1. Emerging Issues in Child Well-Being
Barb Bradley
President & CEO
March 12, 2012
www.ncchild.org
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3. About Action for Children North Carolina
Since 1983, Action For Children has used data and research to promote better
outcomes for North Carolina’s children and families.
Our vision is that North Carolina will be the best place to be and raise a child.
Our mission is to advocate for child well-being by educating and engaging all
people across the state to ensure that children are healthy, safe, well-educated
and have every opportunity for success.
Action for Children is the North Carolina partner for the KIDS COUNT
project, a national and state-level initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation
which seeks to enrich local, state and national discussions by tracking
quantitative indicators of child well-being.
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4. Mapping Child Well-Being
All children are safe in
All children have
their homes, schools and
economic security.
communities.
Healthy
Children
All children are provided
the opportunity and
All children are healthy.
resources to succeed in
their education
Communities In Schools | March 12, 2012
5. All children are safe in
All children have
their homes, schools and
economic security.
communities.
Healthy
Children
All children are provided
the opportunity and
All children are healthy.
resources to succeed in
their education
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6. CHILD POVERTY RATES IN THE UNITED STATES:
2009
U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Report: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 (P60-238)
U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 American Community Survey, http://www.census.gov/acs/www/
National Center for Children in Poverty: www.nccp.org
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7. CHANGES IN CHILD POVERTY RATES IN THE
UNITED STATES: 2007-2009
U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Report: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 (P60-238)
U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 American Community Survey, http://www.census.gov/acs/www/
National Center for Children in Poverty: www.nccp.org
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10. MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE 3 MONTHS’ AWAY FROM POVERTY
2012 Assets and Opportunity Scorecard, CFED
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11. STATES WITH HIGH RATES OF PRE-RECESSION LIQUID ASSET POVERTY
AND PROLONGED UNEMPLOYMENT ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE SOUTH
Source: Corporation for Enterprise Development and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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12. All children are safe in
All children have
their homes, schools and
economic security.
communities.
Healthy
Children
All children are provided
the opportunity and
All children are healthy.
resources to succeed in
their education
Communities In Schools | March 12, 2012
15. All children are safe in
All children have
their homes, schools and
economic security.
communities.
Healthy
Children
All children are provided
the opportunity and
All children are healthy.
resources to succeed in
their education
Communities In Schools | March 12, 2012
20. All children are safe in
All children have
their homes, schools and
economic security.
communities.
Healthy
Children
All children are provided
the opportunity and
All children are healthy.
resources to succeed in
their education
Communities In Schools | March 12, 2012
24. For more information visit
KIDS COUNT DATA CENTER:
http://datacenter.kidscount.org/
Or Contact
Barb Bradley
President & CEO
Action for Children North Carolina
barb@ncchild.org | 919-834-6623
Editor's Notes
While the official poverty rate in 2010 was 15.1 percent, there's a lot of controversy over how poverty should be measured, and still more over how we should view proximity to poverty, the people who aren't poor but are dangerously close to it. Here's another way of looking at that. The Corporation for Enterprise Development has released its annual assets and opportunity scorecard, scoring the states on how well they promote household financial security through jobs, education, health care, housing and financial assets. Do states support very small businesses? Do they provide quality public education and incentives to college savings? Do they have a minimum wage above the federal minimum and provide cost of living adjustments? Do they provide tax credits to low-income families and prohibit predatory payday lenders?financial asset scorecardThe scorecard finds that the asset poverty rate of American households is 27.1 percent
While the official poverty rate in 2010 was 15.1 percent, there's a lot of controversy over how poverty should be measured, and still more over how we should view proximity to poverty, the people who aren't poor but are dangerously close to it. Here's another way of looking at that. The Corporation for Enterprise Development has released its annual assets and opportunity scorecard, scoring the states on how well they promote household financial security through jobs, education, health care, housing and financial assets. Do states support very small businesses? Do they provide quality public education and incentives to college savings? Do they have a minimum wage above the federal minimum and provide cost of living adjustments? Do they provide tax credits to low-income families and prohibit predatory payday lenders?financial asset scorecardThe scorecard finds that the asset poverty rate of American households is 27.1 percent
Liquid asset poverty, a measure that excludes hard-to-get-rid-of things like houses and cars, is still higher, at 43.1 percent. That means a great many people who are working now, who aren't showing up on traditional poverty measures, are leading incredibly fragile lives and could easily be thrown into poverty by any crisis. As with almost every measure of this kind, there are huge racial gaps—34.1 percent of white households are in liquid asset poverty, in contrast to 64.6 percent of households of color.
