TRAVERSE BAY AREA

2019 TRENDS IN CHILD WELL-BEING

(All Data Are for 2017 Unless Otherwise Noted)

P 2012 2016 % change Child population by race 2012 2016 % change

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P Total population 168,689 171,297 1.5% Hispanic 0-17 1,543 1,819 17.9%
U Non-Hispanic 0-17
L Child population 0-17 34,716 33,570 -3.3%
A • Ages 0-5 10,511 10,200 -3.0% • White 31,455 30,103 -4.3%
T • Ages 6-12 • African American/Black 639 626 -2.0%
I 13,774 13,210 -4.1%
O • Ages 13-17 10,431 10,160 -2.6% • American Indian 720 711 -1.3%
N • Other 359 311 -13.4%

BASE YEAR CURRENT YEAR

NUMBER RATE NUMBER RATE RATE CHANGE MI RATE RANK1

ECONOMIC SECURITY 2012 2017

Children in poverty, ages 0-17 6,017 17.7% 4,549 13.9% -21.5% 19.6% -
Young children, ages 0-5, in the
Food Assistance Program2 3,018 28.2% 1,564 15.3% -45.7% 26.1% -
Students receiving free/reduced- 2011-12 (SY) 2017-18 (SY)
price school lunches3 11,332 47.5% 10,164 45.2% -5.0% 50.3% -

HEALTH & SAFETY 2010-12 (avg.) 2014-16 (avg.)

Less than adequate prenatal care 461 28.9% 481 29.4% 1.7% 32.5% -
Low-birthweight babies 107 6.7% 106 6.4% -3.7% 8.5% -
Infant mortality (per 1,000) 8 5.2 11 6.9 32.8% 6.7 -
Child/Teen deaths, ages 1-19 (per 100,000) 10 26.7 10 28.0 4.7% 26.7 -

FAMILY & COMMUNITY (per 1,000) 2010-12 (avg.) 2014-16 (avg.)

Births to teens, ages 15-19 168 34.4 85 18.2 -47.1% 19.4 -
Child abuse/neglect 2012 2017
Children in investigated families 3,321 94.3 4,027 120.0 27.2% 113.8 -
Confirmed victims 545 15.5 865 25.8 66.5% 18.9 -
Children in out-of-home care 163 4.6 130 3.9 -16.3% 5.1 -

EDUCATION 2008-12 (avg.) 2013-17 (avg.)

3- and 4-year-olds not in preschool 1,763 46.5% 1,641 47.8% 2.8% 52.9% -
2012 2017
Students not graduating on time N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 19.8% -
2016 2018
Students not college ready 592 38.2% 889 57.7% -42.3% 65.4% -
Not proficient (M-STEP) 2014-15 (SY) 2017-18 (SY)
Third-graders (English Language Arts) 753 46.1% 695 47.4% 2.8% 55.6% -
Eighth-graders (Math) 1,094 66.9% 1,226 71.5% 6.9% 67.3% -
1
A ranking of 1 means a county has the ‘‘best’’ rate compared with other counties in the state. Unless noted, the ranking
is based on 82–83 counties.
2
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
3
Family income is below 185 percent of poverty level.
* Sometimes a rate could not be calculated because of low incidence of events or unavailable data. | N/A - not available.
SY - School Year. | M-STEP - Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress was first administered in 2015.
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2019 BACKGROUND INFORMATION

FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS NUMBER RATE MI RATE ECONOMIC CLIMATE COUNTY MICHIGAN

Children receiving... Unemployment 5.1% 4.6%

• Subsidized child care, ages 0-121 305 1.3% 2.2% Median household income $57,069 $54,840
• FIP cash assistance1,2 128 0.4% 1.5% Average cost of full-time child
• Food Assistance Program1,3 4,615 13.0% 21.9% care/month (2018) $527 $563
• Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 3,874 45.4% 47.3% • Percent of full-time
minimum wage (2018) 32.9% 35.2%
Children with support owed 6,929 18.7% 20.8%
Percent of young children
• Receiving none (% of those owed) 540 7.8% 18.0% ages 0-5 in Michigan
• Receiving less than 70% of amount 2,794 40.3% 51.4% families (2013-17 avg.)
• Average amount received (month) $223 - $216 where all parents work 70.5% 66.2%

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY NUMBER RATE MI RATE

Births to moms without high school diploma or GED (2014-16 avg.) 147 9.0% 11.9%
High-poverty neighborhoods, ages 0-17 (2013-17 avg.) 0 0.0% 15.0%
Household structure, ages 0-17 (2013-17 avg.)
• Two-parent family 23,627 72.4% 66.2%
• One-parent family 8,994 27.6% 33.8%
Poverty by household structure, ages 0-17 (2013-17 avg.)
• Two-parent family 1,515 6.4% 9.8%
• One-parent family 2,726 30.3% 43.8%
English not spoken at home, ages 5-17 (2013-17 avg.) 1,343 5.3% 10.4%

ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE NUMBER RATE MI RATE

Children with health insurance (2016) 33,310 95.6% 96.9%
Children, ages 0-18, insured by...
• Medicaid1 14,210 40.1% 43.1%
• MIChild 1,325 3.7% 1.9%
Fully immunized toddlers, ages 19-35 months
(for the series 4:3:1:3:3:1:4)1 1,865 77.0% 75.0%
Lead poisoning in children, ages 1-2
• Tested 1,756 50.7% 40.4%
• Poisoned (% of tested) (EBL confirmed by venous) 5 * 1.6%
Children, ages 1-14, hospitalized for asthma (rate per 10,000) (2016) N/A N/A 9.3
Children with special needs
• Students in Special Education1 3,196 14.2% 14.0%
• Children receiving Supplemental Security Income (rate per 1,000)1 419 11.8 17.7
• Children, ages 0-2, receiving Early On services (ISD totals) 154 3.0 3.1%

1
As of December 2017
2
Family Independence Program.
3
State name for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly called “food stamps.” Note: Percentages reflect percent of population unless otherwise noted.
* Sometimes a rate could not be calculated because of low incidence of events or unavailable data.
N/A - not available.
See Data Definitions and Notes for details.