

az

Pre

vent

ion,

Atla

nta,

GA

.

3US

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lth a

z H

uman

Ser

vice

s. (

1998

). H

ealth

y P

eopl

e 20

10 D

raft

Obj

ectiv

es. O

ffice

of

Dis

ease

Pre

vent

ion

tIL H

ealth

Pro

mot

ion.

Was

hing

ton,

DC

.

4Lew

it E

M e

t al.

(199

5). T

he d

irect

cos

t of l

ow b

irth

wei

ght.

The

Fut

ure

of C

hild

ren,

5,1

:35-

36.

5Cen

ters

for

Dis

ease

Con

trol

and

Pre

vent

ion.

(19

95).

Ect

opic

pre

gnan

cy in

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes,

199

0-92

.M

orbi

dity

and

Mor

talit

y W

eekl

y R

epor

t 44(

3). A

tlant

a, G

A: C

ente

rs fo

r D

isea

se C

ontr

ol 8

Z P

reve

ntio

n.

6US

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lth 8

1 H

uman

Ser

vice

s.

7Cen

ters

for

Dis

ease

Con

trol

81

Pre

vent

ion.

8Kle

inm

an J

C &

Kle

ly J

L. (

1991

). In

fant

mor

talit

y. H

ealth

y P

eopl

e 20

00 S

tatis

tical

Not

es, W

inte

r 1(

2).

Hya

ttsvi

lle, M

D: N

atio

nal C

ente

r fo

r H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s.

9Cen

ters

for

Dis

ease

Con

trol

8I P

reve

ntio

n. (

1995

). P

over

ty a

nd in

fant

mor

talit

y, U

S, 1

988.

Mor

bidi

tyan

d M

orta

lity

Wee

kly

Rep

ort 4

4(49

), 9

22-9

27. A

tlant

a, G

A: C

ente

rs fo

r D

isea

se C

ontr

ol e

i Pre

vent

ion.

10U

S D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

az

Hum

an S

ervi

ces.

11C

ente

rs fo

r D

isea

se C

ontr

ol a

z P

reve

ntio

n.

12B

rand

enbe

rg N

et a

l. (1

990)

. The

epi

dem

iolo

gy o

f chi

ldho

od p

sych

iatr

ic d

isor

ders

: pre

vale

nce

findi

ngs

from

rec

ent s

tudi

es. J

ourn

al o

f the

Am

eric

an A

cade

my

of C

hild

and

Ado

lesc

ent P

sych

iatr

y 29

:76-

83.

13K

essl

er R

C e

t al.

(199

4). L

ifetim

e an

d 12

-mon

th p

reva

lenc

e of

DS

M-I

II R

psy

chia

tric

dis

orde

rs.

Arc

hive

s of

Gen

eral

Psy

chia

try

41:8

-19.

14K

essl

er R

C e

t al.

(199

6). T

he e

pide

mio

logy

of c

o-oc

curr

ing

addi

ctiv

e an

d m

enta

l dis

orde

rs: I

mpl

icat

ions

for

prev

entio

n an

d se

rvic

e ut

iliza

tion.

Am

eric

an J

ourn

al o

f Ort

hops

ychl

atry

66:

21-2

3.

15G

reen

AH

. (19

93).

Chi

ld s

exua

l abu

se: I

mm

edia

te a

nd lo

ng-t

erm

effe

cts

and

inte

rven

tion.

Jou

rnal

of

the

Am

eric

an A

cade

my

of C

hild

and

Ado

lesc

ent P

sych

iatr

y 32

:890

-902

.

16M

offit

t TE

. (19

93).

Ado

lesc

ence

-lim

ited

and

life-

cour

se p

ersi

sten

t ant

isoc

ial b

ehav

ior:

A d

evel

opm

ent

taxo

nom

y. P

sych

olog

ical

Rev

iew

100

:674

-701

.

17A

ngol

d A

el C

oste

llo E

. (19

93).

Dep

ress

ive

co-m

orbi

dity

in c

hild

ren

and

adol

esce

nts:

Em

piric

al, t

heo-

retic

al, a

nd m

etho

dolo

gica

l iss

ues.

Am

eric

an J

ourn

al o

f Psy

chia

try

150:

1779

-179

1.

18C

ompa

s B

et a

l. (1

997)

. Pre

vent

ion

of d

epre

ssio

n. In

: RP

Wei

sbur

g et

al.

(eds

.), E

nhan

cing

chi

ldre

n's

wel

lnes

s. L

ondo

n: S

age.

19U

S D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion,

Offi

ce o

f Spe

cial

Edu

catio

n P

rogr

ams.

(19

94).

Nat

iona

l age

nda

for

achi

evin

g be

tter

resu

lts fo

r ch

ildre

n an

d yo

uth

with

ser

ious

em

otio

nal d

istu

rban

ces.

Was

hing

ton,

DC

: US

Dep

artm

ent o

f Edu

catio

n.

20F

rom

New

s R

elea

se #

571-

New

s S

ervi

ces

of C

hape

l Hill

, dat

ed J

uly

29, 1

998.

21C

ochr

an C

. (19

97).

The

199

7 S

outh

Dak

ota

KID

S C

OU

NT

Fac

tboo

k. V

erm

illio

n, S

D: U

nive

rsity

of

Sou

th D

akot

a, B

usin

ess

Res

earc

h B

urea

u, K

IDS

CO

UN

T P

roje

ct.

2219

99 Y

outh

Ris

k B

ehav

ior

Sur

vey,

Cen

ters

for

Dis

ease

Con

trol

& P

reve

ntio

n.

23G

elle

s R

I. P

over

ty a

nd v

iole

nce

tow

ard

child

ren.

Am

eric

an B

ehav

iora

l Sci

entis

t 35(

3), J

an/F

eb 1

992.

24O

ffice

of J

uven

ile J

ustic

e 81

Del

inqu

ency

Pre

vent

ion.

(19

95).

Juv

enile

offe

nder

s an

d vi

ctim

s: A

nat

iona

lre

port

. Was

hing

ton,

DC

: US

Dep

artm

ent o

f Jus

tice.

25N

atio

nal I

nstit

ute

on D

rug

Abu

se, N

atio

nal C

onfe

renc

e on

Mar

ijuan

a U

se: P

reve

ntio

n, T

reat

men

t and

Res

earc

h. C

onfe

renc

e H

ighl

ight

sJu

ly 1

995.

26Y

outh

Ris

k B

ehav

ior

Sur

vey,

Cen

ters

for

Dis

ease

Con

trol

az

Pre

vent

ion.

27A

Rev

iew

of V

irgin

ia Y

outh

Dru

g an

d A

lcoh

ol S

urve

y E

ffort

s. (

1998

). F

inal

Rep

ort o

f the

Dep

artm

ent

of C

rimin

al J

ustic

e S

ervi

ces.

Hou

se D

ocum

ent N

o. 5

1, R

ichm

ond,

VA

.

28N

atio

nal A

llian

ce o

f Bus

ines

s. (

1987

). T

he 4

th r

: Wor

kfor

ce r

eadi

ness

. Was

hing

ton,

DC

: Nat

iona

lA

llian

ce o

f Bus

ines

s.

1619

99K

IDS

CO

UN

Tin

Virg

inia

3 4

29S

chor

r LB

. (19

88).

With

in o

ur r

each

: Bre

akin

g th

e cy

cle

of d

isad

vant

age.

New

Yor

k: D

oubl

eday

.

30B

arr

RD

aZ

Par

rett

WH

. (19

95).

Hop

e at

last

for

at-r

isk

yout

h. N

eedh

am H

eigh

ts, M

A: A

llyn

az B

acon

.

31U

S D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion.

32U

5 G

ener

al A

ccou

ntin

g O

ffice

. (19

97).

Sch

ool f

inan

ce: S

tate

effo

rts

to r

educ

e fu

ndin

g ga

ps b

etw

een

poor

and

wea

lthy

dist

ricts

. GA

O/H

EH

S-9

7-31

. Was

hing

ton,

DC

: US

Gov

ernm

ent P

rintin

g O

ffice

.

33V

irgin

ia D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion.

(19

98).

Offi

ce o

f Bud

get O

pera

tions

. Ric

hmon

d, V

A.

34N

atio

nal A

llian

ce o

f Bus

ines

s.

35D

ryfo

os J

. (19

97).

Pre

vale

nce

of p

robl

em b

ehav

iors

: Im

plic

atio

ns fo

r pr

ogra

ms.

In: R

P W

eisb

urg

et a

l.(e

ds.)

, Enh

anci

ng c

hild

ren'

s w

elln

ess.

Lon

don:

Sag

e.

36A

ctio

n A

llian

ce fo

r V

irgin

ia's

Chi

ldre

n an

d Y

outh

az

KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgin

ia. (

1998

). C

ritic

al is

sues

in c

hild

car

e: Q

ualit

y ch

ild c

are

in V

irgin

ia. R

ichm

ond,

VA

: Act

ion

Alli

ance

for

Virg

inia

's C

hild

ren

and

You

th.

37A

dam

s G

az

Sch

ulm

an K

. (19

98).

Virg

inia

: Chi

ld c

are

thaf

feng

es W

ashi

ngto

n, D

C: C

hild

ren'

s D

efen

seF

und.

38A

ctio

n A

llian

ce fo

r V

irgin

ia's

Chi

ldre

n an

d Y

outh

.

39Ib

id.

40F

eder

al In

tera

genc

y F

orum

on

Chi

ld e

i Fam

ily S

tatis

tics.

(19

98).

