Sentences with phrase «with child poverty rates»

The maps also show the reach of the programs layered with child poverty rates as one indicator of the need for these critical services within communities.

This is true even in nations with child poverty rates far lower than the United States» 2011 rate of 23 percent.

For the second consecutive year, Morris and Hunterdon Counties came in first and second place in the overall well - being of its children, both with a child poverty rate of 5 percent and a household median income of more than $ 136,000.

Not exact matches

By contrast to the so called middle - class tax cut which favours the more affluent, the CCB will have a positive impact upon the lamentably high rate of child poverty in Canada (which stood at 16.5 % in 2013), and will promote greater income equality among families with children.

By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.

According to the Census Bureau, in 2012 the poverty rate among children living with only their mother was 47.2 %; by contrast, the poverty rate among children living with their married parents was 11.1 %, meaning that a child living with a single mother was almost five times as likely to be poor as a child living with married parents.

In 2011, children living in female - headed homes with no spouse present had a poverty rate of 47.6 %.

With recent studies showing that Rochester has among the highest poverty and child poverty rates in the country, Hochul says the task force will better coordinate services that are already available.

The local authorities with the largest numbers of children in poverty (with annual economic cost generated by their local poverty rate given alongside) are:

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But if you look at the breakdown of the family, of the fathers walking away from their wives, fathers walking away from their children, you take that right back to what's wrong with our society, why poverty rates rise.

«Although the share of children in immigrant families did affect the child poverty rate in the analyses, the findings suggest that media coverage and public discussion on the effects of immigration on child poverty do not seem to correspond with the empirical evidence and are likely to overstate the issue.»

By 2003, when the national child poverty rate had fallen to 17.6 percent, approximately 54 percent of children of immigrants lived in families with incomes under twice the federal poverty level, compared to 36 percent of children of native - born parents.

Adversity is commonly defined as anything children perceive as a threat to their physical safety or that jeopardizes their family or social structure, including emotional, physical or sexual abuse, neglect, bullying by peers, violence at home, parental divorce, separation or death, parental substance abuse, living in a neighborhood with high crime rates, homelessness, discrimination, poverty and the loss of a relative or another loved one.

More seriously, the high death rates of British children correlate with high child poverty and with a lack of investment in healthcare, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

The association of maternal obesity during gestation and chronic conditions in children is beginning to be explored, 37,38 and previous studies alluded to an increased rate of health problems generally in caregivers of children with disabilities.39, 40 Associations between male sex and poverty and behavior / learning problems are congruent with other studies.41 - 43 The association of minority race / ethnicity with asthma and obesity and the inverse relationship of minority race / ethnicity with other physical conditions and behavior / learning problems are consistent with previous studies.12,43 - 45

A healthy economy, combined with the Clinton administration's tax policies, have contributed to a decline in the child - poverty rate, according to an annual report from the president's Council of Economic Advisers.

Using census data to sort districts within each state by the federal poverty rate among school - age children, the group identified the poorest and richest districts - those with the highest and lowest poverty rates, respectively, whose enrollments compose 25 percent of the state's total enrollment - and matched that information with education revenues from state and local (but not federal) sources.

Washington — Although the federal Chapter 1 program bypasses some schools with high poverty rates and some students with low achievement levels, it generally reaches the disadvantaged children it was meant to benefit, a new Education Department study concludes.

Poverty is also associated with higher rates of alcoholism and other substance abuse in the home; greater incidence of child abuse and neglect; and heightened family involvement in the criminal justice system.

These formulas send some funds on a uniform, per - disadvantaged - child basis, but direct close to half of federal dollars in a way that recognizes high - poverty districts face greater challenges, using weights to allocate per - eligible funds progressively with respect to a district's poverty rate.

The official poverty rate in 2013 among all U.S. families with children was 40 % if the family was headed by an unmarried mother as compared to 8 % if the family was headed by a married couple.

A new report by the Education Trust compares per - pupil funding available in the quarter of school districts that have the lowest child - poverty rates with funding in the 25 percent districts that have the hightest poverty levels.

It is the poorest county in North Carolina, with more than a third of its 16,000 children living in poverty and an infant - mortality rate double the state average.

It urges a formula based on each state's total number of children ages 3 to 21, weighted to benefit areas with high poverty rates.

Perhaps recognizing the weaknesses in her case, Ladd tries to bolster it by correlating changes in achievement with changes in the child poverty rate within states.

The same patterns still hold: The United Kingdom has the largest proportion of poor children, by far, followed by the United States, with a higher child poverty rate (but not much higher) than Germany's and Finland's.

Inner - city neighborhoods are where all these dynamics interact, the study points out, and in neighborhoods with poverty rates at or above 40 percent, higher rates of school dropout, teenage pregnancy, and crime, and lower rates on cognitive and verbal skill tests and health indicators among school - age children continue.

