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5/18/2009
Update
Updates using the latest data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS).
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The following indicators have been updated to include estimates from the 2006 Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)
Safety and Risky Behaviors
Out of Home Placement
Children under age 18 in foster care at any time in the year
Children above age 11 in foster care at any time in the year
Children who aged out of foster care without having a permanent family
4/7/2009
Update
Updates using the latest American Community Survey (ACS) data within the Population and Family characteristics and Education categories.
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The following indicators have been updated to include estimates from the 2007 American Community Survey (ACS) data:
Education
Children enrolled in nursery school, preschool or kindergarten by age group
Young adults enrolled in or completed college
High school graduates age 25-29 who have completed a bachelor's degree or higher
Children in households where the household head is a high school dropout
Children in households where the householder has a bachelor's degree or higher
Population and Family Characteristics
Child population by household type
Grandchildren in the care of grandparents
Children living with neither parent
2/19/2009
Update
Updates using the latest American Community Survey (ACS) data within the Employment and Income, Poverty, Population and Family characteristics, Education, and Youth Risk categories.
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The following indicators have been updated to include estimates from the 2007 American Community Survey (ACS) data:
Employment and Income
Children age 6 to 12 with all available parents in the labor force
Children in low-income families living in households without a telephone
Children in low-income households where housing costs exceed 30 percent of income
Children in low-income working families, by Age Group
Children living in crowded housing
Children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment, by Race
Children living in low-income households where no adults work
Children without a telephone at home
Children without a vehicle at home
Low-income working families with children
Median family (with child) income
Youth Risk Factors
Teens not attending school and not working, by Race
Persons age 18-24 not attending school, not working, and no degree beyond high school
Education
Teens who are high school dropouts, by Race
Poverty
Children below 250% poverty
Population and Family Characteristics
Children in single-parent families, by Race
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