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Race Matters Toolkit: Highlights

siobhan — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:48:11 -0400

The Annie E Casey Foundation has created a Race Matters Toolkit. The toolkit is designed to help decision-makers, advocates, and elected officials get better results in their work by providing equitable opportunities for all. Below are direct links to a few key tools.

Race Matters Toolkit User's Guide
A review of the toolkit and how to use it.

Race Matters Toolkit: Unequal Opportunities

siobhan — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:17:07 -0400

Fact Sheet: Juvenile Justice

siobhan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:37:22 -0500

In 2008, the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration (JRA), where youth committing serious offenses are held, reported that more than 60% of youth held in JRA facilities have “significant mental health issues,” and 85% of the youth in residential care are substance abusers or chemically dependent. Click on the attached fact sheet to read more about juvenile justice in Washington.

Early Learning Fact Sheet

mjennings — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:07:09 -0500

Less than half of the state’s incoming kindergarteners are adequately prepared to succeed in school, and students in low-income communities tend to be even less prepared. Among the lowest income kindergarten classrooms in the state, only 25% of students are considered ready for kindergarten. Click on the attached fact sheet for more information about early learning in Washington.

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admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:42:38 -0500

One out of three children in Washington are children of color. Broken out by racial and ethnic groups, 6.4% of the state's 1.5 million children are Asian/Pacific Islander, 6.5% are multi-racial, 4.3% are African American, 14.5% are Hispanic and 1.8% are American Indian.

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admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:42:38 -0500

Despite some progress closing the achievent gap in recent years, children of color continue to lag behind their white classmates on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) tests. In 2006, children of color trailed in every category of the 4th grade reading, writing and math WASLs. On the reading test alone, 16.9% of African American students, 16.8% of Native American students and 14.7% of Hispanic students exceeded the standards, compared to 32.8% of white students.

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admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:42:38 -0500

Nationwide, 20% of Hispanic children were uninsured in 2003, compared with 9% of African-American children and 7% of white children. Young low-income children of immigrants are twice as likely to be uninsured as those of natives (22% versus 11%).

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admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:42:37 -0500

Three-quarters of the state

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admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:42:37 -0500

National research has shown that African American children end up in the child welfare system at far higher rates than Caucasian children

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admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:42:37 -0500

In King County, African American and Native American children are over-represented at nearly every decision point in the child welfare system. Although these two groups of children represent only 8% of the child population in King County, they account for one-third of all children removed from their homes and one-half of children in foster care for more than four years.