Am

eric

a's

child

ren:

Key

nat

iona

l ind

i-ca

tors

of w

ell-b

eing

. Was

hing

ton,

DC

: US

Gov

ernm

ent P

rintin

g O

ffice

.

41A

ctio

n A

llian

ce fo

r V

irgin

ia's

Chi

ldre

n an

d Y

outh

.

42/b

id.

43B

ryan

t DM

ai R

amey

CT

. An

anal

ysis

of t

he e

ffect

iven

ess

of e

arly

inte

rven

tion

prog

ram

s fo

r en

viro

n-m

enta

lly a

t-ris

k ch

ildre

n. In

:11]

Gur

alni

ck fi

t FC

Ben

nett

(eds

.), T

he e

ffect

iven

ess

of e

arly

inte

rven

tion

for

at-r

isk

and

hand

icap

ped

child

ren.

New

Yor

k: A

cade

mic

Pre

ss, 1

987.

"Fed

eral

Inte

rage

ncy

For

um.

45N

atio

nal C

ente

r fo

r H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s. (

1995

). R

epor

t to

Con

gres

s on

out

-of-

wed

lock

chi

ldbe

arin

g.H

yatts

ville

, MD

: Nat

iona

l Cen

ter

for

Hea

lth S

tatis

tics.

"Nat

iona

l Cam

paig

n to

Pre

vent

Tee

n P

regn

ancy

. (19

97).

Wha

teve

r ha

ppen

ed to

chi

ldho

od?

The

pro

b-le

m o

f pre

gnan

cy in

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes.

Was

hing

ton,

DC

: Nat

iona

l Cam

paig

n to

Pre

vent

Tee

n P

regn

ancy

.

47C

ochr

an C

.

"Nat

iona

l Cam

paig

n to

Pre

vent

Tee

n P

regn

ancy

. (19

98).

Whi

le th

e ad

ults

ate

arg

uing

, the

teen

s ar

e ge

t-tin

g pr

egna

nt: O

verc

omin

g co

nflic

t in

teen

pre

gnan

cy p

reve

ntio

n. W

ashi

ngto

n, D

C: N

atio

nal C

ampa

ign

toP

reve

nt T

een

Pre

gnan

cy.

°Fed

eral

Inte

rage

ncy

For

um.

50V

entu

ra S

J.

51M

cLan

ahan

S. (

1995

). T

he c

onse

quen

ces

of n

onm

arita

l chi

ldbe

arin

g fo

r w

omen

, chi

ldre

n an

d so

ciet

y.In

: Nat

iona

l Cen

ter

for

Hea

lth S

tatis

tics,

Rep

ort t

o C

ongr

ess

on o

ut-o

f-w

edlo

ck c

hild

bear

ing.

Hya

ttsvi

lle,

MD

: Nat

iona

l Cen

ter

for

Hea

lth S

tatis

tics.

52H

ogan

D &

Egg

ebee

n D

. (19

95).

Dem

ogra

phic

cha

nge

and

the

popu

latio

n of

chi

ldre

n. F

ocus

16(

3).

OT

HE

R S

OU

RC

ES

1996

KID

S C

OU

NT

Dat

a B

ook

on L

ouis

iana

's C

hild

ren.

New

Orle

ans:

Age

nda

for

Chi

ldre

n.A

mer

ican

Col

lege

of O

bste

tric

s az

Gyn

ecol

ogy,

Was

hing

ton,

DC

.C

ente

r fo

r th

e F

utur

e of

Chi

ldre

n, P

acka

rd F

unda

tion,

Los

Alto

s, C

A.

Chi

ld S

afet

y In

stitu

te o

f New

Yor

k.C

hild

ren'

s D

efen

se F

und,

Was

hing

ton,

DC

.C

ompr

ehen

sive

Nut

ritio

nal S

tatu

s of

Chi

ldre

n P

roje

ct.

Edu

catio

n W

eek,

Nat

iona

l Cen

ter

for

Edu

catio

nal S

tatis

tics.

Idah

o K

IDS

CO

UN

T. P

rofil

es o

f chi

ld w

ell-b

eing

199

7. B

oise

, ID

.Jo

urna

l of t

he A

mer

ican

Med

ical

Ass

ocia

tion,

Chi

cago

, IL.

Lew

it E

M a

z B

aker

L. (

1997

). C

lass

siz

e. T

he F

utur

e of

Chi

ldre

n, 7

,3:1

12-2

1.M

cMill

en e

t al.

(199

6). B

reak

ing

the

cycl

e of

dis

adva

ntag

e: T

ies

betw

een

educ

atio

nal a

ttain

men

ts,

drop

ping

out

and

teen

age

mot

herh

ood.

Und

er r

evie

w.

Nat

iona

l Ass

ocia

tion

of S

tate

Boa

rds

of E

duca

tion,

Ale

xand

ria, V

A.

Nat

iona

l Cam

paig

n to

Pre

vent

Tee

n P

regn

ancy

, Was

hing

ton,

DC

.N

atio

nal C

ente

r fo

r C

hron

ic D

isea

se P

reve

ntio

n tg

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, U

S D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

az

Hum

anS

ervi

ces

BE

ST C

OPY

AV

AIL

AB

LE

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Nat

iona

l Cen

ter

for

Edu

catio

nal S

tatis

tics,

US

Dep

artm

ent o

f Edu

catio

n, W

ashi

ngto

n, D

C.

Nat

iona

l Cen

ter

for

Hea

lth S

tatis

tics,

Hya

ttsvi

lle, M

D.

Nat

iona

l Cen

ter

for

Juve

nile

Jus

tice,

Nat

iona

l Cou

ncil

of J

uven

ile 8

1 F

amily

Cou

rt J

udge

s.N

atio

nal C

omm

issi

on o

n C

hild

ren.

(19

92).

Bey

ond

rhet

oric

: A n

ew a

gend

a fo

r ch

ildre

n an

d fa

mili

es -

sum

mar

y. W

ashi

ngto

n, D

C: U

S G

over

nmen

t Prin

ting

Offi

ce.

Offi

ce o

f Juv

enile

just

ice

ER

Del

inqu

ency

Pre

vent

ion,

US

Dep

artm

ent o

f Jus

tice,

Was

hing

ton,

DC

.U

NIC

EF

- U

nite

d N

atio

ns C

hild

ren

Fun

d.U

rban

Inst

itute

, Was

hing

ton,

DC

.U

S D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

a H

uman

Ser

vice

s, W

ashi

ngto

n, D

C.

Virg

inia

Cou

ncil

for

Priv

ate

Edu

catio

n, R

ichm

ond,

VA

.W

est V

irgin

ia U

nive

rsity

, Mor

gant

own,

WV

.Z

il N

et a

L (1

993)

. Lon

g-te

rm e

ffect

s of

par

enta

l div

orce

on

pare

nt-c

hild

rel

atio

nshi

ps, a

djus

tmen

t, an

dac

hiev

emen

t in

youn

g ad

ulth

ood.

Jou

rnal

of F

amily

Psy

chol

ogy

7, 9

1-10

3.

3 6

2 t-

1999

KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgi

nia

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SO

ME

GE

NE

RA

L rO

TE

S A

BO

UT

TH

E D

AT

A IN

TH

IS B

OO

K:

For

all

indi

ces

for

all y

ears

, mea

sure

s de

scrib

ing

Sou

th B

osto

n ci

ty w

ere

com

bine

dw

ith m

easu

res

desc

ribin

g H

alifa

x C

ount

y.

For

the

inde

x of

chi

ldre

n re

ceiv

ing

TA

NF

ben

efits

, Fai

rfax

city

, Fai

rfax

Cou

nty,

&F

alls

Chu

rch

are

com

bine

d an

d re

pres

ente

d by

the

sam

e ra

te; B

edfo

rd c

ity a

zB

edfo

rd C

ount

y ar

e co

mbi

ned

and

repr

esen

ted

by th

e sa

me

rate

; Em

poria

&G

reen

svill

e C

ount

y ar

e co

mbi

ned

and

repr

esen

ted

by th

e sa

me

rate

; Poq

uoso

nY

ork

Cou

nty

are

com

bine

d; a

nd S

alem

fit R

oano

ke C

ount

y ar

e co

mbi

ned.

For

the

inde

x of

foun

ded

case

s of

chi

ld a

buse

, Fai

rfax

city

fit F

airf

ax C

ount

y ar

eco

mbi

ned

and

repr

esen

ted

by th

e sa

me

rate

; and

Sal

em &

Roa

noke

Cou

nty

are

com

bine

d.

For

the

inde

x of

fost

er c

are

out-

of-h

ome

plac

emen

ts, d

ata

are

com

bine

d fo

rE

mpo

ria a

nd G

reen

svill

e C

ount

y; fo

r P

oquo

son

& Y

ork

Cou

nty;

for

Sal

em &

Roa

noke

Cou

nty;

and

for

Fai

rfax

city

, Fai

rfax

Cou

nty,

& F

alls

Chu

rch.

The

Virg

inia

Dep

artm

ent o

f Edu

catio

n sc

hool

div

isio

n co

des

do n

ot m

atch

exa

ctly

the

FIP

S lo

calit

y co

des

(use

d in

this

dat

a bo

ok a

nd s

tand

ardl

y by

man

y da

ta-r

epor

t-in

g ag

enci

es in

the

Com

mon

wea

lth).

