Kids Matter!

A Status Report on the Well-Being of Children and Youth in Chatham County, Georgia

• Introduction
• Overview
• Executive Summary
• HEALTHY CHILDREN
  • Low Birth Weight Births
  • Very Low Birth Weight Births
  • Infant Mortality
  • Teen Births
  • Teen Pregnancy
  • Repeat Teen Pregnancy
  • Teen Violent Deaths & Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• CHILDREN READY FOR & SUCCEEDING IN SCHOOL
  • Over Age 3rd Grade
  • Over Age 5th Grade
  • Over Age 9th Grade
  • System Wide Out of School Suspensions
  • 5th Grade Out of School Suspensions
  • 7th and 9th Grade Out of School Suspensions
  • Truancy
  • Dropouts
  • Graduation Rate
  • Post-Secondary and Technical/Vocational
• STRONG FAMILIES & NEIGHBORHOODS
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Out of Home Placement
  • Juvenile Court
  • Department of Juvenile Justice
  • Juvenile Arrests
• SELF-SUFFICIENT FAMILIES
  • Poverty/Free or Reduced Cost School Lunch/Household Income/Self-Sufficiency
• Data Sources & Acknowledgements

Kids Matter! - 2008

STRONG FAMILIES & NEIGHBORHOODS

Department of Juvenile Justice

Unique* Youth Under Supervision at Chatham County Multi-Service Center in 2008

Total Unique youth Commitments** in 2008

* Unique refers to unduplicated youth served

** Commitments reflect a total of all commitments to include: recommitments, continued commitments, and Superior Court

** Commitments reflect a total of all commitments to include: recommitments, continued commitments, and Superior Court

Admissions* to Chatham County Regional Youth Detention Center (RYDC) in 2008

By Gender, Race-Ethnicity, and Type of Serious Charged Offense...

By Age and Type of Serious Charged Offense

* Admissions to Chatham County RYDC also include youth from other counties

** VOP - Violation of Probation

VOAC - Violation of After Care

VOAP - Violation of Alternate Plan