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What do you know about the well-being of children in Dallas County?

What do you know about the well-being of children in Dallas County?. Begin the quiz. What is the total number of children, ages 0-17, living in Dallas County (rounded to the nearest thousand)?. 525,000 895,000 654,000 Wait for the answer: Answer: 654,000. Next question.

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What do you know about the well-being of children in Dallas County?

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  1. What do you know about the well-being of children in Dallas County? Begin the quiz

  2. What is the total number of children, ages 0-17, living in Dallas County (rounded to the nearest thousand)? • 525,000 • 895,000 • 654,000 Wait for the answer: Answer: 654,000 Next question

  3. What percentage of these children live in poverty?* • 24 % • 29% • 35% Wait for the answer: • Answer: 29% *poverty is measured by a family of four with an annual household income of $22,113 or less Next question

  4. Which of these factors have been statistically proven to positively affect the well-being of low-income children? • Living in a 2-parent household • Attending pre-K programs • Having health insurance • Living in a neighborhood mixed with higher-income families • All of the above Wait for the answer: • Answer: All of the above Here’s why

  5. Next slide In 2010, 34% of Dallas County children lived in single parent homes. Households headed by single parents tend to be lower-income. 26% of Dallas County 3 and 4 year-olds are enrolled in public school pre-kindergarten programs. Pre-school attendance improves language and reading-readiness skills for low-income children. Dallas County leads the state in the percentage of uninsured children at almost 18%, (117,720 children). Uninsured children may not receive preventative care and are generally less healthy than insured children. 108,533 Dallas County children live in areas of concentrated poverty that lack quality-of-life amenities found in mixed-income neighborhoods.

  6. ““Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” (Matthew 19:14). Next slide

  7. For more information: www.kidscount.org Final slide

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