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NDKC focuses on 7 categories of data representing multiple indicators of child health and well-being. These 7 categories provide the framework for this website and publications such as the Annual Overview. In addition, the 7 categories are represented by 79 separate data indicators included in two-page profiles in the Fact Book and as interactive data on the CLIKS website. The goal of the Data Guide is to assist users in locating KIDS COUNT data for each of the categories.
At Risk (See NDKC Page for At Risk)
Families can do a better job of ensuring the safety and well-being of their children, if they are supported with home visiting and similar programs that help parents provide a nurturing environment for their children, free of family violence. Children and youth should be surrounded by networks of caring adults in their home, school, and community environments. Children who break the rules need consequences consistent with the goal of helping them learn responsible behavior to become contributors in society.
Indicators in the Fact Book and CLIKS include:
- Child abuse and neglect reports
- Suspected victims of child abuse and neglect, as well as victims in cases where services were required
- Children impacted by domestic violence
- Children ages 10 to 17 referred to juvenile court
- Juvenile court referrals by major offense: alcohol offense, unruly behavior, offense against person, offense against property, and other offense
- Juvenile offenses
- Children ages 16 to 19 not enrolled in high school, not high school graduates, and not in the labor force
Child Care (See NDKC Page for Child Care)
Families with infants and young children should have access to the highest quality care for their children, with subsidization for child care resources that exceed a family's financial capacity. Business and government can form partnerships with families to bolster their ability to care for their children, and business can be rewarded with incentives for their role in supporting employee-parents.
Indicators in the Fact Book and CLIKS include:
- Licenses child care providers, including capacity
- Standard compliance certification and registered child care providers, including capacity
- Tribal child care providers, including capacity
- Approved relative child care providers, including capacity
Economic Condition (See NDKC Page for Economics)
Families need jobs that allow them to support their children and access available benefits. Low-income families should be made aware of the economic resources available - such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicaid, Healthy Steps (SCHIP), Food Stamps, WIC, and Head Start - to help them provide for their children's needs and attain self-sufficiency. Establishing eligibility and completing applications should be streamlined to make the process family-friendly.
Indicators in the Fact Book and CLIKS include:
- Children living in poverty, for ages 0 to17, ages 0 to 4, and ages 5 to 17
- Children in near-poor families and children living in extreme poverty
- Median income of families with children ages 0 to 17
- TANF recipients ages 0 to 19
- Medicaid recipients ages 0 to 20
- Children receiving free/reduced price lunch
- Food stam recipients ages 0 to 18
Education (See NDKC Page for Education)
Children need to start school ready to learn and to attend school in environments equipped with highly qualified teachers and state-of-the-art technology, regardless of school size or location. Every child deserves opportunities for skill-building, socialization, and extracurricular activities that enhance their self-esteem and prepare them to transition to adulthood successfully after completing high school.
Indicators in the Fact Book and CLIKS include:
- Average expenditures per student in public schools
- Average daily membership of public schools
- Children ages 3 and 4 enrolled in head start, including center based, home based, and combination based
- Special education enrollment in public schools, for ages 3 to 5, ages 6 to 11, ages 12 to 17, and ages 18 to 21, as well as emotionally disturbed, speech or language impaired, specific learning disability, and mentally handicapped
- Average ACT composite scores
- High school dropouts, grades 9-12
Family Composition (See NDKC Page for Family)
Families, regardless of their structure or where they live, need resources to ensure their children can thrive. NDKC has conducted research on rural families, in particular, because programs and initiatives that work in urban neighborhoods do not always work for rural communities.
Indicators in the Fact Book and CLIKS include:
- Children ages 0 to 17 living in single-parent families
- Children ages 0 to 17 living with grandparents
- Mothers in the labor force, for all as well as mothers with children ages 0 to 5 and children ages 6 to 17 only
- Children ages 0 to 18 in foster care, including family home placements, residential child care facility or group home placements, and other placements
Health (See NDKC Page for Health)
Children deserve to be born healthy and to receive necessary health care, ensuring their protection from preventable diseases and disabilities. They depend totally on responsible behavior from caring adults to ensure their early health care and education needs are met by committed professionals and parents who understand the impact of early brain development influences. Children with disabilities need access to the supports that will allow them to reach their full potential.
Indicators in the Fact Book and CLIKS include:
- Births to mothers receiving inadequate prenatal care
- Low-weight births
- Deaths of infants less than 1 year of age
- Deaths of children ages 1 to 19
- Out-of-wedlock births to teens ages 12 to 19
- Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program participants
Population (See NDKC Page for Population)
Patterns in population, including changes in the number of children, changes in racial distribution, and rural to urban shifts, have ripple effects on many areas of North Dakota, from family success to economic success.
Indicators in the Fact Book and CLIKS include:
- Total population
- Median age
- Population of children ages 0 to 17, including children ages 0 to 5, ages 6 to 12, and ages 13 to 17
- Population of children ages 0 to 13
- Population of children ages 0 to 18, including children reporting one race only (as white, black or African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian, Asian and other Pacific Islander) and children reporting two or more races
- Population of children ages 0 to 18 of Hispanic origin (of any race)
- Total resident births
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