To

prov

ide

com

para

bilit

y ac

ross

all

indi

ces,

the

follo

win

g co

nven

tions

wer

e ap

plie

d to

dat

a pr

ovid

ed b

y th

e D

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

catio

n:D

ata

for

Col

onia

l Bea

ch w

ere

com

bine

d w

ith d

ata

for

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tmor

elan

d C

ount

y.D

ata

for

Wes

t Poi

nt w

ere

com

bine

d w

ith d

ata

for

New

Ken

t Cou

nty.

0Dat

a fo

r th

e jo

int d

istr

ict o

f Alle

ghan

y H

ighl

ands

and

Clif

ton

For

ge w

ere

repe

ated

for

each

com

mun

ity.

@D

ata

for

the

join

t dis

tric

t of J

ames

City

Cou

nty

and

Will

iam

sbur

g w

ere

repe

ated

for

each

com

mun

ity.

0Dat

a fo

r th

e jo

int d

istr

ict o

f Fai

rfax

Cou

nty

and

Fai

rfax

City

wer

e re

peat

ed fo

rea

ch c

omm

unity

.()

Dat

a fo

r th

e jo

int d

istr

ict o

f Bed

ford

Cou

nty

and

Bed

ford

City

wer

e re

peat

ed fo

rea

ch c

omm

unity

.aD

ata

for

the

join

t dis

tric

t of E

mpo

ria a

nd G

reen

svill

e C

ount

y w

ere

repe

ated

for

each

com

mun

ity.

The

se c

onve

ntio

ns r

esul

ted

in 1

35 lo

calit

ies,

alb

eit w

ith th

e du

plic

ates

des

crib

edab

ove,

and

thes

e 13

5 lo

calit

ies

wer

e th

en o

rder

ed b

y ra

nk.

For

this

dat

a bo

ok, t

he D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion

prov

ided

dat

a on

: 4th

gra

ders

who

se c

ompo

site

sta

ndar

dize

d te

st s

core

s w

ere

abov

e th

e 25

th p

erce

ntile

, 6th

grad

ers

who

pas

sed

all t

hree

Lite

racy

Pas

spor

t Tes

ts, 9

th12

th g

rade

rs w

hodr

oppe

d ou

t of s

choo

l, av

erag

e da

ily s

choo

l mem

bers

hip,

per

-pup

il ex

pend

iture

s,st

uden

ts e

ligib

le fo

r sp

ecia

l edu

catio

n se

rvic

es, s

tude

nts

prom

oted

in k

inde

rgar

ten

3rd

grad

e, n

umbe

r of

sus

pens

ions

, stu

dent

s ap

prov

ed fo

r fr

ee o

r re

duce

d-pr

ice

scho

ol lu

nch

prog

ram

, mid

dle

scho

oler

s pa

ssin

g al

l fou

r sp

ring

phys

ical

fitn

ess

test

s,in

cide

nts

of s

tude

nts

poss

essi

ng a

lcoh

ol o

r dr

ugs

in s

choo

l, an

d in

cide

nts

of s

tude

nts

poss

essi

ng w

eapo

ns in

sch

ool.

For

the

perc

ent o

f 4th

gra

ders

who

se s

tand

ardi

zed

test

sco

res

wer

e ab

ove

the

25th

perc

entil

e, th

e D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion

stop

ped

adm

inis

terin

g th

is b

atte

ry to

4th

grad

ers

in 1

996-

97 a

nd b

egan

adm

inis

terin

g it

to 3

rd a

nd 5

th g

rade

rs. T

o pr

ovid

e

1819

99 K

IDS

CO

UN

T in

Virg

inia

38

com

para

bilit

y ac

ross

yea

rs, t

he 1

997

entr

y fo

r th

is in

dica

tor

repr

esen

ts th

e av

erag

eof

the

3rd

and

5th

grad

e te

st r

esul

ts.

For

the

indi

cato

rs e

xpre

ssed

as

perc

ents

or

rate

s, th

e da

ta r

ates

for

1 99

4-1

996

wer

e co

mpu

ted

usin

g 19

94 p

opul

atio

n es

timat

es, b

ecau

se m

ore

rece

nt a

ge-a

ppro

-pr

iate

dat

a w

ere

not a

vaila

ble

at th

e tim

e of

com

puta

tion

for

earli

er d

ata

book

(s).

Ann

ual f

igur

es fo

r th

e av

erag

e pe

r ca

pita

inco

me

indi

cato

r w

ere

reca

lcul

ated

by

the

Virg

inia

Em

ploy

men

t Com

mis

sion

; the

se r

evis

ed n

umbe

rs fo

r 19

93 th

roug

h 19

96ar

e in

clud

ed in

this

dat

a bo

ok.

A s

ingl

e es

timat

e of

per

cap

ita in

com

e w

as p

rovi

ded

for

Alb

emar

le C

ount

y an

dC

harlo

ttesv

ille;

Alle

ghan

y C

ount

y, C

lifto

n F

orge

, and

Cov

ingt

on; A

ugus

ta C

ount

y,S

taun

ton,

and

Way

nesb

oro;

Bed

ford

city

and

Bed

ford

Cou

nty;

Bris

tol a

ndW

ashi

ngto

n C

ount

y; B

uena

Vis

ta, L

exin

gton

, and

Roc

kbrid

ge C

ount

y; C

ampb

ell

Cou

nty

and

Lync

hbur

g; C

arro

ll C

ount

y an

d G

alax

; Col

onia

l Hei

ghts

, Din

wid

die

Cou

nty,

and

Pet

ersb

urg;

Dan

ville

and

Pitt

sylv

ania

Cou

nty;

Em

poria

and

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ensv

ille

Cou

nty;

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rfax

city

, Fai

rfax

Cou

nty,

and

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ls C

hurc

h; F

rank

lin c

ity a

ndS

outh

ampt

on C

ount

y; F

rede

rick

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nty

and

Win

ches

ter;

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deric

ksbu

rg a

ndS

pots

ylva

nia

Cou

nty;

Har

rison

burg

and

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king

ham

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nty;

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ry C

ount

y an

dM

artin

svill

e; H

opew

ell a

nd P

rince

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rge

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nty;

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es C

ity C

ount

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illia

msb

urg;

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assa

s, M

anas

sas

Par

k, a

nd P

rince

Will

iam

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nty;

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tgom

ery

Cou

nty

and

Rad

ford

; Nor

ton

and

Wis

e C

ount

y; P

oquo

son

and

Yor

k C

ount

y; a

ndR

oano

ke C

ount

y an

d S

alem

.

Sch

ool s

uspe

nsio

n da

ta w

ere

not r

epor

ted

for

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hew

s C

ount

y fo

r 19

96 o

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rR

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ll C

ount

y fo

r 19

97.

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cal s

tres

s le

vel i

s no

t com

pute

d fo

r th

e C

omm

onw

ealth

of V

irgin

ia a

s a

who

le.

KID

S C

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NT

in V

irgin

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ITE

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ee, b

ut a

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. For

mor

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irgin

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t is

KID

S C

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NT

?

KID

SCOUNT

has

two

mea

ning

sit i

s a

"cou

nt,"

or

an a

sses

smen

t, of

fact

ors

rela

ted

to c

hild

ren'

s w

ell-b

eing

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it s

how

s th

atyo

ung

peop

le "

mat

ter"

in o

ur s

ocie

ty. A

nat

iona

l and

sta

te-b

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effo

rt to

trac

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e st

atus

of c

hild

ren

in th

e U

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he p

roje

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itiat

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y th

e A

nnie

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asey

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ndat

ion

of B

altim

ore,

who

pro

duce

s a

natio

nal d

ata

book

com

parin

g ea

ch o

f the

50

stat

esan

d th

e D

istr

ict o

f Col

umbi

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ten

diffe

rent

indi

cato

rs th

at a

ffect

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lives

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re 5

0 K

IDSCOUNT

prog

ram

sna

tionw

ide

that

focu

s on

the

wel

l-bei

ng o

f chi

ldre

n.

The

KID

SCOUNT

in V

irgin

ia p

rogr

am o

f the

Act

ion

Alli

ance

for

Virg

inia

's C

hild

ren

and

You

th p

rodu

ces

a da

ta b

ook

(the

one

you'

re r

eadi

ng n

ow)

and

mai

ntai

ns a

n in

tern

et w

ebsi

te th

at p

rovi

de m

ultip

le-y

ear

tren

d in

form

atio

n on

app

roxi

mat

ely

30 in

dica

-to

rs r

elat

ing

to y

oung

peo

ple

in e

ach

of th

e C

omm

onw

ealth

's 1

35 lo

calit

ies;

KID

SCOUNT

in V

irgin

ia a

lso

adm

inis

ters

a n

umbe

rof

edu

catio

nal a

ctiv

ities

, inc

ludi

ng v

ario

us p

ublic

atio

ns a

nd o

utre

ach

effo

rts.

Why

are

thes

e st

atis

tics

abou

t Virg

inia

's y

oung

peo

ple

impo

rtan

t?

The

info

rmat

ion

in th

is d

ata

book

is im

port

ant b

ecau

se it

pre

sent

s re

liabl

e, o

bjec

tive

mea

sure

s th

at a

llow

loca

litie

s to

det

erm

ine

how

they

are

ser

ving

the

need

s of

fam

ilies

and

chi

ldre

n in

thei

r co

mm

uniti

es. T

he in

form

atio

n ca

n th

en b

e us

ed to

mon

itor

prog

ress

that

com

mun

ities

hav

e m

ade

or n

eed

to m

ake

as th

ey e

valu

ate

circ

umst

ance

s af

fect

ing

the

lives

of t

heir

youn

g pe

ople

.

Why

isn'

t the

cur

rent

-yea

r in

form

atio

n fo

r ev

ery

indi

cato

r av

aila

ble

in th

e bo

ok o

r on

the

web

site

?

The

sim

ple

answ

er is

the

curr

ent-

year

dat

a ar

e no

t ava

ilabl

e w

hen

the

book

is p

rodu

ced

and

the

web

site

is u

pdat

ed. T

he K

IDS

CO

UN

T in

Virg

inia

dat

a bo

ok u

sual

ly is

prin

ted

in e

arly

Jan

uary

and

its

web

site

is u

pdat

ed a

roun

d th

at ti

me,

als

o. M

any

of o

urda

ta-s

ourc

e ag

enci

es r

epor

t tha

t it c

an ta

ke s

ever

al m

onth

s af

ter

a ye

ar e

nds

to m

ake

sure

the

info

rmat

ion

repo

rted

to th

em is

accu

rate

and

incl

udes

late

-in-t

he-y

ear

acco

unts

; the

n, th

e in

form

atio

n m

ust b

e co

mpi

led

and

diss

emin

ated

.

Ano

ther

rea

son

is th

e go

al o

f KID

SCOUNT

in V

irgin

ia is

to p

rese

nt in

form

atio

n th

at is

as

accu

rate

as

poss

ible

. Ofte

n, u

pdat

edda

ta s

ourc

es fo

r de

mog

raph

ics

are

base

d on

ave

rage

s, w

hich

can

be

less

acc

urat

e fo

r lo

calit

ies

with

sm

alle

r po

pula

tions

.

How

wer

e th

e da

ta in

dica

tors

sel

ecte

d? W

hy a

re s

ome

incl

uded

and

oth

ers

left

out?

The

mea

sure

s in

clud

ed in

KID

SCOUNT

in V

irgin

ia w

ere

chos

en th

roug

h ca

refu

l exa

min

atio

n of

the

avai

labl

e da

ta a

nd w

ith in

put

from

Virg

inia

's p

olic

y-m

akin

g co

mm

unity

, fou

ndat

ions

, aca

dem

ic r

esea

rche

rs, a

nd s

tate

and

loca

l chi

ldre

n's

serv

ice

prov

ider

s.

Bec

ause

ther

e ar

e vi

rtua

lly h

undr

eds

and

hund

reds

of i

ndic

ator

s, w

e w

orke

d ve

ry h

ard

to s

elec

t a r

elat

ivel

y sm

all g

roup

of b

ench

-m

arks

that

pai

nt a

pic

ture

of t

he h

ealth

and

wel

l-bei

ng o

f Virg

inia

's c

hild

ren.

We

used

a n

umbe

r of

prin

cipl

es to

gui

de o

urch

oice

s. E

ssen

tially

, the

incl

uded

ben

chm

arks

wer

e se

lect

ed b

ecau

se th

ey a

re:

rele

vant

and

eas

ily u

nder

stan

dabl

e by

thos

e w

ho p

lan,

man

age,

del

iver

, use

, and

pay

for

child

ren'

s se

rvic

es;

scie

ntifi

cally

bas

ed o

n su

bsta

ntia

l res

earc

h th

at c

onne

cts

it to

chi

ld w

ell-b

eing

;ho

listic

or

com

preh

ensi

ve s

o th

at n

o si

ngle

are

a of

chi

ldre

n's

lives

dom

inat

es th

e da

ta p

rese

nted

;us

eful

the

Com

mon

wea

lth, l

ocal

ities

, and

the

priv

ate

sect

or s

houl

d be

abl

e to

use

the

data

to d

irect

sta

te a

nd lo

cal e

ffort

s

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S C

OU

NT

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irgi

nia

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Page 22: EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION originating it

o m

easu

red

regu

larly

so

that

it c

an b

e up

date

d an

d sh

ow tr

ends

ove

r tim

e; a

ndo

repr

esen

tativ

e of

larg

e se

gmen

ts o

f the

pop

ulat

ion,

rat

her

than

one

par

ticul

ar g

roup

.

In s

elec

ting

the

data

to b

e in

clud

ed in

KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgin

ia, l

imita

tions

wer

e en

coun

tere

d in

that

som

e in

form

atio

n is

sim

ply

not

avai

labl

e br

oken

dow

n by

loca

litie

s an

nual

ly. F

or e

xam

ple,

sta

tistic

s on

chi

ldre

n re

latin

g to

pov

erty

, im

mun

izat

ions

, and

hom

eles

snes

sar

e th

ree

of th

e m

any

for

whi

ch w

e w

ere

unab

le to

acc

ess

curr

ent,

loca

lity-

spec

ific

info

rmat

ion.

Wha

t shu

ld I

I kk

for

whe

eva

l atin

g ch

ange

s fr

oye

ar to

yea

r?

The

re is

not

a s

impl

e fo

rmul

a as

to w

hat c

onst

itute

s a

sign

ifica

nt c

hang

e in

dat

a lik

e th

at p

rese

nted

in K

IDS

CO

UN

T in

Virg

inia

pro

-je

cts.

The

ans

wer

var

ies

as a

func

tion

of m

any

fact

ors.

As

a ru

le o

f thu

mb,

cau

tion

is r

ecom

men

ded

whe

n lo

okin

g at

sm

all c

hang

es, b

ased

on

smal

l sam

ples

(lik

e m

any

popu

latio

ns fo

r th

eci

ties

and

coun

ties

of V

irgin

ia)

that

fluc

tuat

e ac

ross

tim

e. T

he in

form

atio

n sh

own

for

the

Com

mon

wea

lth a

nd it

s lo

calit

ies

can

refle

cton

ly a

few

eve

nts;

we

enco

urag

e yo

u to

look

at o

vera

ll tr

ends

, pre

fera

bly

in c

lust

ers

of a

min

imum

of t

hree

yea

rs.

The

key

in th

e ev

alua

tion

of s

tatis

tics

is to

exa

min

e ev

eryt

hing

in c

onte

xt. T

he d

ata

chal

leng

e st

ereo

type

s, p

ushi

ng u

s to

look

bey

ond

the

surf

ace

for

the

less

obv

ious

rea

sons

for

the

num

bers

. Ind

ivid

ual i

ndic

ator

s do

not

exi

st in

a v

acuu

m a

nd c

anno

t be

redu

ced

to a

set

of th

e "b

est"

and

"w

orst

" lo

calit

ies

in th

e C

omm

onw

ealth

.

Why

is th

e hd

orm

atio

n pr

esen

ted

diff

eren

tlys

me

are

actu

al, r

aw n

umbe

rs; s

o e

are

perc

ents

; and

stil

lth

ers

are

rate

s pe

r 1,

000.

Eac

h K

IDS

CO

UN

T in

Virg

inia

sta

tistic

tells

us

som

ethi

ng d

iffer

ent a

bout

chi

ldre

n in

the

Com

mon

wea

lth. T

he n

umbe

rs r

epre

sent

rea

lin

divi

dual

s. T

he p

erce

nts

and

rate

s al

so r

epre

sent

indi

vidu

als,

but

hav

e th

e ad

vant

age

of a

llow

ing

for

com

paris

ons

amon

g ar

eas

with

popu

latio

ns o

f diff

eren

t siz

es. I

n th

is p

ublic

atio

n, in

dica

tors

are

exp

ress

ed a

s ei

ther

raw

num

bers

(fo

r ex

ampl

e, 3

0), a

s pe

rcen

ts (

30%

),or

rat

es (

30 p

er 1

,000

).

Pop

ulat

ion

rate

s of

1,0

00 a

re u

sed

to a

llow

com

paris

ons

acro

ss c

omm

uniti

es w

here

per

cent

ages

wou

ld b

e m

isle

adin

g du

e to

sm

all p

op-

ulat

ions

. A r

ate

is th

e m

easu

re o

f the

like

lihoo

d of

an

even

t and

allo

ws

an e

xam

inat

ion

of a

con

ditio

n's

seve

rity.

Per

cent

is a

rat

e of

100.

Cau

tion

shou

ld b

e ex

erci

sed

whe

n at

tem

ptin

g to

dra

w c

oncl

usio

ns fr

om p

erce

nts

and

rate

s th

at a

re b

ased

on

smal

l num

bers

.

Raw

num

bers

that

are

use

d to

cal

cula

te th

e ra

tes

in th

is d

ata

book

can

be

foun

d on

the

KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgin

ia w

ebsi

te(a

spri.

mill

.wm

.edu

). A

logo

n fe

e is

req

uire

d to

acc

ess

the

data

. (F

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion,

con

tact

the

Act

ion

Alli

ance

at 8

04-6

49-0

184.

)

Wh

t is

c rr

ent r

ank"

that

ap

ears

with

eve

ry in

dit r

on

ever

y lo

calit

y's

data

spr

ead?

KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgin

ia n

umer

ical

ly r

anks

the

scor

es (

from

1-1

35)

of V

irgin

ia lo

calit

ies

for

each

indi

cato

r pr

esen

ted,

bas

ed o

n w

here

that

city

or

coun

ty s

tand

s in

com

paris

on to

all

othe

r lo

calit

ies

of th

e C

omm

onw

ealth

. A lo

w r

anki

ng (

clos

er to

1)

is a

lway

s as

soci

ated

with

com

mun

ity h

ealth

or

wel

l-bei

ng, a

nd a

hig

h ra

nkin

g (c

lose

r to

135

) is

alw

ays

asso

ciat

ed w

ith h

ighe

r ris

k or

mor

e pr

oble

ms.

