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Access profiles for many KY locations; rankings, maps, or trend graphs by topic; and raw data. Includes over 100 measures of child well-being, including the community-level data formerly in CLIKS.

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Profiles (Showing 5 Featured Indicators of full set)

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Percent change in child victimization rate, 2003-2008 (2008)	-1%
Youth charged with public offenses, rate per 10,000 youth ages 10-19 (2008)	353
Youth charged with status offenses, rate per 10,000 youth ages 10-19 (2008)	172
Child death rate (ages 1-14), 3-year average (2005 - 2007)	21
Teen death rate (ages 15-19), 3-year average (2005 - 2007)	75

Featured Data for Kentucky

Out of Home Placement

Percent change in out-of-home care rate, 2003 to 2008 (2008)

Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Dept. for Community Based Services; number of children for rate calculation from Kentucky Population Research at the University of Louisville Urban Studies Institute

Percent change in out-of-home care rate is the change between 2003 and 2008 in the rate of children placed in out-of-home care due to abuse or neglect.

All children need safe environments and caring adults to thrive. Yet some children live in unsafe situations lacking supervision and nurturing caregivers. When a child cannot remain at home safely, the best option is often placement with relatives. If there is not a suitable placement with a relative, the child is placed in a foster home to receive necessary care and attention.

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Data highlights selected by our KIDS COUNT state grantee.
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Ten important indicators of child well-being included in our annual KIDS COUNT Data Book.
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Kentucky Grantee

Kentucky Youth Advocates, Inc. 11001 Bluegrass Pkwy, Ste 100
Jeffersontown, KY 40299

502.895.8167
info@kyyouth.org
http://www.kyyouth.org

Tara Grieshop-Goodwin, KIDS COUNT Coordinator

Kentucky Youth Advocates is a non-partisan, non-profit, children's advocacy organization. KYA represents a voice for Kentucky's most precious asset - its youth. We believe that Kentucky's youth deserve the opportunities and resources necessary to ensure their productive development and health.

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