What the Data Says Dr' Dean Clifford

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What the Data SaysDr. Dean Clifford
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What the best and wisest parent wants for his
own child, that must be what the community wants
for all its children. John Dewey
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Readiness for school includes

• Interest in learning
• Cognitive development
• Language development
• Social-emotional development
• Physical development
• National estimates are that 1/3 of children are
  not ready for the demands of school when they
  enter kindergarten

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To help children arrive at school prepared,
families need access to

• Family Support
• Information on child development, parenting
  strategies, available programs
• On-going support and encouragement
• Educational and economic opportunities
• Safe neighborhoods
• Recreational opportunities
• Health Services
• Promoting healthy births
• On-going care for children physical,
  nutritional, dental, mental
• Screening and Early Intervention for
  Developmental Delays
• A Variety of High Quality Early Childhood
  Education Options
• Affordable fees and/or assistance
• Well-prepared and compensated teachers
• Program standards
• Measurement of results

Race
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Framework for data analysis

• Ready Children
• Ready Families
• Ready Services
• -Early care and education
• -Ready schools
• -Health
• Assets and Challenges

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While listening, please jot down

• What data is the most surprising to you?
  Concerning?
• What community assets could be improved or
  expanded to better serve children and their
  families?
• What should be the top three priorities for
  action in your community? What might be one or
  two action steps to begin addressing each of
  these priorities?
• What else do you need to know?

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Ready Children

• and percent of 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19
• 0-4 79,298 (7.4)
• 5-9 74,949 (7.0)
• 10-14 74,676 (7.0)
• 15-19 80,796 (7.6)
• of children below poverty
• Ranges from 9.2 in Virginia Beach to 28.8 in
  Norfolk and 28.5 in Portsmouth

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Children Receiving Free/Reduced Lunch in Region
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Ready Children

• in high poverty neighborhoods
• Ranges from 2.3 in Virginia Beach to 39.3 in
  Norfolk and 36.6 in Portsmouth
• 5-year infant mortality rates
• Higher percentage than state average in all
  communities declining in Chesapeake and Suffolk
• Low birth weight
• Slightly higher than state average in all
  communities highest in Portsmouth (12.1)

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Low Birth Weight (2006) Data Source Kids Count
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Infant Mortality Rate (no. of deaths per 1,000
births)Data Source Kids Count
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Ready Families

• Births to adolescent women
• Ranges from 12/1000 in Virginia Beach to 30/1000
  in Portsmouth and 36/1000 in Norfolk
• Births to women with less than a 12th grade
  education
• Norfolk and Portsmouth have above national
  average
• Children living with single mothers
• Region significantly higher than state and
  national average

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Births to Mothers with Less than 12th Grade
Education Data Source Kids Count
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of Children 0-5 Living with a Single
MotherData Source Kids Count
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Ready Families

• Both parents working
• Suffolk and Portsmouth the highest (67.3, 67)
• Substantiated child abuse
• Virginia Beach highest (8.4/1000) Chesapeake
  (2.6/1000) and Suffolk (3/1000) the lowest
• Trend in juvenile arrests for violent crime
• Almost doubled between 2002 and 2005 overall, but
  declined in Portsmouth and Chesapeake

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Juveniles Arrested for Violent Crimes (ages
10-17)Data Source Kids Count
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Substantiated Cases of Child Abuse 2006
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Ready Families

• Grandparents responsible for grandchildren
• 11,075 throughout region
• Family mobility (living in same house)
• Lowest in Norfolk (42.7) and highest in Suffolk
  (53.4)

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Ready Services Early Education

• Child care capacity
• 1,002 facilities capacity to serve 42,000
  children
• Over 52,000 families with children under six have
  all parents working
• Cost of full time care (monthly)
• Infants range from 388-476 in homes
  515-606 in centers
• Preschoolers range from 325-397 in homes
  411-464 in centers
• School age range from 217-325 in homes and
  401-445 in centers
• Programs accepting subsidy
• 50 of centers and 49 of homes 74 had waiting
  lists

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Enrollment in Head Start (2008)
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Estimated Cost of Median Monthly Income Consumed
by Center Based Child Care
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Ready Services Early Education

