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April 13, 2016
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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.
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We envision a Texaswhere everyone is healthy,
well-educated, and financially secure.
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