1. Closing the Gaps for Texas and Dallas County Children Frances Deviney, PhD Texas KIDS COUNT Director Center for Public Policy Priorities Partners for Children Dallas, TX July 14, 2009

2. Of the 450K kids in Dallas Co. Public Schools, more than two-thirds of Considered Economically Disadvantaged Source: 2008-2009 Enrollment Data, Texas Education Agency

3. GAPS IN ACHIEVEMENT: Fewer Economically Disadvantaged Kids in Dallas Co. Pass the TAKS Tests Source: Percent Students Passing Across Grades Within Each Test, 2008 TAKS data, Texas Education Agency

4. How Many Economically Disadvantaged Kids Not Passing in Dallas County? Reading = 32,000+ Math = 51,000+ Science = 23,000+ Social Studies = 5,300+ Writing = 5,000+

5. GAPS IN ATTAINMENT: Dallas Co. Economically Disadvantaged and Minority Students Drop Out at Higher Rates Source: Class of 2007 four-year longitudinal dropout rate within group, Texas Education Agency

6. Source: Median Earnings in Past 12 Months for Dallas Co. Population 25 and Over, 2007 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau (Table B20004) GAPS IN EARNINGS: Having a Degree Translates into Higher Annual Earnings

7. GAPS IN EARNINGS: Nearly One of every Four Dallas Co. Dropouts Lives in Poverty Source: Table C17003, 2007 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau

8. Important to close the Achievement Gap? Gap caused by factors outside of school? Whose responsibility? 88% 77% 57% up to the school alone Public Poll on Education Source: Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll (2006)

9. Family Economic Security Texas Children: Children in Our Community

10. “It is unrealistic to expect to change schools in any deep way without dealing with some of the issues that arise with poverty.” Richard Rothstein as cited in “Why Segregation Matters”

11. Federal Poverty Guidelines $22,050Family of 4 < $20,650/year $18,310Family of 3 < $17,170/year $14,570Family of 2 < $13,690/year 2009 2007

12. One of Every Four Dallas County Children Lives in Poverty Source: Children ages 0-17, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, U.S. Census Bureau

13. Monthly Costs for Single-Parent, Two- Child Family in Dallas-Plano-Irving Total Monthly Expenses = $2,866 - $3,432 Source: Family Budget Estimator, CPPP, www.cppp.org/fbe $212-$710 $798 $927 $356$285$288-356

14. Necessary Income for Single-Parent, 2-Child Family in Dallas-Plano-Irving Annual = $35,776 - $45,032 OR 208% to 257% of FPL Source: Family Budget Estimator, CPPP, www.cppp.org/fbe

15. Dallas-Plano-Irving Family Budgets vs. Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG) Source: US DHHS; State Plan for CCDF Services fro 2007-2009; CPPP’s Family Budget Estimator (2007) expenses assumes 100% of employee and 50% of dependent premiums paid by employer. $20,650 $17,170 $13,390 $26,845 $22,321 $17,407 $38,203 $31,765 $24,772 $43,723 212% FPG $39,132 228% FPG $35,776 208% FPG $29,990 213% FPG

16. Early Care & Education

17. Early Care and Education Options for Dallas County Children Subsidized Child Care Enrollment (ages 0-12) –UP 43%, to over 23K or 4.8% (2000-2007) Subsidized Child Care Waiting List –Over 4,200 (DWFB, SFY 2008 monthly average) Head Start (ages 3-4) –UP 5%, to over 4,100 (2000-2008) Source: Texas Workforce Commission; U.S. Administration for Children and Families

18. More Dallas Co. Children Going to Pre-Kindergarten Source: Texas Education Agency

19. Child Nutrition

20. Texas Ranks 48 th in Food Insecurity 1 in 6 Texas families (with 1.4M kids) Hungry children: –Miss more school –Less attentive –More likely to fail and be held back –More likely to drop out Source: Nord et al. (2007); Brown et al. (2007)

21. Dallas Co. Participation in Hunger & Nutrition Programs WIC (ages 0-4) UP 41% –Nearly 80K or 39% of all kids 0-4 (2000 to 2007) Food Stamps UP 264% –Nearly 113K or 17% of all kids (2000 to 2007) Free or Reduced-Price Lunch UP 46% –286,843 kids or 70% public school students (2000 to 2008) Source: Texas Department of Health and Human Services; Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas Department of Agriculture

22. Infant and Child Health

23. Health Insurance for Dallas Co. Children Medicaid UP 21% –Nearly 196K enrolled (Aug 2003-April 2009) CHIP UP 16% –Over 56K enrolled (Aug 2003-May 2009) CHIP Perinatal UP 32% –Nearly 11K Perinates and Moms covered (Jan 2008-Apr 2009) Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission

24. Texas Has Had the Highest Rate of Uninsured Children in the Nation for Nine Years Running Source: Kids 0-18, KIDS COUNT State-Level Data Online, Annie E. Casey Foundation

25. Fewer Texas Kids Receiving Health Coverage Through Parent’s Employer Source: March Supplement data, Current Population Survey, U.S. Census Bureau

26. Of the 49,000 MORE Uninsured Texas Kids in 2006: Nearly 6 out of 10 live in families with low to moderate incomes Source: 3-year average data (2004-2006 vs. 2005-2007) for children ages 0-18, Current Population Survey, U.S. Census Bureau

27. “The achievement gap can be substantially narrowed only when school improvement is combined with social and economic reform” Richard Rothstein, “Class and Schools”

28. What can we do? National Health Reform www.texasvoiceforhealthreform.org

29. Texas Voice for Health Reform Principles Affordable access to good healthcare must be available for all Americans A decent standard of comprehensive care must be established Additionally, national health reform should also address: safe and high quality care; costs and cost-effectiveness of health care; consumer choice; and eliminating barriers to care www.texasvoiceforhealthreform.org

30. What can we do? Increased outreach for state work support programs CHIP, Medicaid, Food Stamps, TANF –All use the same state application Have to have a strong local support system in place because... –Eligibility system in crisis Local support network should... –Get families in the system (only 1 st page of app. required) –Follow families to make sure they turn in whole application –Let families know about expedited process

31. Family Economic Security –child tax credits –lengthened time on unemployment –assistance in paying for insurance through COBRA Early Childhood Education –Total ARRA Child Care allocations for FY2009 for Dallas WFB = $18.5M Texas Rising Star Provider Certification Teacher and director training Increase capacity or to obtain licensure for infant and toddler car Materials to improve the quality of child care What can we do? Access available ARRA $

32. What can we do? Continue to support schools by supporting community-based school improvement efforts

33. Sustained & Balanced Investment by the Community in the Community is the Key

34. Let’s make sure we’re not shortchanging our children.

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36. Contact Information Frances Deviney, PhD Texas KIDS COUNT Director deviney@cppp.org (512) 320-0222 ext. 106 Sign up to receive notice of our work at: www.cppp.org

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