42

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IDS

CO

UN

T in

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gini

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at d

o th

e fo

llow

ing

mea

n w

hen

used

in th

is d

ata

book

?

Chi

ld r

efer

s to

you

ng p

eopl

e, a

ges

0-17

yea

rs, u

nles

s ot

herw

ise

defin

ed.

Del

inqu

ency

mea

ns v

iola

tion

by a

juve

nile

of a

sta

te c

rimin

al s

tatu

te o

r of

a v

alid

cou

rt o

rder

.

Fis

cal Y

ear

(FY

) is

the

Virg

inia

fisc

al y

ear,

whi

ch r

uns

from

Jul

y 1

thro

ugh

June

30.

(F

or e

xam

ple,

FY

199

7 m

eans

Jul

y 1,

199

6,th

roug

h Ju

ne 3

0, 1

997.

) F

or s

choo

l-rel

ated

dat

a, th

e sc

hool

yea

r ro

ughl

y co

rres

pond

s w

ith th

e V

irgin

ia fi

scal

yea

r. D

epen

ding

on

loca

lity,

it g

ener

ally

beg

ins

in A

ugus

t or

Sep

tem

ber

and

runs

thro

ugh

June

.

TA

indi

cate

s th

at d

ata

wer

e no

t ava

ilabl

e or

wer

e no

t rep

orte

d du

ring

the

time

perio

d.

h t s

dif

fere

nt a

bout

this

yea

r'sK

IDS

CO

UN

Tin

Vir

gini

a da

ta b

ook?

To

bette

r re

flect

the

date

s of

prin

ting

and

info

rmat

ion

pres

ente

d, th

is d

ata

book

is c

alle

d th

e 19

99 d

ata

book

(ra

ther

than

199

8;al

thou

gh it

seq

uent

ially

follo

ws

the

1997

-titl

ed d

ata

book

).

Som

e ne

w in

dica

tors

hav

e be

en a

dded

to a

llow

a m

ore

com

preh

ensi

ve lo

ok a

t the

live

s of

Virg

inia

chi

ldre

n. T

hey

are:

Hos

pita

lizat

ions

invo

lvin

g ps

ychi

atric

dis

orde

rsP

er-p

upil

expe

nditu

res

Stu

dent

s el

igib

le fo

r sp

ecia

l edu

catio

n se

rvic

esS

tude

nts

prom

oted

in k

inde

rgar

ten

3rd

grad

eN

umbe

r of

sch

ool s

uspe

nsio

ns

We

wer

e un

able

to o

btai

n m

uliti

ple-

year

dat

a br

oken

dow

n by

loca

lity

for

a nu

mbe

r of

key

topi

cs th

at a

re c

ritic

al to

com

preh

endi

ngth

e w

ell-b

eing

of V

irgin

ia's

you

ng p

eopl

e. F

or s

ome

of th

esec

hild

ren

in p

over

ty, h

omel

ess

child

ren,

imm

uniz

atio

ns fo

r ch

ildre

n, h

ealth

care

for

child

ren,

and

sin

gle

pare

nt fa

mili

esw

e ha

ve in

clud

ed th

e in

form

atio

n (p

rimar

ily s

tate

wid

e es

timat

es a

nd b

ackg

roun

d na

rrat

ive)

that

we

coul

d ac

quire

. The

se a

re p

rese

nted

on

page

s 28

-31.

Som

e of

the

mod

el p

rogr

ams

(aro

und

Virg

inia

) th

at a

ddre

ss is

sues

face

d by

you

th in

man

y co

mm

uniti

es a

re h

ighl

ight

ed o

npa

ges

22-2

5.

The

title

for

the

indi

cato

r pr

evio

usly

ref

erre

d to

as

"out

-of-

wed

lock

birt

hs"

is n

ow "

birt

hs to

sin

gle

mot

hers

."

KIw

can

El c

onta

ct K

IDS

CO

UN

T in

Vir

*ni

a or

the

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n (w

ho p

rodu

ces

the

natio

nal

5 C

O N

T Y

alta

yok)

?

KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgin

ia is

adm

inis

tere

d by

the

Act

ion

Alli

ance

for

Virg

inia

's C

hild

ren

and

You

th. T

he c

onta

ct in

form

atio

n is

: 701

Eas

t Fra

nklin

Str

eet,

Sui

te 8

07, R

ichm

ond,

VA

232

19, 8

04-6

49-0

184.

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n ca

n be

rea

ched

at:

701

St.

Pau

l Str

eet,

Bal

timor

e, M

D 2

1202

, 410

-547

-660

0 (w

ww

.kid

scou

nt.o

rg).

4 4

4 5

1999

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S C

OU

NT

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irgi

nia

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KID

S C

OU

NT

in V

irgi

nia

is p

leas

ed to

pre

sent

som

e m

odel

pro

gram

s fr

om a

roun

d th

e C

omm

onw

ealth

that

add

ress

con

cern

s fa

ced

by y

oung

Vir

gini

ans.

Fol

low

ing

are

just

a f

ew e

xam

ples

of

the

man

y m

ulti-

stra

tegy

app

roac

hes

to im

prov

ing

our

child

ren'

s w

ell-

bein

gth

at in

volv

e in

divi

dual

s, b

usin

ess

lead

ers,

and

pol

icy

mak

ers.

Asa

mpl

ing

of th

e pr

ogra

ms

in o

pera

tion

in V

irgi

nia,

thes

e re

flec

tth

e ge

ogra

phic

div

ersi

ty o

f th

e C

omm

onw

ealth

and

the

com

bini

ng o

f va

riou

s co

mm

unity

res

ourc

es to

ser

ve th

e yo

ung

peop

le a

ndfa

mili

es o

f V

irgi

nia.

To

com

bat a

his

tori

cally

hig

h in

cide

nce

of il

liter

acy

and

to b

ette

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GR

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SC

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ugus

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ve v

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l and

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ual a

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ultid

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pli-

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res

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inve

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atin

g, tr

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terv

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rose

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ild a

buse

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plai

nts.

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ter

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ude

audi

o- a

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ideo

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ng o

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stig

ativ

e in

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erra

ls; c

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g; c

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inat

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am s

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aini

ng; t

rack

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data

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deve

lopi

ng a

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mun

ity A

war

enes

s P

rogr

am o

n ch

ild a

buse

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es. T

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ente

r se

rves

mal

e an

d fe

mal

e vi

ctim

s un

der

the

age

of 1

8 liv

-in

g in

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tol a

nd W

ashi

ngto

n C

ount

y. F

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion,

con

tact

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Kov

acs,

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ldre

n's

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ocac

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ente

r, 3

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cess

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ple

abou

tth

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r-cu

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cing

chi

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n, to

hel

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rent

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heal

th a

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uman

ser

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s th

ey n

eed,

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to b

uild

par

tner

ship

s w

ith in

divi

dual

san

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oups

who

wor

k w

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ren

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fam

ilies

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irect

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vice

, a fu

nd r

aisi

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echa

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stric

tly d

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ed to

at-

risk

child

ren,

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cess

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6 is

cur

rent

ly fo

cusi

ng it

s ef

fort

s on

ens

urin

g th

at a

ll ch

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n re

ceiv

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mpl

ete

med

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imm

uniz

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eir

seco

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irth-

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dhe

alth

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ders

to b

ring

abou

t pos

itive

cha

nges

in th

e liv

es o

f chi

ldre

n (f

rom

birt

h to

age

six

) an

d th

eir

fam

ilies

. The

Ric

hmon

d S

ucce

ss B

y 6

was

form

ed in

199

7 an

d se

rves

the

city

of R

ichm

ond

and

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surr

ound

ing

coun

ties

of C

hest

erfie

ld a

nd H

enric

o.F

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion,

con

tact

Lin

da W

ilkin

son,

Suc

cess

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6, U

nite

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ay S

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G H

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MIL

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IFE

CE

NT

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in F

rede

ricks

burg

pro

vide

s as

sist

ance

to th

e lo

cal c

omm

unity

, with

an

emph

asis

on

the

tota

l gro

wth

and

dev

elop

men

t of a

t-ris

k yo

uth

and

econ

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ally

und

erpr

ivile

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resi

dent

s. W

hile

ack

now

ledg

ing

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f ext

er-

nal f

acto

rs in

the

lives

of y

oung

peo

ple

and

fam

ilies

, the

Cen

ter

focu

ses

on in

tern

al a

spec

tssu

ch a

s po

or d

ecis

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mak

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skill

s, la

ck o

flo

ng-r

ange

pla

nnin

g sk

ills,

insu

ffici

ent v

alue

pla

ced

on e

duca

tion,

and

sub

stan

ce a

buse

pro

blem

stha

t can

mak

e fa

mili

es v

ulne

rabl

e to

unhe

alth

y w

ays

of li

fe a

nd h

omel

essn

ess.

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Cen

ter's

targ

et p

opul

atio

n in

volv

es lo

w-in

com

e ch

ildre

n an

d fa

mili

es, a

s w

ell a

s ch

ildre

n of

hom

eles

s m

othe

rs fr

om th

eir

mul

ti-ju

risdi

ctio

nal a

rea

of s

ervi

ce (

the

city

of F

rede

ricks

burg

and

the

coun

ties

of S

taffo

rd, S

pots

ylva

nia,

Kin

g G

eorg

e, a

nd C

arol

ine.

