April 13, 2016

#KidsCount

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Who are you, and why did you come here?

Every child is healthy, well-educated and financially secure.

Every child is healthy, well-educated and financially secure.Every child

Every child is healthy, well-educated and financially secure.financially secure.

“It’s not race, it’s poverty.”

30 percent of Dallas County children live in poverty(<$19,000 for a family of three)

White, 14%

Asian, 18%

Black, 34%

Hispanic, 35%

Source: 2014 American Community Survey (1-Year Estimates), Table C17001.

Median income for households with children in Dallas County is $48,000

Source: CPPP analysis of 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample.

“It’s not race, it’s poverty.”and

and gender

and immigration status

and…

Child population by race/ethnicity, 2010 (By Census tract, 1 dot = 1 child) Source: 2010 Decennial Census, Summary File 1.

Total poverty rate by census tract, 2010-2014Source: 2014 American Community Survey (5-Year Estimates), Table DP03.

Policy matters.

Place matters.

Every child is healthy, well-educated and financially secure.

healthy,

Dallas County Child uninsured rates, 2009-2014

Child uninsured rates have improved, but barriers remain for Latino children.

Hispanic, 19%

Asian, 10%White, 9%Black, 7%

Total13%

Source: American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates. Table B27001

• 67% people of color• 55% female• 33% adults with

dependent children

The “Coverage Gap”

134,000 adults in Dallas County

Sources: Health & Wealth County Checkup (http://tools.forabettertexas.org/healthwealth/) and Kaiser Family Foundation (http://kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/the-coverage-gap-uninsured-poor-adults-in-states-that-do-not-expand-medicaid-an-update/

Asian, Multiracial or Other Race

White Black

Hispanic

Source: CPPP analysis of 2014 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample. All estimates for Dallas County.

Food insecurity affects Black and Hispanic children in Texas at rates nearly twice as high as White children

Rates of child food insecurity in Texas, 2013

WhiteAsian, Multiracial or Other Race

Black Hispanic

Source: Population Reference Bureau analysis of 2012-2014 Current Population Survey Food Security Supplements.

Every child is healthy, well-educatedand financially secure.

well-educated

Dallas County high school completion rates, 2009-2014

Achievement measures are important for evaluating progress towards equity.

Hispanic, 83%

Asian, 91%White, 87%

Black, 80%

Total, 84%

Multiracial, 86%

Source: Texas Education Agency

How do you measure the “opportunity gap”?

Black students are most likely to attend schools

with the most inexperienced teachers.Asian, 7%

White, 4%

Hispanic, 8%

Black, 13%

Students enrolled in schools with more than 20 percent first-year teachers, 2014-15

Enrolled in school with high share of first-year teachers

Source: CPPP analysis of TEA data

Female Male Hispanic White Black Asian

Source: Texas Education Agency

Source: CPPP analysis of Texas Education Agency data. “Per student” is Average Daily Attendance. Number shown is district average.

Hispanic

White

Source: CPPP analysis of Texas Education Agency data.

Advancing gender equity – particularly the

financial security of women –benefits kids.

The likelihood of living in poverty is affected by gender, family structure and race.

POVERTY RATES FOR SINGLE–FATHER FAMILIES

23%25%

26%

9%

14%

POVERTY RATES FORSINGLE-MOTHER FAMILIES

41%49%

42%

37%

24%

TotalHispanic

Black

Asian

White

Poverty rate, by family type and race/ethnicity, 2010-2014Source: American Community Survey (5-year estimates), Table B17010.

Architecture & Engineering

Men: $80,000Women: $62,000

Men: $66,000Women: $55,000

Registered Nurses

Source: 2014 American Community Survey (1-Year Estimates), Table S2401 and analysis of PUMS. Data is for Texas.

Female High School Graduation Rates

Male High School Graduation Rates

Source: Texas Education Agency. Data is for Texas.

What can we do?

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Collect, analyze and use data by race and ethnicity.

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Close the “Coverage Gap.”

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Make school funding more adequate and equitable.

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Support working moms.

JOURNEY WITH ME.

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We believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance

to compete and succeed in life.

We envision a Texaswhere everyone is healthy,

well-educated, and financially secure.

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