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“Examining the Critical Issues for Children and Families in North Dakota”
Helen Danielson, Coordinator North Dakota KIDS COUNT!
October 14, 2003 Fargo, ND
Overview
Background– Annie E. Casey Foundation and North Dakota
KIDS COUNT!
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota– Overview of North Dakota KIDS COUNT! Website
and Fact Book• Six Indicators
Rural Initiatives Conclusion
“CHILDREN do better when their families are STRONG…And families do better when they
live in communities…that help them to SUCCEED.”
Annie E. Casey Foundation and North Dakota KIDS COUNT!
Annie E. Casey Foundation and North Dakota KIDS COUNT!
The North Dakota KIDS COUNT! Fact Book is available online at www.ndkidscount.org.
Annie E. Casey Foundation and the national KIDS COUNT program
The national KIDS COUNT Data Book is available online at www.aecf.org.
North Dakota ranks 7th in overall child well-being!
Annie E. Casey Foundation and North Dakota KIDS COUNT!
Three premises are essential to successful family outcomes:
1. Creating the opportunity to earn a decent living and building assets.
2. Building close ties with family, neighbors, kin, faith communities, and civic groups.
3. Having reliable services close to home.
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota
Currently, North Dakota KIDS COUNT! collects and reports county-specific data for six indicators.
In addition, trend-line data at the state, regional, and county level are available.
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota
The North Dakota KIDS COUNT! web page and 2003 Fact Book are organized into the following six themes:
1. Population
2. Family Composition
3. Economic Condition
4. Child Care
5. Education
6. Children At-Risk
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota:
Population
“Children are all foreigners”-Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882)
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota:
Population
Urban and Rural Population Distribution in North Dakota: 1900 to 2000
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Pop
ulat
ion
Urban
Rural
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota:
Family Composition
“A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men,
women, an occasional animal, and the common
cold.”
-Ogden Nash(1902 - 1971)
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota:
Family Composition
Percent of Women With Children Ages 0 to 17 Who Are in the Labor Force: 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1970 1980 1990 2000
North Dakota
United States
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota:
Economic Condition
“North Dakota continues to have one of the highest
multiple job holding rates in the nation.”
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota:
Economic Condition North Dakota continues to have one of the highest multiple
job holding rates in the nation. Indicators of economic condition as reported by North Dakota
KIDS COUNT! include, but are not limited to:
1. Children living in poverty
2. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Medicaid recipients
3. Free and reduced price lunches
4. Eligible food stamp recipients
5. Median family income
6. WIC Program participants (Women, Infants, and Children)
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota:
Child Care
“The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth. From
this almost mystic affirmation there comes
what may seem a strange conclusion: that education
must start from birth.”
-Maria Montessori(1870 - 1952)
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota:
Child Care
Licensed Child Care Capacity as a Percent of Children Ages 0 to 13 in North Dakota: 2001
Cass
Dunn
Ward
Grant
McLean
McKenzie
MortonStark
Stutsman
Williams
Wells
Barnes
Slope
Kidder
Walsh
McHenryMountrail
Sioux
Benson
Divide
Burleigh
Burke Cavalier
Emmons
Bottineau
PierceRamsey
Richland
Logan
Dickey
Traill
Mercer
Billings
Nelson
Adams
TownerRolette
Bowman
Pembina
LaMoure
Eddy
Hettinger
Steele
Oliver
Grand Forks
Sargent
Sheridan
Renville
Ransom
GriggsFoster
McIntosh
GoldenValley
Less than 15%15% to 19.9%20% or more
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota:
Child Care
Licensed Child Care Capacity as a Percent of All Children Ages 0 to 13 in North Dakota: 1998 to 2002
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota:
Education
“Students learn what they care
about, from people they care about and
who, they know, care about them…”
-Barbara Harrell Carson, 1996, Thirty Years of Stories
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota:
Education
Emotionally Disturbed Children as a Percent of Total Special Education Enrollment in North Dakota: 1993 to 2001
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota:
Children At-Risk
“Children have more need of models than
critics.”
-Joseph Joubert(1754 – 1824)
Child and Family Well-Being in North Dakota:
Children At-Risk
Percent of Teens Ages 16 to 19 Not Enrolled in School, Not High School Graduates, and Not in the Labor Force: 1980, 1990, and 2000
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
1980 1990 2000
North Dakota
United States
Rural Initiatives
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has recognized a “rural disparity” among data.
– A partnership between Kids Count organizations in South Dakota, Nebraska, and North Dakota was formed as a result.
Rural Initiatives
A report titled “A Rural Road: Exploring Economic Opportunity, Social Networks, Services, and Supports that Affect Rural Families” was released in December of 2001.
– This report is available online at www.ndkidscount.org.
Rural Initiatives
The three kinds of connections identified as most critical include:
1. Economic Opportunity (e.g., jobs, wages, and cost-of-living)
2. Social Networks (e.g., churches, schools, and recreation)
3. Services and Supports (e.g., medical, child care, and shopping)
Conclusion
And why do KIDS matter?
OUR CHILDREN.OUR FUTURE.
OUR PLAN.
A lasting thought…
“CHILDREN do better when their families are STRONG…And families do better when they
live in communities…that help them to SUCCEED.”
Contact Information:
Helen Danielson, CoordinatorHelen Danielson, Coordinator
North Dakota KIDS COUNT!North Dakota KIDS COUNT!
P.O. Box 5636P.O. Box 5636
Fargo, ND 58105Fargo, ND 58105
Phone: (701) 231-5931Phone: (701) 231-5931
FAX: (701) 231-9730FAX: (701) 231-9730
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: www.ndkidscount.org