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Data

The facts...

  • 980,160 children(under age 18) live in Kentucky
    (Anne E. Casey Foundation)
  • 189,783 of Kentucky’s children live in poverty
    (Children’s Defense Fund)
  • A child in Kentucky is abused or neglected every 32 minutes. (Children’s Defense Fund)
  • 11,049 of Kentucky’s children are in foster care
    (Anne E. Casey Foundation)
  • 5,715 juveniles arrested in Kentucky
    (Children’s Defense Fund)
  • 1,717 children and teens in Kentucky’s juvenile or adult correctional facilities (Children’s Defense Fund)

The challenges...

  • Kentucky ranks 46th among the states in the percentage of teens (ages 16 – 19) not attending school or working. (Anne E. Casey Foundation)
  • Kentucky ranks 36th among the state in the percentage of teens (ages 16 – 19) who are high school dropouts. (Anne E. Casey Foundation)
  • Kentucky ranks 41st among the states in the percentage of children living in poverty
    (Anne E. Casey Foundation)
  • Kentucky ranks 40th among the states in the general well-being of children. (Anne E. Casey Foundation)
  • Kentucky’s youth average 19.6 assets, far short of the 31 considered ideal for health
    (Kentucky Child Now, State Assets Assessment)

Links:
Children’s Defense Fund

Anne E. Casey Foundation