) In

res

pons

e to

com

mun

ity n

eed,

the

Cen

terw

hich

was

est

ablis

hed

in 1

997

thro

ugh

a co

llect

ive

effo

rt b

ylo

cal c

hurc

hes,

bus

ines

ses,

and

org

aniz

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nsop

erat

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ever

al p

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ser

ve m

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than

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clud

ing

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od a

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hea

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ices

, and

a s

enio

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are

cent

er. F

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion,

con

tact

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Jose

ph D

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ders

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r., B

ragg

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ily L

ife C

ente

r, 3

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read

ing

leve

l) is

pre

sent

ed a

nd e

xpla

ined

thor

ough

ly, a

nd g

ifts

suc

h as

dia

pers

and

saf

ety

kits

are

dis

trib

uted

.T

he o

nly

elig

ibili

ty r

equi

rem

ent t

o re

ceiv

e th

e se

rvic

es o

f W

elco

me

Hom

e B

aby!

is to

be

a pr

egna

nt r

esid

ent o

f W

ashi

ngto

n C

ount

y(r

egar

dles

s of

age

, inc

ome,

or

num

ber

of p

revi

ous

child

ren)

. In

its f

irst

two

year

s of

ope

ratio

n, W

elco

me

Hom

e B

aby!

ser

ved

250

fam

i-lie

s. T

he p

roje

ct w

as th

e cr

eativ

e w

ork

of c

omm

unity

ser

vice

pro

fess

iona

ls s

eeki

ng to

off

er h

elpf

ul s

ervi

ces

to f

amili

es a

s ea

rly

as p

ossi

ble.

Wel

com

e H

ome

Bab

y! r

ecei

ves

fund

ing

from

the

Mar

ch o

f D

imes

and

fro

m s

tate

fun

ds th

roug

h th

e Fa

mily

Pre

serv

atio

n an

d Su

ppor

tG

rant

. For

mor

e in

form

atio

n, c

onta

ct S

usan

L. W

alls

, Wel

com

e H

ome

Bab

y!, 2

05 A

cade

my

Dri

ve, A

bing

don,

VA

242

10, 5

40-6

76-6

231.

Den

tal c

are

for

low

-inc

ome,

uni

nsur

ed c

hild

rena

lthou

gh m

uch-

need

edof

ten

does

not

rec

eive

as

muc

h at

tent

ion

as is

sues

abo

ut a

cces

sto

gen

eral

med

ical

car

e fo

r th

is p

opul

atio

n. I

n re

spon

se to

Bed

ford

Cou

nty'

s in

crea

sing

den

tal h

ealth

nee

ds, t

he B

edfo

rd C

omm

unity

Hea

lth F

ound

atio

n sp

onso

rs a

pro

gram

that

pro

vide

s de

ntal

car

e an

d ed

ucat

ion

to im

pove

rish

ed c

hild

ren

thro

ugh

a sc

hool

-bas

ed d

enta

ltr

aile

r. T

he B

ED

FOR

D D

EN

TA

L P

RO

JEC

T p

rovi

des

a va

riet

y of

ser

vice

s, in

clud

ing

expa

nded

clin

ic h

ours

for

trea

tmen

t for

Hea

d St

art

and

scho

ol c

hild

ren,

pro

fess

iona

l den

tal c

are,

and

a c

ount

ywid

e fl

uori

datio

n an

d de

ntal

edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m in

the

scho

ols.

The

pro

ject

isa

join

t ven

ture

of

the

Foun

datio

n, th

e lo

cal h

ealth

dep

artm

ent a

nd p

ublic

sch

ools

, a f

ree

clin

ic, a

nd a

rea

dent

ists

, and

rec

eive

s gr

ant

fund

s fr

om th

e V

irgi

nia

Hea

lth C

are

Foun

datio

n. F

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion,

con

tact

the

Bed

ford

Com

mun

ity H

ealth

Fou

ndat

ion,

PO

Box

1104

, Bed

ford

, VA

245

23, 5

40-5

86-5

292.

Rec

ogni

zing

the

pivo

tal r

ole

that

fat

hers

pla

y in

the

emot

iona

l, ph

ysic

al, a

nd f

inan

cial

hea

lth o

f th

eir

fam

ilies

,F

AT

HE

RS

IN T

RA

ININ

G(p

art o

f th

e V

irgi

nia

Bea

ch D

epar

tmen

t of

Soci

al S

ervi

ces

Em

ploy

men

t Ser

vice

s Pr

ogra

m)

is c

omm

itted

to s

tren

gthe

ning

fam

ilies

by

pro-

vidi

ng f

athe

rs w

ith th

e to

ols

to b

e ef

fect

ive

and

mot

ivat

ed p

aren

ts. T

he p

rogr

am w

orks

to im

prov

e th

e fa

ther

-chi

ld r

elat

ions

hip

by s

ervi

ngth

e fa

ther

in a

n ho

listic

man

ner.

In

exis

tenc

e si

nce

1996

, the

pro

gram

was

initi

ally

des

igne

d fo

r 16

- to

25-

year

-old

, eco

nom

ical

ly d

isad

-va

ntag

ed f

athe

rs. H

owev

er, i

n re

spon

se to

gro

win

g co

mm

unity

nee

d, th

e pr

ogra

m h

as e

xpan

ded

to a

ccep

t and

wor

k w

ith f

athe

rs r

egar

d-le

ss o

f ag

e, m

arita

l sta

tus,

soc

io-e

cono

mic

leve

l, or

geo

grap

hic

loca

tion

(as

long

as

one

imm

edia

te f

amily

mem

berp

aren

t or

child

inne

ed o

f se

rvic

es r

esid

es in

Vir

gini

a B

each

). F

athe

rs in

Tra

inin

g ha

s w

on th

e V

irgi

nia

Bea

ch C

ity M

anag

er's

Cre

ativ

ity A

war

d an

d ha

s be

enfe

atur

ed o

n ra

dio,

on

tele

visi

on, a

nd in

pri

nt. I

t is

curr

ently

bei

ng u

tiliz

ed b

y th

e co

urt s

yste

m a

s on

e op

tion

for

alte

rnat

ives

to in

carc

era-

tion.

Ser

vice

s pr

ovid

ed in

clud

e gr

oup,

indi

vidu

al, a

nd c

risi

s in

terv

entio

n co

unse

ling;

cas

e m

anag

emen

t; co

mm

unity

liai

son

activ

ities

; ref

er-

ral s

ervi

ces;

sup

ervi

sed

visi

tatio

ns; a

nd jo

b em

ploy

men

t ski

lls tr

aini

ng. F

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion,

con

tact

Nan

cy H

inch

or

Bri

an H

awki

ns,

Vir

gini

a B

each

Dep

artm

ent o

f So

cial

Ser

vice

s, 3

432

Vir

gini

a B

each

Bou

leva

rd, V

irgi

nia

Bea

ch, V

A 2

3452

, 757

-437

-343

0, e

-mai

l:bs

h810

@lo

cala

genc

y.ds

s.st

ate.

va.u

s.

The

ME

NT

OR

/RO

LE

MO

DE

L P

RO

GR

AM

of

Sout

h B

osto

n se

eks

to n

urtu

re th

e liv

es, m

inds

, and

spi

rits

of

at-r

isk

yout

h (g

rade

s K

-8)

by p

rovi

ding

one

-to-

one

men

tori

ng s

ervi

ces

and

mon

thly

act

iviti

es (

for

exam

ple,

trai

ning

s, f

ield

trip

s, a

nd te

am b

uild

ing)

. The

targ

et a

reas

of th

e pr

ogra

m a

re c

omba

ting

subs

tanc

e ab

use,

dis

cour

agin

g ac

adem

ic d

ropo

ut, a

nd b

uild

ing

life

skill

s. F

ound

ed in

199

1 by

thre

e re

tired

educ

ator

s, th

e Pr

ogra

m w

as in

corp

orat

ed in

199

6 an

d to

day

serv

es a

ppro

xim

atel

y 15

0 st

uden

ts in

11

of th

e 15

ele

men

tary

sch

ools

and

the

only

mid

dle

scho

ol in

the

city

. Vol

unte

ers

from

eve

ry s

ecto

r of

the

com

mun

ity s

erve

as

men

tors

; mos

t of

the

youn

g pe

ople

who

par

-tic

ipat

e in

the

Prog

ram

are

ref

erre

d by

sch

ool p

erso

nnel

(pa

rent

al c

onse

nt is

nec

essa

ry).

A n

onpr

ofit,

com

mun

ity-s

uppo

rted

org

aniz

atio

n,th

e Pr

ogra

m s

ecur

es it

s fu

ndin

g th

roug

h lo

cal b

usin

esse

s an

d in

dust

ries

, chu

rche

s, c

ivic

org

aniz

atio

ns, a

nd in

divi

dual

s. S

ome

of th

e ch

il-dr

en s

erve

d ha

ve b

een

able

to e

xcel

aca

dem

ical

ly a

nd s

ocia

lly; s

ome

have

mad

e ho

nor

roll

for

the

firs

t tim

e, s

choo

l atte

ndan

ce h

asin

crea

sed,

and

dis

cipl

inar

y no

tices

hav

e de

crea

sed.

For

mor

e in

form

atio

n, c

onta

ct L

auri

etta

Jor

dan

Faul

kner

, Men

tor/

Rol

e M

odel

Prog

ram

, PO

Box

143

5, S

outh

Bos

ton,

VA

245

92, 8

04-5

75-3

011.

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IDS

CO

UN

T in

Virg

inia

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brin

g m

ore

to s

choo

l tha

n ju

st th

eir

back

pack

s; m

edic

al p

robl

ems

and

emot

iona

l sca

rs tr

oubl

em

any

child

ren

and

are

com

plic

ated

furt

her

by a

lack

of t

rans

port

atio

n, p

er-

ceiv

ed in

vuln

erab

ility

, and

con

cern

s ov

er c

onfid

entia

lity

whe

n ob

tain

ing

heal

thca

re s

ervi

ces.

