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Illinois Kids Count 2002: Supporting the Changing Family.
By Trisha Parker, Lindsay Warner, Julie Zasadny
2002

Summary: This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Illinois' children. The statistical portrait is based on 24 indicators in the areas of family health, safety, education, and economic security. The indicators are: (1) living arrangements for children; (2) teen births; (3) children in foster/substitute care; (4) foster children placed in permanent homes; (5) early intervention enrollment; (6) health insurance enrollment; (7) infant mortality; (8) percent of low birth weight babies; (9) asthma hospitalizations; (10) children who contracted vaccine-preventable diseases; (11) child abuse and neglect; (12) child deaths; (13) lead poisoning; (14) Head Start and Pre-K enrollment; (15) number of licensed child care providers; (16) class size; (17) per-pupil spending; (18) graduation rate; (19) self-sufficiency standard; (20) affordable housing; (21) children in poverty; (22) median household income; (23) families and children receiving TANF; (24) child support; and (25) students eligible for free and reduced lunch. The first part of the report explores the changing family, highlighting children's oral health, insurance costs, school readiness, earned income tax credit, and teen REACH program. Sources, definitions and endnotes follow. The bulk of the report presents data tables for each indicator for the state, the counties, and the city of Chicago. The report concludes with supplementary Web tables, the Charter for Illinois Children, acknowledgments, and list of advisory committee and board of directors members.

Index Terms: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Statistics, Asthma, Child Abuse, Child Care, Child Neglect, Child Support, Child Welfare, Death, Demographics, Dental Health, Foster Families, Group Size, Health, Health Insurance, Immunizations, Infant Mortality, Lead Poisoning, Leaver Studies, Lunch Programs, Physical Development, Poverty, Preschool Education, School Age Children, State Surveys, Statistics, Teen Parents, Trend Analysis, Welfare Recipients, Illinois

Publisher: Voices for Illinois Children

Sponsoring Institution (or Funding Source): Voices for Illinois Children Chicago.(BBB25890)

Publication Type: Reports (Descriptive), Statistical Data

Pages: 301 pages
Language: English

ERIC Number: ED459941

Availability
Voices for Illinois Children 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1490, Chicago, IL
60604-1103. Tel: 312-456-0600; Fax: 312- 456-0088; e-mail: info@voices4kids.org; Web site: http://www.voices4kids.org.


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