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Why
Dallas
Needs After-School Programs
More than 89% of Dallas� public school
children are living below the poverty level. (Dallas Independent School
District Campus Data Support Department, FY 2005). Click
here for some more statistics from the
Dallas Independent School District (DISD).
One out of
every five Dallas children is being raised in poverty.
(United
Way of Metropolitan Dallas) .
Too
many Dallas County children have no safe place to be when school is out
(summer, holidays, before/after school hours).” (Dallas
County Criminal Justice Community Planning Committee, 2000).
9.9%
report being hit, slapped, or deliberately injured by a boyfriend or
girlfriend within the last 12 months; and, a staggering 38.8%
report having ever been forced to have sexual intercourse when they did not
want to. (1999
Dallas Independent School District Health Survey of High School Student).
Four year’s
of childcare: $18,000 to $19,000
Four year’s of college at UT-Dallas: $13,000 to
$14000
(United Way of Metropolitan Dallas)
An estimated 136,000
children ages 5-11 have
both or single parents in the workforce. However, there are fewer than 30,000
after-school
slots available (only enough for 21%
of the children who need them, according to Dallas
County Criminal Justice Community Planning Committee, 2000).
Of the
thousands of children who need after school programs in Dallas, there
are only enough after school slots to care for 12.5% of the children
who need them (Dallas Commission on Children and Youth).
Camp Fire USA currently serves over 7,000 children each year either through
our after school programs or through our free KIDTALK
program.
According
to the KIDS
COUNT > Right Start Online, 2002:
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Dallas ranks last among the 50
largest cities in births to mothers with low education.
According
to the Dallas County Child Death and Infant Mortality Review Team, 2002:
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From 1995 – 2001, 25% of Dallas
County preventable teenage (ages 13-17) homicides occurred between 4-11 p.m.
According
to the Child Abuse Prevention Coalition, the Coalition for North Texas
Children, the Child Abuse Prevention Advocacy Commission and CDRT
(Dallas County Child Death and Infant Mortality Review Team) members:
In
order to prevent child abuse, neglect and violence�
�
�Provide age/grade
appropriate, standardized life skills and personal safety education to all
school age children as part of the regular curriculum, and in after school
programs. Include self-protection, conflict resolution, communication skills,
relationship and family issues�including parenting and child development.�
�
�Ensure that children receive
affordable child-care that encourages positive relationships, and is based on
principles of child development.�
�
�Increase the number of parent
support groups.�
According
to the Dallas County Child Death and
Infant Mortality Review Team, 2002:
�
�Unintentional injuries
(accidents) remain the leading cause of death for children between the ages of
one and 17. In Dallas County from 1995-2001, 443 children between the ages of
0-17 years died from unintentional injuries. Injuries and fatalities have
enormous financial, emotional and social effects on not only the child and the
family, but the community and society as a while. �Accidents� do not
simply happen. Most �accidents� are predictable and preventable.�
�
�Injury rates vary with a
child�s age, gender, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Poverty is the
primary predictor of injury. Children from low-income families live in more
hazardous environments that may increase their risk of injury�such as
substandard and overcrowded housing, lack of safe recreational facilities,
housing close to busy streets, inadequate childcare and/or supervision,
increased risk to physical hazards and limited access to health care.
Strategies that reduce financial barriers to safety devices, increase
educational efforts, and improve the safety of the environment are effective
at reducing death and injury among these populations at risk.�
�
�In 2001, ZIP Codes 75217,
75212 and 75203 had the highest number of preventable deaths.
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