• Education, experience, compensation of child care
  staff
• 36 of center-based teachers, 73 of center-based
  directors and 21 of family child care providers
  had an Associates or higher
• 36 of center-based teachers, 51 of center-based
  directors and 59 of family child care providers
  have 5 years experience
• Median hourly compensation center-based
  teachers, 8.00 center-based directors, 13.00
  family child care providers, 4.04
• Turnover rate
• Ranges from 15 (Suffolk) to 34 (Norfolk)

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Average Wage of Center Based Teachers (2005)
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Average Wage of Family Child Care Providers
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Ready Schools

• Readiness assessment ( identified as needing
  additional intervention by PALS-K)
• Chesapeake 13.8
• Norfolk 19.2
• Portsmouth 16.5
• Suffolk 13.1
• Virginia Beach 13.8
• Virginia 17.1
• SOL proficiency rates
• English Only Chesapeake and Virginia Beach were
  above state averages
• Math Only Chesapeake and Virginia Beach were
  above state averages
• History Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk, Virginia
  Beach at/above state averages
• Science Only Chesapeake and Virginia Beach were
  above state averages

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Ready Schools

• High school graduation rates
• Chesapeake 83.5
• Norfolk 43.1
• Portsmouth 44.9
• Suffolk 65.6
• Virginia Beach 70.0
• Virginia 76.8

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of Children Identified as Needing Additional
Reading Intervention Via PALS-KData Source
Kids Count
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Ready Services Health

• Early prenatal care
• Ranges from 74.6 (Portsmouth) to 89.2 (Suffolk)
• Early intervention
• Less than 2 of children served
• of eligible children not yet served with
  insurance
• Ranges from 7 (Portsmouth) to 19 (Virginia
  Beach) of those eligible not yet served
• Particular issues and/or assets

Source Scarborough Norfolk DMA, Aug 2005-Sept
2006
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Prenatal Care 1st Trimester
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Children Eligible for FAMIS/Medicaid but not
EnrolledData Source Kids Count
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Regional Strengths

• Overall, many of the data indicators better than
  those in the state and nation
• Educational resources for adults
• articulation agreements for early childhood
  education degree programs
• A number of family and health services have
  capacity to serve more clients
• Low unemployment rates

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Regional Challenges

• Overall service coordination
• Families would like it to be easier to find
  services and for these services to be better
  coordinated
• Responding to local complexity
• Some areas may need neighborhood, not community,
  strategies
• Families
• Births to single mothers
• Per capita income lower than statewide averages,
  but housing costs high
• High rates of family mobility
• Health
• Rates of early intervention rates remain low

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Regional Challenges, continued

• Early care and education
• Insufficient capacity (especially
  infants/toddlers, subsidized children)
• Cost high exceeds many families ability to pay
  and subsidy reimbursement rates too low for many
  programs
• Quality few accredited programs/ no consumer
  friendly rating system in place
• Significant percentage of unlicensed programs
• Education/compensation levels of child care
  providers
• Insufficient Head Start and Early Head Start
  services
• Transportation

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• Digging Into the Data Region by Region

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Chesapeake - Strengths

• PALS-K Decreasing numbers of children needing
  additional intervention
• Increasing numbers of children receiving child
  care subsidies
• Steady improvement of SOL scores above statewide
  averages
• Rates of early prenatal care above state averages
• Home visitation programs in place

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Chesapeake - Challenges

• Unfilled slots AND waiting list for VPI
• -Opportunity to create more partnerships
  with CBOs
• Infant mortality and low birth weight babies
  rates
• somewhat higher than state averages
• 34 of births to single parents
• Teenage pregnancy (and repeat teen births) a
  concern
• Families not fully accessing available services
  (e.g.,
• Medicaid, food stamps)
• Quality, availability and affordability of child
  care
• No Early Head Start program
• Lower rates of testing for lead than statewide
  averages

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Norfolk - Assets

• There has been steady improvement on the PALS-K
  the percentage of children needing additional
  intervention is still higher than statewide
  averages
• There has been steady and dramatic expansion in
  the number of children enrolled in VPI
• Rates for early prenatal care have steadily
  improved to a level just higher than statewide
  averages
• Norfolk has made a concerted effort to focus on
  prevention services
• Improving levels of enrollment in Medicaid and
  FAMISbut still lower than state averages
• Levels of lead testing have surpassed those
  across the state
• Norfolk is committed to and working toward a
  results based accountability approach to services

