| The research shows student achievement is highly correlated with a number of indicators related to children's well-being, including poverty, hunger and nutrition.
Legislative Commission To End Poverty in Minnesota by 2020 - Charter: Prepare recommendation on how to end poverty in Minnesota by 2020 (Meeting Archive).
- October 2008 - Draft Recommendations.
- June 2008 - Interim Report - Three ideas are especially critical to the commission’s work: that eradicating poverty is a shared responsibility; that to succeed, solutions must be bipartisan in nature; and that ways must be found to end poverty, not just manage it, Legislative Commission to End Poverty in Minnesota by 2020.
- June 2008 - An Anthology of Poverty Across Minnesota - Stories of low-income Minnesotans and state legislators about the influence of poverty on their lives; a project of Minnesota Community Action Partnership (MinnCAP) for the Minnesota Legislative Commission to End Poverty by 2020.
April 2008 - Where Minnesota Ranks on Various Measures of Child Well-Being, Every Child Matters Education Fund.
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State Rank |
% Higher Compared to the Best State |
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Deaths of infants per 1,000 live births |
#3 |
4.40% |
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Deaths per 100,000 Children Aged 1-14 |
#12 |
63.60% |
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Deaths per 100,000 Teens Aged 15-19 |
#10 |
30.00% |
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Births to Teen Mothers (15-19) per 1,000 Teen Girls |
#7 |
50.00% |
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Births to Women Receiving Late or No Prenatal Care |
#8 |
53.30% |
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Children Living in Poverty |
#5 |
20.00% |
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Uninsured Children |
#18 |
96.00% |
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Juvenile Incarceration Rate (per 100,000) |
#20 |
257.80% |
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Child Abuse Fatalities per 100,000 Children |
#14 |
238.90% |
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Per Capita Child Welfare Expenditures |
#29 |
32.7%* |
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Child Vulnerability Index |
#8 |
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September 2007 - Snapshots - Information, statistics and data from numerous sources to create a comprehensive picture of the experiences of young people aged 10 to 18 in Minnesota, Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and Department of Public Safety (DPS).
June 2007 - The Cost of Living in Minnesota, 2006 - The cost of basic needs for seven different types of families in Minnesota's thirteen economic regions, JOBS NOW Coalition.
February 2007 - Policy Matters Index of State Policy Changes: Minnesota - State policy changes affecting opportunities for children and families, Center for the Study of Social Policy.
January 2007 - A Child’s Day: 2003 - Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being, U.S. Census Bureau (Public Agenda Report Summary).
December 2006 - Every Child Every Promise - Two-Thirds of Youth Still Are Not Getting Resources Needed to Succeed, America's Promise Alliance (Full Report).
December 2006 - Homeland Insecurity ...American Children at Risk - Shows the challenges families face in raising healthy children and how government policy is failing many of these families, Every Child Matters Education Fund.
December 2006 - Who Are America's Poor Children? The Official Story - Nearly 13 million American children (18 percent of all U.S. kids) live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level, which is $20,000 a year for a family of four. That’s up by 1.3 million children since 2000, National Center for Children in Poverty.
June 27, 2006 - Wisconsin falls to 13th for child wellness, Associated Press (Pioneer Press).
June 27, 2006 - Fewer Teens Having Babies; More Are Poor, Star Tribune
May 2006 - Getting Connected: Employer Engagement in Work Supports - One-quarter of all workers are in jobs that pay wages below the poverty line for a family of four, Center for Law and Social Policy.
November 2003 - New Thinking on Children, Poverty & IQ. Research is shedding new light on the old nature/nurture argument. In a dramatic shift from previous findings, this analysis finds that for families at the very bottom of the socio-economic scale, environmental factors have a much greater impact on the variations in children’s IQ (Intelligence Quotient) than genes, Connect for Kids.
September 2004 - Living Wage Presentation, Half the jobs in Minnesota do not pay enough for a basic-needs budget for a family with one worker and two children, Growth & Justice.
Fast Facts
Child abuse, neglect prevention: Protecting Minnesota's children - In 2004, almost 7,800 children were abused and neglected; 39 children suffered life-threatening injuries and 11 children died from maltreatment, Minnesota Department of Human Services.
Minnesota's Children 2007 - Child Welfare League of America
National Center for Children in Poverty -
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