SPECIAL ALERT: CENSUS is still OPEN!
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A federal court has ordered the Trump administration to abandon last-minute changes to the 2020 census schedule and extend the counting phase through October 31, as originally proposed earlier this year. The preliminary injunction in National Urban League et al v. Wilbur Ross et al, notes that the truncated census schedule is likely to produce inaccurate numbers about historically undercounted groups, including people of color and immigrants, which would harm the constitutional purpose of the count to apportion seats of the US House of Representatives. The Administration has already signaled it will appeal the ruling. The full opinion is here.
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KIDS COUNT: All Data are LOCAL
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The virtual conference, KIDS COUNT: ALL Data Are Local, will showcase different data websites native to NYS and national sites that illuminate important topics for children and families. Since 1997, the Council has been a member of the state-level KIDS COUNT network, supported with funding by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. A primary objective of the New York State KIDS COUNT project is to advance the use of children’s health, education and well-being indicators as a tool for policy development, planning and accountability. We invite you to join us!
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This conference will offer tours of data websites and mapping tools for New York counties and communities. Have you ever wondered where to find data on your community? Have you ever wondered if there was data for a town or city in your county? This conference is for YOU!
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Timeline: Regularly scheduled virtual sessions in October, November and December 2020. More sessions will be announced as scheduled. Please register via link for each webinar. You will receive a calendar invite when you register.
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In Case You Missed It (ICYMI)
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The 31st edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book presents an assessment of American children's well-being and describes how children were faring before the coronavirus pandemic. Overall, New York ranks 28th among the other states in the nation, based on the 16 measures in the following four areas: health; education; economic security; and family/community. Some good news for New York - The data revealed that New York children experienced improvement in 13 of the 16 measures of child well-being (and remained the same for two and fared slightly worse in one area). New York ranked 12th in children's health and 18th in education. Notably, in two key areas of health, improvement was made: 1) the number of children who have health insurance increased to 98 out of 100; and 2) the number per 1,000 of teens ages 15 to 19 giving birth dropped from 23 to 12 since 2010. Click here for the 2020 National KIDS COUNT Data Book.
At the same time, even though improvements were made over the past decade, two key areas of child well being-economic well-being and family/community-continue to pose challenges for our state. New York ranked 36th in family/community well-being and 39th in children's economic well-being compared with other states. There are some indicators that have improved, however. The percentage of New York children who live in families experiencing poverty decreased from 21% to 19%, and the percentage of parents with a high school diploma increased from 84% to 87%. Click here for the New York State 2020 KIDS COUNT profile in English and Spanish.
But there is one broad area where the path toward progress remains slow: closing the racial inequity gap. Notably, while New York, overall, has 19% of its children living in families experiencing poverty, that number increases significantly for Black and Hispanic children (27% and 28%, respectively). Similarly, while housing costs represent a high cost burden for all New Yorkers with 38% of families spending more than 30% of their income on housing costs, that percentage increases to 45% for Black families, 46% for Asian families, and 49% for Hispanic families. Click here for more information on the KIDS COUNT Data Book indicators by race and ethnicity.
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CORONAVIRUS - RESOURCES FOR PARENTS
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Parenting tips, activities and information on how to talk to your children about the Coronavirus. Click here.
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October is for counting New Yorkers!
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Census 2020 Resources - New York State
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Stay Safe & Stay Informed
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As you are aware, the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) continues to ravage the country and New York State is slowly reopening based on scientific findings and data related to testing and hospitalizations. Stay up-to-date on everything related to the state's response to COVID-19, including testing, unemployment, face masks, and much more by visiting forward.ny.gov and/or sign up for the daily newsletter.
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This newsletter is funded in part by the KIDS COUNT grant from Annie E. Casey Foundation. We are grateful for their support.
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