- Data Fair Edition -

July 2025 Newsletter

The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant, is a federal-state partnership that provides funding to states to improve the health of women, infants, children, and adolescents, including children with special health care needs. As part of this grant, the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services and North Dakota State University Center for Social Research (CSR) conducted a statewide needs assessment of MCH populations across North Dakota. In this article, Chelsey Hukriede, research specialist with the CSR, highlights some of the needs assessment findings used to inform the planning and development process to set state priority needs for North Dakota MCH populations.

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Data on a Stick.

Over the past two decades, North Dakota’s employment levels have been significantly shaped by economic fluctuations, such as the oil boom and COVID-19 Pandemic. Economic recovery from the pandemic began in 2021 and by 2024 the number of jobs had climbed to 428,692, with a 1.7 percent gain from 2023 to 2024. However, this pace of growth was slightly slower than in the previous two years. Despite year-to-year fluctuations, total employment in 2024 remained 20 percent higher than in 2010.

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Carnival Games.

Health insurance is currently the best way to ensure access to health care in the United States. Uninsured individuals are less likely to receive preventive care or care for routine medical conditions and injuries. They are also more likely to feel the direct physical, mental, and financial effects of not having coverage.

With a 5 percent uninsured rate for those adults younger than 65 years, where does North Dakota currently rank among the 50 states (1st=lowest/best rate)?

a)    Rank of 5

b)    Rank of 12

c)    Rank of 21

d)    Rank of 29

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