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A Roadmap to Need: A Look at Cross-Sector Data. The 10 Indicators. Cohort Graduation Rate Short-Term Suspension Rate Adults with a High School Diploma Median Household Income Single Parent Households. The 10 Indicators. Children Without Health Insurance Teen Pregnancy Rate
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The 10 Indicators • Cohort Graduation Rate • Short-Term Suspension Rate • Adults with a High School Diploma • Median Household Income • Single Parent Households
The 10 Indicators • Children Without Health Insurance • Teen Pregnancy Rate • Child Abuse / Neglect Reported Cases • Children in DSS Custody • Juvenile Delinquency Rate
Methodology • Ranked counties on each individual indicator 1-100 • Summed the rankings for each county • Ranked counties 1-100 by the sum of their rankings
Striking Extremes Between Counties • Income levels vary from • $64,487 (Wake) to $29,043 (Bladen) • Graduation rates go from • 81% (Orange) to 57% (Tyrrell)
Two North Carolinas?The Top 10 Camden County Orange County Wake County Union County Iredell County Cabarrus County Watauga County Currituck County Carteret County Avery County
One Caveat is Necessary… Countywide averages mask need.
If we had data by zip code… We would find pockets of need in our highest ranked counties.
Two North Carolinas?The Bottom 10 Greene County Lenoir County Halifax County Robeson County Edgecombe County Warren County Rutherford County Martin County Anson County Tyrrell County
Two North Carolinas? Alleghany Northampton Camden Gates Ashe Surry Stokes Caswell Rockingham Person Warren Currituck Vance Pasquotank Hertford Granville Halifax Watauga Perquimans Wilkes Yadkin Forsyth Chowan Orange Avery Guilford Alamance Franklin Bertie Durham Mitchell Nash Caldwell Alexander Edgecombe Davie Yancey Madison Martin Washington Tyrrell Wake Burke Iredell Davidson Dare McDowell Wilson Randolph Chatham Catawba Rowan Buncombe Pitt Beaufort Haywood Johnston Hyde Greene Swain Lincoln Lee Rutherford Cabarrus Graham Henderson Montgomery Harnett Wayne Jackson Gaston Stanly Polk Moore Cleveland Mecklenburg Lenoir Transylvania Craven Macon Pamlico Cherokee Clay Cumberland Hoke Jones Union Anson Richmond Duplin Sampson Scotland Carteret Onslow Quartile I (counties ranked 1-25) Quartile II (counties ranked 26-50) Quartile III (counties ranked 51-75) Quartile IV (counties ranked 76-100) Robeson Bladen Pender Columbus New Hanover Brunswick
You Proved the Obvious! Now What?
Can all of us working on behalf of young people and their families work more effectively together than we do separately?