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Norfolk - Challenges

• High rates of child poverty and children living
  in high poverty neighborhoods
• Poor birth outcomes on nearly all indicators
• Proficiency rates on 3rd grade SOL have improved,
  but they are still lower than state averages on
  all areas except History
• Graduation/completion rates significantly lower
  than statewide
• Quality, availability and affordability of child
  care
• High turnover rates among staff
• Particularly low percentages of Family Child Care
  providers with AA degree or higher, and very low
  rates of pay
• Increasing numbers of births to teens and mothers
  without a HS diploma
• No Early Head Start program
• High number of juveniles arrested for violent
  crimes
• Abuse/neglect rates exceed state averages

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Portsmouth - Assets

• Steady improvement in PALS-K results
• Expanding numbers of children served by VPI and
  children receiving child care subsidies
• Lead testing rate far superior to statewide
  averages
• Recent declines in rates of substantiated child
  abuse
• Low turnover rates among child care providers

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Portsmouth - Challenges

• High rates of child poverty and children living
  in high poverty neighborhoods
• Significant concerns related to birthsall
  indicators significantly poorer than state
  averages
• Many children at high risk of school failure are
  not in VPI
• While SOL proficiency rates have improved, they
  are still below statewide averages
• Low rates of graduation/completion
• Lower levels of per capita income than
  state/regional averages, and somewhat higher
  unemployment
• Significant numbers of adults without a high
  school diploma
• Quality, availability and affordability of child
  care
• No Early Head Start program

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Suffolk - Assets

• Declining number of children needing additional
  intervention before kindergarten (as measured by
  the PALS-K), with current rates superior to state
  averages.
• Small, but steady increases in number of children
  in VPI
• General improvements in rate of early prenatal
  care, exceeding state averages
• High rates of testing for lead among children
  under 6
• Low rates of substantiated child abuse/neglect
• Very low turnover rates among child care
  providers and higher rates of pay for
  center-based teachers and directors than other
  cities in region

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Suffolk - Challenges

• Capacity of regulated child care lower than state
  averages
• Proficiency rates on SOL improving, but still
  lower than statewide averages, except on History
• High rates of teen births, infant mortality, low
  birth weight babies
• Eligible children in Medicaid and FAMIS lower
  than state averages
• Rates of child poverty somewhat higher than state
  averages
• Graduation/completion rates lower than state
  averages, and dropout rates higher
• Many children at high risk of school failure are
  not in VPI
• Quality, availability and affordability of child
  care
• Long waiting list for Early Head Start
• Needs in Northern and Southern parts of city very
  different

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Virginia Beach - Assets

• Students needing additional intervention before
  school much lower than statewide averages
• SOL proficiency rates higher than state averages,
  other cities in area
• High rates of prenatal care low rates of teen
  births, births to mothers with less than high
  school education
• Child poverty rates lower than state averages
• 90 of population has high school diploma or
  higher
• 12 nationally accredited child care programs
• Higher rates of compensation for child care
  providers than other cities in region
• Greater percentage than other cities in region of
  degreed center-based teachers and directors, as
  well as teachers and FCCH providers with 5 or
  more years of experience

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Virginia Beach - Challenges

• The number of children served by VPI flat for
  years significant number of unfilled slots AND
  waiting list
• Eligible children enrolled in Medicaid or FAMIS
  lower than state averages
• Low percentage of children tested for lead
• Rates of substantiated cases of child
  abuse/neglect significantly higher than state
  averages
• Long waiting list for subsidies numbers served
  declining
• Increasing number of juvenile violent crime
  arrests
• High cost of housing
• Quality, availability and affordability of child
  care
• Staff turnover high

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• Comments Questions

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Next Steps

• Online survey for stakeholders to identify
  strengths and gaps in services
• Planning Council will facilitate meetings to
  further identify assets and explore demographic
  trends on a community by community and regional
  basis
• Money mapping to align planning priorities with
  funding streams, so we know what is available
  from all sources and understand fiscal realities
• Develop collaborative action plans in the next 3
  months

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The early years matter, setting a strong or
fragile foundation for success in life.

• From the time of conception to the first day of
  kindergarten, development proceeds at a pace
  exceeding that of any subsequent stage of
  lifeThe course of development can be altered in
  early childhood by effective interventions.
  (Neurons to Neighborhoods)