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Touchstones and the Kids’ Well-being Indicators

Clearinghouse (KWIC)

Cate Teuten Bohn, MPHCouncil on Children and Families

October 25, 201242nd Annual Conference Youth Development Training

My responsibilities Introduce audience to several websites

that display data on the children and families of New York.

• Use real life examples with describing tools for graphing and mapping data.

• Connect data with every day program management and youth development activities.

• Make it fun and relevant!

Your responsibilities

Listen activelyAsk questionsThink about your day job Use the websites when you

return to your office (bookmarks!)

Introductions

Youth Development specialists Member, Board of Directors Community partners Managers & Administration Youth Court & Mentors Teachers Health Educators Parents

What does the Council do?

Council on Children and Families (CCF) recently celebrated its 30th

Anniversary Neutrality, Leadership &

Coordination Focus on state systems serving

children and families Interagency problem-solving

CCF

• Interagency Coordination • Early Childhood • ENGAGE• Community Justice• Touchstones / KIDS COUNT

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TOUCHSTONES

Economic Security Physical and Emotional Health Education Civic Engagement Family Community

◦ Please see handout with the Touchstones goals and objectives

Touchstones Life Areas

Community Context Status of child well-being for all children

in your county Where are the families in your

community? Status of older youth in your region Characteristics of the adults in your

county Health of your county or region Economy, financial health of your region

Sub-optimal Child Development: What is at Stake?• School failure and additional costs due to

expenditures for:• Remediation• Special education• Mental health, juvenile justice

Diminished potential to form strong social and family relationships

Long-term costs in social dependency Sub-optimal productivity-economic, civic

engagement Sub-optimal physical and social emotional

health

What is the Data Measuring? Quality Measurement◦ Professional level of staff◦ Standards & guidelines in

practice ◦ “success or client

movement” System Indicators◦ Length of Stay (LOS)◦ Intensity of slots available◦ Waiting list(s)◦ Diagnoses of clientele

(severity of cases) ◦ Staff turnover

Individual Data ◦ Clinical◦ Developmental◦ Demographic ◦ “recovery or success or

maintenance of issue or disease”

Community ◦ Health of all children◦ Well-being of all families◦ Crime ◦ Unemployment◦ Education attainment

CDC Healthy People 2010

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Dahlgren G, Whitehead M. 1991. Policies and Strategies to Promote Social Equity in Health. Stockholm, Sweden: Institute for Futures Studies.

Context:How Health Improvement is Produced

13Frieden T., A Framework for Public Health Action: The Health Impact Pyramid.American Journal of Public Health. 2010; 100(4): 590-595 14

Context: Framework for improving health

Similaritiesin these frameworks A complex array of social, cultural, environmental,

biological, and economic factors impact physical and emotional health.

This complex array of factors must be addressed at the sources for public health and now public mental health to fulfill its mission.

This complex array of factors also requires broadening the scope of arenas critical to the focus and interventions of mental (emotional) health.

The active engagement of communities as essential partners is required to improve the social and emotional health of children & youth.

The recognition and use of strengths rather than only deficits as a basis for planning and intervention are an imperative.

Albert Einstein

If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution.

Eleanor Roosevelt

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Youth Bureau Service Plan (1/2)

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Youth Bureau Service Plan (2/2)

Dutchess Co United Way

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Hospital Community Service Plan

KIDS’ WELL-BEING INDICATORS CLEARINGHOUSE (KWIC)

www.nyskwic.org

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What else do we know about Children & Families in New York?

Demographics of New York <18 population

52%

17%

7%

2%

22%

Child population by race, 2009

White, non-Hispanic

Black, non-Hispanic

Asian, non-Hispanic

Multi-racial, non-Hispanic

Hispanic or Latino

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

not a high school graduate

high school diploma or GED

associate's degree

bachelor's degree

graduate degree

percent

NEW YORK Children by head of household's education level,

2009

57%

Domestic Violence Victim Data by Law Enforcement Jurisdiction

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Elevated Blood Lead Levels Divorce in Counties & # of children

http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/2010/table52.htm

Student Weight Status Youth Health Indicators 2011

NYS OMH Kids Indicators page http://bi.omh.state.ny.us/kids/index?p=health

Mental Health/ Substance AbusePercentage Difference From Current Rate to PA Objective

Goal: Increase <|> Goal: Decrease

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey County Report (option)

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New York children ages 2-17 with emotional, behavioral or developmental conditions

2007 NSCH Survey Prevalence

New York USA

1 or more 10.6% 11.3%

2 or more 38.1% 40.3%

Receive coordinated care within a MEDICAL HOME

35.6% 40.2%

Health insurance ADEQUATE 67.9% 70.6%

Received mental health counselingin past year

42.1% 45.6%

“New York Mental and Emotional Well-being Profile from the National Survey of Children’s Health.” NSCH 2007. Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative, Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health website. Retrieved July 31, 2012 from www.childhealthdata.org.

GIS mapping

Additional Data Resources

National data on children and families State Agency data - online Regional level data – online, aggregated Local – specialized, relationships New York City resources

Please see handout for all the resources listed in presentation and many more…

KIDS COUNT Data Center

http://datacenter.kidscount.org/

KIDS COUNT Data Center Alternative to Social Media

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SHARE your KWIC data!

ALTERNATIVE Access to Social Media Share KWIC data

Tweet KWIC data Share on Facebook

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Facebook Google+

Sharing with Google+ YouTube Channel

Q&A

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Future KWIC Webinarsplease join us!

Tuesday, November 27, 1:30 – 2:30 pm Using KWIC graphs and data in your

presentations

Wednesday, December 12, 1:30 – 2:30 pm 2012 Touchstones / KIDS COUNT

Data Book

Thanks for your participation!Cate Teuten Bohn, MPHKWIC Coordinator Council on Children and Families 52 Washington St., Ste. 99Rensselaer, NY 12144Cate.Bohn@ccf.ny.govhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/catebohnhttp://www.twitter.com/nysccfhttp://www.facebook.com/NYSCCFhttp://pinterest.com/nysccf/http://www.youtube.com/user/NYSCCF