Wor

king

to o

verc

ome

thes

e ba

rrie

rs to

teen

s' a

chie

ving

opt

imal

hea

lth, R

AH

P is

a p

ublic

-priv

ate

vent

ure

that

offe

rs fr

ee p

rimar

y an

dpr

even

tive

heal

th c

are

to 1

0- to

19-

year

-ol

ds th

roug

h tw

o sc

hool

-bas

ed T

een

Hea

lth C

ente

rs a

nd a

clin

ic th

at s

tays

open

yea

r-ro

und,

to e

nsur

e co

ntin

uity

of c

are

whe

n sc

hool

isno

t in

sess

ion.

Ann

ually

, RA

HP

con

duct

s m

ore

than

7,0

00 p

atie

nt v

isits

, adm

inis

ters

mor

e th

an 3

,000

imm

uniz

atio

ns, a

ndpr

ovid

esm

ore

than

500

ref

erra

ls to

oth

er c

omm

unity

pro

vide

rs. R

AH

P s

taff

also

offe

r m

any

heal

th p

rom

otio

n in

itiat

ives

in s

choo

ls a

nd in

the

com

mun

ity o

n to

pics

suc

h as

fam

ily p

lann

ing,

sub

stan

ce a

buse

, and

sel

f-es

teem

pro

mot

ion.

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ce th

e in

cept

ion

of R

AH

P in

199

2,R

oano

ke h

as s

een

a 42

.5 p

erce

nt d

ecre

ase

in n

on-e

mer

gent

emer

genc

y ro

om v

isits

am

ong

teen

s, a

26

perc

ent d

ecre

ase

in te

en p

regn

an-

cy, a

nd a

15

perc

ent d

ecre

ase

in a

bsen

teei

sm a

t par

ticip

atin

g sc

hool

s. F

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion,

con

tact

Dr.

Cyr

us N

asse

r!, R

oano

keA

dole

scen

t Hea

lth P

artn

ersh

ip, P

O B

ox 1

2712

, Roa

noke

, VA

240

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40-8

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469.

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R T

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:

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tling

Com

pany

of

Cen

tral

Vir

gini

a

AN

D

Hea

lth S

yste

m

,"2

5 3

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NT

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over

-ag

e, c

hild

ren

in s

ingl

e-pa

rent

fam

ilies

, im

mun

izat

ion

rate

s fo

r ch

ildre

n, m

otor

veh

icle

inju

ries

and

fat

aliti

esre

sulti

ng f

rom

res

trai

ntm

isus

e, a

nd c

hild

ren

in p

over

tyar

e es

peci

ally

impo

rtan

t and

bec

ause

we

regu

larl

y re

ceiv

e in

quir

ies

abou

t the

se to

pics

, we

are

pre-

sent

ing

the

best

Vir

gini

a-sp

ecif

ic in

form

atio

n w

e co

uld

find

.

HO

ME

LES

S C

HIL

DR

EN

The

re is

no

one

data

sou

rce

that

cap

ture

s th

e nu

mbe

r of

hom

eles

s ch

ildre

n. T

he d

ata

that

do

exis

t pri

mar

ily c

ount

onl

y th

ose

who

rece

ived

ser

vice

s in

a s

helte

r or

who

hav

e be

en a

rres

ted

for

runn

ing

away

. The

re a

re n

o co

unts

of

child

ren

who

do

not r

eque

st s

er-

vice

s or

of

thos

e w

ho a

re tu

rned

aw

ay. S

tatis

tics

veri

fy th

at a

lmos

t as

man

y pe

ople

are

turn

ed a

way

for

lack

of

spac

e in

hom

eles

ssh

elte

rs a

s ar

e se

rved

; the

refo

re, i

t can

be

assu

med

that

the

num

bers

of

child

ren

shel

tere

d is

an

unde

rrep

ort o

f th

e ac

tual

inci

denc

eof

hom

eles

snes

s.

Proj

ect H

OPE

(th

e V

irgi

nia

Hom

eles

s E

duca

tion

Prog

ram

) es

timat

es th

at in

199

6-97

, the

num

ber

of h

omel

ess

child

ren

and

yout

hin

Vir

gini

a w

as a

bout

13,

000,

but

they

bel

ieve

this

is a

con

serv

ativ

e es

timat

e; it

is b

ased

on

info

rmat

ion

from

Vir

gini

a sc

hool

sys

-te

ms

and

shel

ters

. Chi

ldre

n no

t in

scho

ol a

nd n

ot in

she

lters

(su

ch a

s ru

naw

ays

and

thos

e liv

ing

in c

ars

or c

ampg

roun

ds)

wer

e no

tid

entif

ied.

CH

ILD

RE

N W

ITH

INA

DE

QU

AT

E H

EA

LTH

CO

VE

RA

GE

Rec

ent r

esea

rch

indi

cate

s th

at la

ck o

f he

alth

insu

ranc

e co

vera

ge is

the

mos

t sig

nifi

cant

bar

rier

to g

aini

ng a

cces

s to

pri

mar

y ca

re f

orch

ildre

n. U

nins

ured

chi

ldre

n of

ten

do n

ot r

ecei

ve n

eede

d pr

even

tive

nor

acut

e m

edic

al c

are,

som

etim

es le

adin

g to

unn

eces

sary

dis

-ea

se, d

isab

ility

, or

deat

h. M

any

unin

sure

d ch

ildre

n se

e a

heal

th c

are

prov

ider

onl

y w

hen

a co

nditi

on h

as b

ecom

e so

sev

ere

that

itca

n no

long

er b

e ig

nore

d; w

ithou

t hea

lth in

sura

nce,

par

ents

fre

quen

tly d

elay

taki

ng th

eir

child

ren

to d

octo

rs, h

opin

gth

e ill

ness

will

go a

way

.

Acc

ordi

ng to

a N

ovem

ber

1998

rep

ort b

y th

e U

S C

ensu

s B

urea

u, 2

02,0

00 V

irgi

nia

child

ren

(age

s 0-

18)

have

no

heal

th in

sur-

ance

, and

of

thos

e, 1

62,0

00 h

ave

a pa

rent

who

wor

ked

at le

ast 2

6 w

eeks

in th

e pr

evio

us y

ear.

(T

hese

figu

res

are

deri

ved

from

afi

ve-y

ear

aver

age-

1994

thro

ugh

1998

. Hea

lth in

sura

nce

incl

udes

pri

vate

hea

lth in

sura

nce

as w

ell a

s pu

blic

sec

tor

cove

rage

suc

h as

Med

icai

d.)

Dur

ing

the

1997

-98

Gen

eral

Ass

embl

y Se

ssio

n, n

ew le

gisl

atio

nnow

cal

led

Vir

gini

a C

hild

ren'

s M

edic

al S

ecur

ity I

nsur

ance

Pla

n(C

MSI

P)w

as p

asse

d, w

hich

wou

ld p

rovi

de c

over

age

to a

ppro

xim

atel

y 84

,000

chi

ldre

n w

ho a

re e

ither

uni

nsur

ed o

r el

igib

le f

or,

but n

ot e

nrol

led

in, M

edic

aid.

The

ful

l ran

ge o

f se

rvic

es a

vaila

ble

thro

ugh

Med

icai

d an

d C

MSI

Pcom

plet

e m

edic

al s

cree

ning

s an

ddi

agno

stic

test

ing,

wel

l-ch

ild v

isits

, ful

l den

tal a

nd v

isio

n ca

re, c

ompr

ehen

sive

men

tal h

ealth

ser

vice

s, in

-pat

ient

car

e, p

resc

ript

ion

drug

s, a

nd c

erta

in s

choo

l-ba

sed

serv

ices

is c

over

ed. P

assa

ge o

f th

is p

lan

was

due

in la

rge

part

to th

e V

irgi

nia

Coa

litio

n fo

rC

hild

ren'

s H

ealth

, whi

ch w

as o

rgan

ized

by

the

Act

ion

Alli

ance

for

Vir

gini

a's

Chi

ldre

n an

d Y

outh

and

sev

eral

oth

er o

rgan

izat

ions

.

CH

ILD

RE

N I

N S

ING

LE

-PA

RE

NT

FA

MIL

IES

Chi

ldre

n gr

owin

g up

in I

f-pa

rent

hou

seho

lds

typi

cally

do

not h

ave

the

sam

e ec

onom

ic o

r hu

man

res

ourc

es a

vaila

ble

as th

ose

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IDS

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grow

ing

up in

two-

pare

nt fa

mili

es. I

t has

bee

n sh

own

that

sin

gle-

pare

nt fa

mili

es a

re m

ore

likel

y to

be

poor

.

It is

est

imat

ed th

at a

t lea

st o

ne-h

alf o

f chi

ldre

n bo

rn to

day

will

spe

nd p

art o

f the

ir ch

ildho

od in

a s

ingl

e-pa

rent

hom

e. A

ccor

ding

toB

eyon

d R

heto

ric (

a re

port

pub

lishe

d by

the

Nat

iona

l Com

mis

sion

on

Chi

ldre

n), d

ivor

ce a

nd s

epar

atio

nar

e th

e m

ajor

cau

ses

of s

ingl

epa

rent

hood

in th

e U

S, f

ollo

wed

by

out-

of-w

edlo

ck c

hild

bear

ing.