He reminds us that «in the US, wealthy children attending public schools that serve the wealthy are competitive with any nation in the world... [but in]... schools in which low - income students do not achieve well, [that are not competitive with many nations in the world] we find the common correlates of poverty: low birth weight in the neighborhood, higher than average rates of teen and single parenthood, residential mobility, absenteeism, crime, and students in need of special education or English language instruction.»

Today, 40 percent of all low - income children — or 10 million students — attend schools with poverty rates of 75 percent or higher.

Poverty rates for Utah's general population reached 12.8 percent, with almost 15 percent for children under age 18.

Both cities face a high child poverty rate, and both school districts grapple with significant achievement gaps along racial subgroups.

Since the 80's and 90's, the education system has added No Child Left Behind, a myriad of high stakes tests, Common Core Standards, teacher evaluations that are tied to pay, to name a few, along with higher rates of poverty and non-English speaking students.

The article states that «one in four rural children live in poverty, and of the 50 U.S. counties with the highest child - poverty rates, 48 are rural.»

All of which helps explain how Bethune Elementary — with a population of children who are almost all African American and almost all poor — posts proficiency rates that well exceed state averages, earning it a place on the state's «High Performing High Poverty» school list.

Now, researchers have confirmed this link in the first national study to calculate high school graduation rates for children at different reading skill levels and with different poverty rates.

Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show that more than 40 percent of the variation in average reading scores and 46 percent of the variation in average math scores across states is associated with variation in child poverty rates.

At the time, with just over 10 of Connecticut's children living in poverty, the state pledged to reduce the child poverty rate to 5 % by 2014.

To round out that income data, we also considered poverty rates for married couples and single moms with children under 18.

With poverty rates remaining high in recent years, it is not surprising that many families with children struggle to put food on the taWith poverty rates remaining high in recent years, it is not surprising that many families with children struggle to put food on the tawith children struggle to put food on the table.

Studies suggest that reforms or policies that reduce family unemployment in combination with progressive tax and benefit systems may be effective in reducing child poverty rates.64 Based on the findings from the current study, and many others, it is likely that reducing the number of children exposed to poverty will also have positive public health effects.

The divorce may result in the parent and children moving to an area with a higher poverty rate and a poor education system all due to the financial struggles of a single parent.

The association of maternal obesity during gestation and chronic conditions in children is beginning to be explored, 37,38 and previous studies alluded to an increased rate of health problems generally in caregivers of children with disabilities.39, 40 Associations between male sex and poverty and behavior / learning problems are congruent with other studies.41 - 43 The association of minority race / ethnicity with asthma and obesity and the inverse relationship of minority race / ethnicity with other physical conditions and behavior / learning problems are consistent with previous studies.12,43 - 45

Parental mental illness Relatively little has been written about the effect of serious and persistent parental mental illness on child abuse, although many studies show that substantial proportions of mentally ill mothers are living away from their children.14 Much of the discussion about the effect of maternal mental illness on child abuse focuses on the poverty and homeless - ness of mothers who are mentally ill, as well as on the behavior problems of their children — all issues that are correlated with involvement with child welfare services.15 Jennifer Culhane and her colleagues followed a five - year birth cohort among women who had ever been homeless and found an elevated rate of involvement with child welfare services and a nearly seven - times - higher rate of having children placed into foster care.16 More direct evidence on the relationship between maternal mental illness and child abuse in the general population, however, is strikingly scarce, especially given the 23 percent rate of self - reported major depression in the previous twelve months among mothers involved with child welfare services, as shown in NSCAW.17

It currently serves families in approximately one - third of counties with high rates of infant mortality, children living in poverty, low - weight births, and teen births.

As intended, states targeted counties with high rates of poverty, child maltreatment, and premature birth, among other indicators of risk.

Practices for Promoting Young Children's Learning in QRIS Standards Smith, Robbins, Stagman, & Kreader (2012) National Center for Children in Poverty Builds on a recent analysis that found that only about half of statewide Quality Rating Improvement Systems (QRIS) refer to the State's Early Learning Guidelines (ELGs), most often in standards that require staff training in how to implement ELGs or the use of a curriculum or learning activities aligned with ELGs.

Somewhat surprisingly, ZIP codes with the highest poverty rates were much less likely to be child care deserts.

The average pay for child care teachers is barely more than $ 10 per hour, lower than for most other jobs, including parking lot attendants and dog walkers.26 These low wages contribute to economic insecurity among the child care and early education workforce, with one in seven living in families with incomes below the federal poverty level.27 Currently, about half of people working in the child care sector rely on public benefit programs such as Medicaid and nutrition assistance.28 Low pay contributes to high turnover rates, which can threaten quality in early childhood programs during children's critical developmental period.

All of the issues you deal with in Indigenous affairs; effective engagement, poverty, education, health, protection of culture and languages, incarceration rates, protection of women and children, all of these issues are human rights issues.