Download full textERIC Number: ED616479
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 58
Abstractor: ERIC
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Newark Kids Count 2018: A City Profile of Child Well-Being
Advocates for Children of New Jersey
For over 20 years, Advocates for Children of New Jersey has published the Newark Kids Count Data Book, a one-stop source for child well-being data on the state's largest city. Newark Kids Count includes the latest statistics, along with five-year trend data, in the following areas: demographics, family economic security, food insecurity, child health, child protection, child care, education and teens. This year's data book features a special section on childhood lead exposure and prevention efforts in Newark. [The Greater Newark LISC and New Jersey Health Initiatives, the statewide grant making program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, along with the Fund for New Jersey and the Victoria Foundation funded this year's special section on lead. For "Newark Kids Count 2017: A City Profile of Child Well-Being," see ED616477.]
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Population Trends, Geographic Location, Children, Adolescents, Well Being, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, One Parent Family, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Economically Disadvantaged, Poverty, Family Income, Employment Level, Unemployment, Tax Credits, Family Programs, Federal Programs, Welfare Services, Housing, Ownership, Hunger, Nutrition, Breakfast Programs, Lunch Programs, Charter Schools, Infants, Prenatal Care, Body Weight, Death, Diseases, Health Insurance, Child Welfare, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Care Centers, Home Programs, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, Special Education, Homeless People, Attendance, Standardized Tests, Scores, Career Readiness, College Readiness, Academic Achievement, Graduation Rate, College Entrance Examinations, Postsecondary Education, Early Parenthood, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Delinquency, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Child Health
Advocates for Children of New Jersey. 35 Halsey Street 2nd Floor, Newark, NJ 07102. Tel: 973-643-3876; Fax: 973-643-9153; e-mail: advocates@acnj.org; Web site: http://www.acnj.org
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Annie E. Casey Foundation; Prudential Foundation; Victoria Foundation; Fund for New Jersey
Authoring Institution: Advocates for Children of New Jersey
Identifiers - Location: New Jersey (Newark); New Jersey
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)
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