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

Data Sources & Acknowledgements

The Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority proudly acknowledges these agencies and other sources for their data and support in the production of this year's report.

Healthy Children

Low and Very Low Birth Weight, Infant Mortality, Teen Births, Teen Pregnancies and Repeat Pregnancies, Teen Violent Deaths, Sexually Transmitted Diseases:

• Coastal Health District/Chatham County Health Department
• Georgia Division of Public Health, Online Analytical Statistical Information System (OASIS)

Children Ready for and Succeeding in School

Over Age 3rd, 5th & 9th Grades, Suspensions, Truancy, Dropouts, high School Graduation Rate, High School Students Entering Post-secondary and Technical/Vocational:

• Savannah Chatham County Public School System
• Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement

Strong Families and Neighborhoods

Child Abuse and Neglect, Out of Home Placements:

• Chatham County Department of Family and Children Services

Juvenile Court:

• Chatham County Juvenile Court

Department of Juvenile Justice:

• Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Arrests:

• Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department

Self-Sufficient Families

Poverty, Median Household Income:

• U.S. Census 2000; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Surveys (2005, 2006, 2007); U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2009

Self-Sufficiency Standard:

• Wider Opportunities for Women, The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Georgia 2008

Free and Reduced Cost School Lunch:

• Savannah Chatham County Public School System