Virg

inia

was

one

of f

ive

stat

es th

at r

ecor

ded

a su

bsta

ntia

l inc

reas

e in

the

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

livin

g in

sin

gle-

pare

nt fa

mili

es b

etw

een

1985

and

1995

. The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n re

port

s in

thei

r na

tiona

l 199

8 K

IDS

CO

UN

T D

ata

Boo

k th

at in

199

5, 2

5 pe

rcen

t of

Virg

inia

fam

ilies

with

chi

ldre

n w

ere

head

ed b

y a

sing

le p

aren

t.

UN

IZA

TIO

NT

ES

FO

R C

HIL

DR

EN

Pro

tect

ing

child

ren

from

ser

ious

dis

ease

such

as

mea

sles

, mum

ps, p

olio

, tet

anus

, or

who

opin

g co

ughi

s a

goal

sha

red

bym

any.

Chi

ldre

nw

ho a

ren'

t pro

perly

imm

uniz

ed (

usua

lly b

y ag

e 2)

are

esp

ecia

lly s

usce

ptib

le to

cat

chin

g di

seas

es li

ke th

ese

beca

use

they

hav

en't

built

upde

fens

es to

figh

t inf

ectio

n.

The

Virg

inia

Chi

ld H

ealth

and

Imm

uniz

atio

n ho

useh

old

surv

ey (

conc

erni

ng c

hild

ren

12-

47 m

onth

s of

age

) w

as c

ondu

cted

in th

e fa

ll of

1997

. Res

ults

of t

his

surv

ey in

dica

ted

that

74

perc

ent o

f Virg

inia

's 2

-yea

r-ol

d ch

ildre

n w

ere

adeq

uate

ly im

mun

ized

(w

hich

is d

efin

edas

a co

mbi

natio

n of

dip

hthe

ria, t

etan

us, p

ertu

ssis

, pol

io, m

easl

es, m

umps

, and

rub

ella

vac

cine

s), u

sual

ly b

y a

pedi

atric

ian.

The

sur

vey

foun

dth

at c

entr

al a

nd e

aste

rn V

irgin

ia h

ave

sign

ifica

ntly

mor

e un

der-

imm

uniz

atio

n th

an n

orth

ern

or w

este

rn r

egio

ns. T

he Y

ear

2000

obj

ectiv

eis

to h

ave

90 p

erce

nt o

f 2-y

ear-

old

child

ren

in th

e C

omm

onw

ealth

ade

quat

ely

imm

uniz

ed.

The

res

ults

of t

his

surv

ey a

re q

uite

sim

ilar

to th

e m

ost r

ecen

t Nat

iona

l Im

mun

izat

ion

Sur

vey

(by

the

Atla

nta-

base

d C

ente

rs fo

r D

isea

seC

ontr

ol a

nd P

reve

ntio

n, c

over

ing

Janu

ary

Dec

embe

r 19

97),

whi

ch in

dica

tes

that

73

perc

ent o

f Virg

inia

's c

hild

ren

wer

e ap

prop

riate

lyim

mun

ized

by

two

year

s of

age

.

MO

TO

R V

EH

ICL

E I

NJU

RIE

S N

D F

AT

AL

ITIE

S R

ESU

LT

ING

FR

OM

RE

STR

AIN

T M

ISU

SES

ever

e an

d se

rious

non

fata

l inj

urie

s, s

uch

as th

ose

expe

rienc

ed in

mot

or v

ehic

le c

rash

es, p

rimar

ily b

rain

and

spi

nal c

ord

inju

ries

and

faci

aldi

sfig

urem

ent,

can

have

dev

asta

ting

effe

cts

on th

e ch

ild, t

he fa

mily

, the

com

mun

ity, a

nd s

ocie

ty a

s a

who

le. C

hild

ren

are

part

icul

arly

at

Kik

from

inju

ry a

s pa

ssen

gers

in m

otor

veh

icle

s; m

otor

veh

icle

saf

ety

feat

ures

are

gen

eral

ly d

esig

ned

for

the

com

fort

and

pro

tect

ion

ofan

adul

t-si

zed

body

. The

se d

evic

es m

ay p

lace

chi

ldre

n at

gre

ater

ris

k. U

nres

trai

ned

child

ren

are

mor

e lik

ely

to b

e in

jure

d, to

suf

fer

mor

ese

vere

inju

ries

and

to d

ie in

mot

or v

ehic

le c

rash

es th

an c

hild

ren

who

are

pro

perly

res

trai

ned.

The

Nat

iona

l SA

FE

KID

S C

ampa

ign

repo

rts

that

rid

ing

unre

stra

ined

is th

e m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t ris

k fa

ctor

for

deat

h an

d in

jury

am

ong

child

ren

as p

asse

nger

s in

mot

or v

ehic

les.

Acc

ordi

ng to

the

Virg

inia

Div

isio

n of

Mot

or V

ehic

les,

ther

e w

ere

73,1

17 m

otor

veh

icle

inju

ries

due

to r

estr

aint

mis

use

reco

rded

inV

irgin

ia d

urin

g 19

97. T

here

wer

e 90

fata

litie

s am

ong

child

ren

(age

s 0-

17)

in V

irgin

ia d

ue to

res

trai

nt m

isus

e in

199

7. (

Incl

uded

inth

ese

stat

istic

s ar

e in

jurie

s re

sulti

ng fr

om u

sing

no

rest

rain

ts o

r fr

om th

e m

isus

e of

lap

belts

, har

ness

es, a

com

bina

tion

of th

etw

o, c

hild

safe

ty s

eats

, air

bags

, or

othe

r re

stra

inin

g de

vice

s in

veh

icle

s so

equ

ippe

d).

CH

ILD

RE

N L

IVIN

G I

PO

VE

RT

YW

hat d

oes

it m

ean

to b

e a

poor

c-h

ild in

Virg

inia

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U

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In o

ne s

ense

, the

ans

wer

is e

asy.

By

offic

ial d

efin

ition

, qua

ntita

tivel

y, th

e V

irgin

ia 1

999

pove

rty

thre

shol

d (a

s ca

lcul

ated

by

the

Con

gres

sion

al B

udge

t Offi

ce)

is $

13,3

60 fo

r a

fam

ily o

f thr

ee. T

his

thre

shol

d, a

s or

igin

ally

dev

elop

ed b

y th

e S

ocia

l Sec

urity

Adm

inis

trat

ion,

was

bas

ed o

n th

e am

ount

of m

oney

nee

ded

for

a fa

mily

to g

et b

y on

a th

rifty

food

bud

get.

Thi

s si

mpl

e de

finiti

on m

asks

man

y co

mpl

ex a

nd s

ubtle

qua

litat

ive

aspe

cts

to th

e is

sue.

Und

erst

andi

ng th

e m

eani

ng o

f pov

erty

for

child

ren

is n

ot s

impl

y a

mat

ter

of c

alcu

latin

g in

com

e. T

here

is m

ore

to p

over

ty th

an lo

wer

-tha

n-av

erag

e in

com

e.It

exer

ts g

reat

influ

ence

on

the

lives

of m

any

fam

ilies

, and

it is

the

sing

le m

ost s

igni

fican

t pre

dict

or o

f poo

r ou

tcom

es fo

r ch

ildre

n.

The

per

cent

of c

hild

ren

in p

over

ty is

per

haps

the

mos

t wid

ely

used

indi

cato

r of

chi

ld w

ell-b

eing

. The

abi

lity

of fa

mili

es to

pro

vide

basi

c ne

cess

ities

is c

ruci

al to

the

phys

ical

, int

elle

ctua

l, an

d em

otio

nal g

row

th o

f chi

ldre

n.

The

Com

mon

wea

lth o

f Virg

inia

cur

rent

ly d

oes

not h

ave

an a

nnua

l mec

hani

sm to

rep

ort t

he n

umbe

r of

its

child

ren

who

live

inpo

vert

y. U

noffi

cial

est

imat

es a

re s

omet

imes

der

ived

, usi

ng o

ther

sta

tistic

s, s

uch

as th

e nu

mbe

r of

chi

ldre

n re

ceiv

ing

publ

icas

sist

ance

and

child

ren

who

qua

lify

for

free

or

redu

ced-

pric

e sc

hool

lunc

hes.

We

rece

ive

man

y re

ques

ts fo

r in

form

atio

n ab

out t

he n

umbe

r of

Virg

inia

chi

ldre

n w

ho li

ve in

pov

erty

. In

an e

ffort

to p

rovi

de w

hat

we

belie

ve is

cru

cial

info

rmat

ion,

we

are

pres

entin

g be

low

the

two

mos

t rec

ent r

epor

ts o

n ch

ild p

over

tyin

Virg

inia

(at

the

time

ofpr

oduc

tion

of th

is d

ata

book

). T

he 1

990

num

bers

are

bas

ed o

n th

e 19

89 d

ecen

nial

cen

sus;

the

1993

dat

a co

me

from

the

Cen

sus

Bur

eau'

s S

mal

l Are

a In

com

e an

d P

over

ty E

stim

ates

Pro

gram

. (C

ount

ies

are

liste

d be

fore

inde

pend

ent c

ities

.)

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RT

Y E

ST

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TE

S F

OR

CH

ILD

RE

N IN

VIR

GIN

IA L

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1994

1995

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begi

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g in

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1994

1995

1996

1997

EIM

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M4t

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s w

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sta

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1995

1996

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1995

1996

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1995

1996

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1995

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114

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1996

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14,8

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1994

1995

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ages

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8,53

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113.

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1994

1995

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1994

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415

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ages

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1994

1995

1996

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CU

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TR

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1995

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