NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD ACTION PLAN - NC

NORTH CAROLINA

EARLY CHILDHOOD ACTION PLAN

BURKE COUNTY DATA REPORT

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TableofContents

Introduction.........................................................................................................................3 CountyDemographics...........................................................................................................4 Goal1:HealthyBabies..........................................................................................................7 Goal2:PreventiveHealthServices.........................................................................................10 Goal3:FoodSecurity..........................................................................................................13 Goal4:SafeandSecureHousing...........................................................................................15 Goal5:SafeandNurturingRelationships.................................................................................18 Goal6:PermanentFamiliesforChildreninFosterCare............................................................ 21 Goal7:Social-EmotionalHealthandResilience...................................................................... 26 Goal8:High-QualityEarlyLearning..........................................................................................27 Goal9:OnTrackforSchoolSuccess.......................................................................................29 Goal10:ReadingatGradeLevel..............................................................................................32 AdditionalCountyDataResources...........................................................................................38 Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................39

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Introduction:NCEarlyChildhoodActionPlanCountyDataReports

TheNCEarlyChildhoodActionPlanCountyReportsprovidelocaldataforthe10goalsandmorethan50measuresthatare thefoundationofthestate'sEarlyChildhoodActionPlantoachieveaboldvision:allNorthCarolinachildrenwillgeta healthystartanddeveloptotheirfullpotentialinsafeandnurturingfamilies,schools,andcommunities.NorthCarolina government,public,andprivateorganizationshavecommittedtomakingprogressby2025withaccountabilitytodefined benchmarksforeachgoal.Theplanwascreatedwithinputfrom morethan1,500peoplerepresentingadiversityof perspectives,includingparents,families,healthcareproviders,childcareproviders,educators,schooladministrators,child advocacygroupsandresearchers.FormoreinformationaboutthegoalsofthestatewideNCEarlyChildhoodActionPlan, visitearly-childhood.

AbouttheCountyDataReports

?Reportsareaccessibleforall100counties,andincludecountydatawhenitisavailableforallmeasuresin the NC Early Childhood Action Plan.

?Noteverygoalhasanexistingdatasource.Forexample:thereisongoingcollaborationacrossNCtobetter assessthesocialandemotionalwellnessofyoungchildren.

?Dataforsomemeasuresmaybesuppressedatthecountylevelwhenapopulationistoosmalltoshowreliable informationthatpreservestheprivacyoffamilies.

Making Meaning

Fordatatobeactionable,itrequirescontext,engagingdiverseperspectivestounderstandrootcauses,andintentionalfocus toacknowledgeandthensetasideassumptions.Inaddition,whilethequantitativedatasharedinthesereportsisan essentialtool,itisinsufficientonitsown.Livedexperienceisimportantdata,particularlywhenitcomestounderstanding racialinequitiesinoutcomes. Startingquestionstoconsiderinclude:

?Whatdoyounoticewhenyoulookatthedata? ?Doyounoticeanypatternsinthedata? ?Whichgroupsofchildrenandfamiliesarefallingbehindthemost? ?Howdoesthedataalignwithyourdirectexperiencewithchildrenandfamilies? ?Whoseperspectiveisneededtounderstandthedata?

Taking Action

StakeholderEngagement.Engagecommunitystakeholdersrepresentingdiverseperspectivesinadataconversation. Stakeholdersshouldbediverseinage,gender,income-level,andraceandethnicity.Thinkaboutwhoimpactstheissue (e.g.,policymakers,localgovernmentagencies,community-basedorganizations,earlychildhoodprograms),whois impactedbytheissue,andwhoistrustedbythoseimpacted(e.g.,faithcommunity,advocacyorganizations).Datacanbea tooltocreatecommunitybuy-inforalignedaction. StrategicPlanning.TheinformationsharedintheEarlyChildhoodActionPlanCountyReportscanbeusedtosupport ongoingeffortsonthelocalorstatewidelevelthatrequiredetailedpicturesofcounty-leveloutcomesforyoungchildren,such asusingthisinformationtoinform goal-settingforfuturechangesinoutcomes. DevelopmentOpportunities.Manyfoundationsandotherorganizationsdevotedtophilanthropicgivingwanttounderstand localdatawhenmakingdecisionsaboutwheretoinvestresources.UsetheCountyReportsinyourdevelopmentactivities andcollaboratewithpotentialfundersinbetterunderstandingtheneedsofyourcommunity.

Wehopetheinformationprovidedinthesereportsishelpful.Pleasevisitearly-childhoodtoviewtheNC DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices'commitmentstoyoungchildren.ThereyoucanviewthefullNorthCarolinaEarly ChildhoodActionPlan,featuringourtoptengoalsasastate,andallEarlyChildhoodCountyReports. Formoreinformationandresourcesoncollaborativedataanalysis,see:

?SchoolReform Initiative:download/data-driven-dialogue/ ?IdeaDataCenter?DataMeetingToolkit: ?IdeaDataCenter?EngagingStakeholderswithStateData:

?CollectiveImpactForum:

sites/default/files/Community%20Engagement%20Toolkit.pdf ?RacialEquityToolkit:AnOpportunitytoOperationalizeEquity:

resources/racial-equity-toolkit-opportunity-operationalize-equity/

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Young Children in Burke County

In2018,therewere1.1millionyoungchildrenaged8orunderinNorthCarolina.Overall,thestatesawrapidgrowthinthepopulation ofyoungchildrenthroughoutthe1990sandearly2000s.However,thetotalnumberofchildreninthisagegroupdecreasedslightly since2009.Thispopulationisalsoheavilyconcentratedgeographically,withmorethanhalflivinginonly13countiesacrossthestate. Seebelowforinformationondemographicsofyoungchildrenaged8andunderinBurkeCounty.

PopulationofChildrenAged0?8inBurkeCounty

10,000

9,000 8,572

8,000

9,1159,3059,456 8,6748,894

9,824 9,595

10,145 10,260 10,114

9,996

9,951

9,806 9,582

9,429 9,4009,366

9,453

9,293

9,108

7,000

8,923

8,578 8,242

7,983

8,048

7,8877,858

Population

6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000 0

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

NumberofChildrenAged0?8byCountyinNorthCarolina,2017

Graham 782

Cherokee 2,256 Clay 889

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