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Community Profile 2009 Early Childhood Indicators of Le Flore County

Community Profile 2009 Early Childhood Indicators of Le Flore County. Commissioned by Smart Start Kiamichi Country. Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa December 2008. Le Flore County. Demographic Trends Economics and Employment Child Indicators. Demographic Trends.

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Community Profile 2009 Early Childhood Indicators of Le Flore County

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  1. Community Profile 2009Early Childhood Indicators of Le Flore County Commissioned by Smart Start Kiamichi Country Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa December 2008

  2. Le Flore County • Demographic Trends • Economics and Employment • Child Indicators

  3. Demographic Trends • Population change--migration to suburban areas of Tulsa and Oklahoma City MSA with an overall decrease in new births • Age--aging population • Race and Ethnicity--more culturally diverse • Living arrangements--transitional for family living arrangement Demographics

  4. Demographics

  5. Demographics Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa

  6. Demographics Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa

  7. Demographics Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa

  8. Economics and Employment

  9. The Roots of the ChallengeThirty Year 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 & Employment All trends disproportionately affected: ~African-Americans ~young children & young families

  10. Economics & Employment

  11. 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 & Employment

  12. Economics & Employment

  13. Economics & Employment

  14. Economics & Employment

  15. Economics & Employment

  16. Economics & Employment

  17. Economics & Employment

  18. Economics & Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa

  19. Economics & Employment

  20. Economics & Employment Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa

  21. Economics & Employment

  22. Economics & Employment

  23. Economics & Employment

  24. Economics & Employment

  25. Economics & Employment

  26. Economics & Employment

  27. Economics & Employment

  28. Economics & Employment

  29. Economics & Employment

  30. Economics & Employment

  31. Child Indicators

  32. 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

  33. Child Indicators

  34. Child Indicators

  35. Child Indicators

  36. Child Indicators

  37. Infants and Young Children at Risk… Child Indicators

  38. Top Risk Factors for Infants and Young Children 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

  39. Risk Factors Increase Likelihood of Adverse Health and Social Outcomes ~ Adverse Outcomes for Infants and Young Children: Infant death Poor health Poor development Lack of school readiness Poor school performance Physical, mental or sexual abuse or neglect Child Indicators

  40. Child Indicators

  41. Child Indicators

  42. Child Indicators

  43. Child Indicators

  44. Child Indicators

  45. Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa

  46. Child Indicators

  47. Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa

  48. Child Indicators

  49. Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa

  50. Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa

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