Florida KIDS COUNT!

1. Florida KIDS COUNT! Norín Dollard, Ph.D. Department of Child & Family Studies Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute College of Behavioral & Community Sciences Task Force on Involuntary Examination of Minors October 10, 2017

2. Agenda • Florida KIDS COUNT • What is it? • National and state Data Profiles

3. Annie E. Casey Foundation Founded in 1949, the Annie E. Casey Foundation was created to help America’s kids have a brighter future by • strengthening families, • building stronger communities, and, • ensuring access to opportunity.

4. Building a brighter future… http://datacenter.kidscount.org/

6. Four Domains of Child Well-Being EconomicWell-Being Education Health Family andCommunity

7. Economic Well-Being Florida’s 2017 Domain Ranking 45

8. Education Florida’s 2017 Domain Ranking 31

9. Health Florida’s 2017 Domain Ranking 44

10. Family and Community Florida’s 2017 Domain Ranking 35

11. Florida KIDS COUNT In addition to the annual Data Book Casey publishes directly, Florida KIDS COUNT produces topical and geographically-specific briefs for planning and increasing awareness, such as: • It’s Your Choice Florida • Parental incarceration • What Would It Take Florida? • County Data Book http://floridakidscount.org/

13. 2016 Florida Data Book • Provides state and county level profiles including data on population demographics, economic well-being, educational attainment, health indicators and risk factors. • Uses publicly available data from national sources including the U.S. Census as well as state and county level data from sources such as the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the Florida Department of Health.

14. 2017 Florida Child Well-Being Index Get your county’s at floridakidscount.org NOW AVAILABLE!!

15. Economic Well-Being

16. Education

17. Health

18. Family and Community

19. Florida’s children and families

20. 2015 Food insecurity data 2015 Food insecurity data: Available at http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/our-research/map-the-meal-gap/data-by-county-in-each-state.html

21. Rural and urban neighborhoods where improving food access would improve health outcomes Source: http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Food-Nutrition-and-Wellness/Florida-s-Roadmap-To-Living-Healthy/Impact-of-Food-Deserts-on-Diet-Related-Health-Outcomes

22. Average monthly costs (Household survival budget) Florida 2015 United Way (2017). Available at http://www.unitedwayalice.org/reports.php

23. What do we do? • In terms of child well-being, Florida in general has a lot of work to do • Poverty – despite an improving economy, a fifth of our children or more live in poverty • We need to do more to ensure those who are eligible get the food assistance they qualify for • Where you live matters • A growing number of children are living in areas of concentrated poverty, this disproportionately affects children of color • Their neighborhoods are frequently those without access to quality food • Their neighborhoods are also likely those with under-resourced schools

24. What can we do? • Increase Child Tax Credit for low income families, support TANF and SNAP as investments in children with long term payoff • Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit for workers without dependents to increase the income of non-custodial parents that they can contribute to their children’s well-being • Support policies that allow low wage earners to gain additional job skills to enable them to increase their family’s income

25. Contact us • Norín Dollard email me at dollard@usf.edu or phone (813) 974-3761 • Visit us at http://floridakidscount.org • Like us at https://www.facebook.com/FloridaKIDSCOUNT • Follow us @FLKidsCount