Child Welfare
Children and youth who live in nurturing families and safe, supportive communities generally have stronger personal connections, higher educational achievement, and better mental health. Parents also need adequate resources to help foster their children’s development. Similarly, children and youth are more likely to thrive in neighborhoods with strong schools, support services, and opportunities for community engagement.
Measure of social support in a community, social associations one piece of the whole picture, measuring the number of membership associations per 10,000 population. These include civic, political, religious, sports and professional organizations. Years included: 2020 | Source: County Health Rankings
The CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index uses 16 U.S. census variables to help local officials identify communities that may need support before, during, or after disasters. Years included: 2020 | Source: CDC/ATSDR
Quality air is generally considered to be clean and safe, meaning that it has no harmful levels of chemicals, pollutants, or bacteria and represents no significant health risks over a lifetime of ingestion or breathing. The national average is 7.8 fine particulate matter in micrograms per cubic meter (PM2.5). Years included: 2019 | Source: County Health Rankings
Indiana Youth Institute Data Brief
Source: Child and Family Social Work (2022). Accessibility of transportation to child-welfare involved parents and the related impact on court-ordered service participation.
Indiana Youth Institute Data Brief
Indiana Youth Institute Data Brief
Indiana Youth Institute Data Brief
Indiana Youth Institute Resource Guide
Indiana Youth Institute Resource Guide
Indiana Youth Institute Resource Guide
Indiana Youth Institute Data Brief
Indiana Youth Institute Issue Brief
Indiana Youth Institute Data Brief
Source: National Institute of Health (2020). Parental Education Attainment and Social Enviornmental of Urban Public Schools in the U.S.: Blacks’ Diminished Returns.
Source: National Institute of Health (2020). Minorities’ Diminished Returns of Parental Educational Attainment on Adolescents’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems.
Source: JAMA Network (2019). Association Between Parental Educational Attainment and Youth Outcomes and Role of Race/Ethnicity.
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Source: National Institute of Health (2018). Parental Education Attainment and Educational Upward Mobility; Role of Race and Gender.
Source: University of Michigan (2018). Getting There: Barriers and Facilitators to Transportation Access in Underserved Communities.
Source: Wiley Online Library (2018). Associations of adverse childhood experiences and suicidal behaviors in adulthood in a U.S. nationally representative sample.
Source: Future of Children (2018). Can Foster Care Interventions Diminish Justice System Inequality?.
Source: The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2017). Timely Justice: Improving JDAI Results Through Case Processing reforms.
Source: The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2017). Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Insights From the Annual Results Reports.
Source: Public Health Reports (2017). Parental Deployment, Adolescent Academic and Social-Behavoring Maladjustment, and Parental Psychological Well-Being in Military Families.
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Source: RAND Corporation (2016). The Deployment Life Study: Longitudinal Analysis of Military Families Across the Depolyment Cycle.
Source: Bowling Green State University (2014). Adverse Childhood Experiences: Separate and Cumulative Effects on Adolescent Health and Emotional Well-Being.
Source: The Future of Children; Princeton-Brookings (2013). Military Children and Families.
Source: Federal Transit Administration (2013). Transportation Needs of Disadvantaged Populations: Where, When, and How?.
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