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Community Profile 2007 Garfield County With Emphasis on City of Enid. Commissioned by Success by 6 Enid. Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa February, 2007. Garfield County. Demographic Trends Economics and Employment Child Indicators. Demographic Trends.
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Community Profile 2007Garfield CountyWith Emphasis on City of Enid Commissioned by Success by 6 Enid Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa February, 2007
Garfield County • Demographic Trends • Economics and Employment • Child Indicators
Demographic Trends • Population change--inmigration to suburban areas of Tulsa and Oklahoma City MSA • Age--aging population • Race and Ethnicity--more culturally diverse • Living arrangements--transitional for family living arrangement Demographic Trends
Demographic Trends Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Demographic Trends Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Demographic Trends Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Demographic Trends Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Demographic Trends Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
The Roots of the Challenge Thirty Years of Economic and Social Changes • Emergence of new persistent poor in late 1960's and early 1970's • Massive loss of low skill/high pay jobs • Sharp rise in working poor • Decline in young male workers' wages • Increase in female headed families • Impact of substance abuse Economics and Employment All trends disproportionately affected: ~ African-Americans ~ young children and young families
Economics and Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
The Self-Sufficiency Standard • Customized by specific family composition • Customized by geographic location • Based on all expense categories • Updated annually using consumer price index …The level of income required for a family to meet its own needs Economics and Employment
Economics and Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Economics and Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Economics and Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Economics and Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Economics and Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Economics and Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Economics and Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Economics and Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Economics and Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Economics and Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Economics and Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Economics and Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Why are children at risk? • Lack of health insurance • Limited access to preventive services • Living in high risk families • Living in a state with a high level of premature death Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Why are minorities at risk? • A higher percentage having no health insurance • Minorities make half as many physician visits for preventive health • Minority men are employed in the most dangerous occupations (mining, construction, etc.) • Men and boys are encouraged to more risky behaviors • Research on health responses to specific diseases and interventions by race are underfunded Health Care Rx: Access For All The President’s Initiative on Race 1998
Top Risk Factors for Young Children Age 0-4 • Low-income and poverty • Teen mother, especially those with more than one child • Absent father • Short spacing between births (less than 24 months) • Parent, especially the mother, without a high school education • Lack of positive emotional, physical and intellectual experiences • Adverse childhood experiences Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa