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NYS Touchstones/KIDS COUNT Special Reports

• Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: It is estimated that nationally one child in 110 has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This research brief highlights factors associated with ASD, challenges with early diagnosis, and provides an overview of children in New York who are identified as having an ASD.
• Decision Markers in the Juvenile Justice System—Opportunities for Support and Intervention: The juvenile justice system is the means we use to respond to children who are in conflict with the law. The overarching goals of the system are to ensure community safety and make youth accountable for their actions. Equally important is the fundamental need to build youth competencies in order to reduce the possibility that youth will develop or increase behaviors that may move them further into the juvenile justice system. Given these multiple goals, an effective juvenile justice system is one in which there is a skillful balance between reparation and redemption.This brief focuses on the decision point when youth come into contact with probation departments and alternative strategies that could decrease youths’ further penetration into the juvenile justice system.
• A Conversation with Immigrant Mothers About Early Learning Programs: Benefits, Barriers & Work to be done: Approximately one in four of New York's four-year-old children lives with an immigrant mother and half of these children live at or below the 200 percent poverty level despite the fact that most of these mothers and their spouses are in the workforce. Fortunately, a widely recognized means to equalize opportunities for children in poverty is participation in early learning programs. The purposes of the focus groups were to learn about immigrant mothers' decision to either enroll or not enroll their children in early learning programs and gain a better understanding of the perceived barriers and benefits of such programs. Of particular interest was the identification of cultural factors that might contribute to differing enrollment rates.
• A Level Playing Field for New York's Children in Immigrant Families: Early learning programs play a critical role in equalizing opportunities, particularly for children in immigrant families who are often living in poverty. This research brief reviews the early learning enrollment rates among children in immigrant families, identifies differences in enrollment by mother's country of origin and examines a series of child, family, and economic factors that influence whether children are enrolled in early learning programs.

Please visit our archive section to view previous Touchstones/KIDS COUNT Special Reports.

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Annie E. Casey Foundation 2008 National KIDS COUNT Data Book

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This 19th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book provides national and state-by-state information and statistical trends on the conditions of America’s children and families. This year, the KIDS COUNT Data Book essay, “A Road Map for Juvenile Justice Reform,” looks at the nearly 100,000 youth confined to juvenile facilities on any given night in the United States, and what can be done to reduce unnecessary and inappropriate detention and incarceration and increase opportunities for positive youth development and community safety.

For the most recent data, visit KIDS COUNT State-Level Data Online.