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Early Care and Early Care and Learning: Who Learning: Who and Where Are and Where Are the Children?the Children?

Tulsa County and OklahomaTulsa County and Oklahoma

Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa, supported by the Metro Human

Services Commission, June 2009

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The Council is supported in data and information efforts by the Metropolitan Human Services Commission in Tulsa, partners include:

City of Tulsa Tulsa County Tulsa Public Schools

Union Public Schools, Tulsa Health Department Tulsa Community College

Tulsa Area United Way Oklahoma Department of Human Services

Ad Hoc members include the Metro Tulsa Chamber, and Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry.

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Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa (a United Way member agency)

16 East 16th Street, Suite 202 . Tulsa, OK 74119-4402

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Young Children in Oklahoma and Tulsa County

Source: Improving the odds for young children, National Center for Children in Poverty, March 13, 2009 retrieved from www.nccp.org/improvingtheodds, US Census 2000, Age and Sex Detail Tables for Tulsa County and Current population survey 2006-2008 for Oklahoma.

Oklahoma

Young children (under age 5) 254,718

Infants and toddlers (under age 3) 154,404

Tulsa County

Young children (under age 6) 46,009

Infants and toddlers (under age 3) 25,265

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Young Children in Oklahoma by Income

Source: Improving the odds for young children, National Center for Children in Poverty, March 13, 2009 retrieved from www.nccp.org/improvingtheodds; Current population survey-average of 2006, 2007 and 2008 data.

128,521

67,181

96,391

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128,52144.0%

67,18123.0%

96,39133.0%

Above low income Less than 100% FPL 100-200% FPL

Low Income 56%

Young Children in Oklahoma by Income

Source: Improving the odds for young children, National Center for Children in Poverty, March 13, 2009 retrieved from www.nccp.org/improvingtheodds; Current population survey-average of 2006, 2007 and 2008 data.

6Source: US Census Bureau, 2000 Census; US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2006.

71.8%

9.3%

10.1%

1.7%

7.1%

71.1%

13.8%

6.5%

2.0%

6.5%

78.3%7.8%

8.0%

1.7%4.2%

77.8%11.5%

5.2%

1.9%3.6%

White Black American Indian Asian Other/2+ races

Oklahoma Tulsa County

Under 5

Total Population

N = 577,795

N = 46,009N = 254,718

N = 3,579,212

Hispanic11.9%

Hispanic15.3%

Hispanic6.9%

Hispanic8.9%

Young Children by Race and Ethnicity

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Young Children in Oklahoma Who are Uninsured

Source: Improving the odds for young children, National Center for Children in Poverty, March 13, 2009 retrieved from www.nccp.org/improvingtheodds. Current population survey 2006-2008

US Oklahoma

10%

9%

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Medicaid Births as Percentage of Total Births

Source: Improving the odds for young children, National Center for Children in Poverty, March 13, 2009 retrieved from www.nccp.org/improvingtheodds

US Oklahoma

41%

48%

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Young Children on Medicaid

Source: Improving the odds for young children, National Center for Children in Poverty, March 13, 2009 retrieved from www.nccp.org/improvingtheodds. Department of Human Services Monthly Statistical Bulletin , October 2007

US Oklahoma

41%

48%48.6%

Tulsa County

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Children on Medicaid Receiving Care in a 12 Month

Source: Improving the odds for young children, National Center for Children in Poverty, March 13, 2009 retrieved from www.nccp.org/improvingtheodds

Ages 1 through 2

59%

49%

Ages 3 through 5

11%

44%

Received at least 1 EPSDT Screen

Received any dental screen

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Children in Early Childhood Programs

Source: Improving the odds for young children, National Center for Children in Poverty, March 13, 2009 retrieved from www.nccp.org/improvingtheodds

Early Head Start (0-2 yrs)

Head Start (3-5 yrs)

Subsidized Child Care (0-5 yrs)

Pre-K (4 yrs)

Oklahoma Tulsa County

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Children in Early Childhood Programs

Source: Improving the odds for young children, National Center for Children in Poverty, March 13, 2009 retrieved from www.nccp.org/improvingtheodds for state information. Community Action Project of Tulsa County for Early Head Start, Head Start information 2008. Department of Human Services, Monthly Statistical Bulletin, October 2007 to match the state dataset. State Department of Education, Pre-K data, October 2008.

Early Head Start (0-2 yrs)

Head Start (3-5 yrs)

Subsidized Child Care (0-5 yrs)

Pre-K (4 yrs)

Oklahoma Tulsa County

5,701

737

1,682

18,133

107,768 21,685

33,402

1,686

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Source: Oklahoma Department of Human Services Statistical Bulletins and County Profiles.

May1997

May1998

May1999

May2000

May2001

May2002

May2003

May2004

May2005

May2006

May2007

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

Number of Facilities

Centers Homes Centers & Homes

Centers 271 233 235 242 255 259 271 281 277 288 283

Homes 675 598 594 624 608 669 719 770 717 676 610

Centers & Homes 946 831 829 866 863 928 990 1,051 994 964 893

Number of Child Care Facilities for Tulsa County

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Capacity of Child Care Facilities for Tulsa County

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Source: Oklahoma Department of Human Services Statistical Bulletins and County Profiles.

May1997

May1998

May1999

May2000

May2001

May2002

May2003

May2004

May2005

May2006

May2007

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

Capacity

Centers Homes Centers & Homes

Centers 17,846 16,957 17,168 18,345 19,953 20,611 21,505 21,878 22,381 22,588 22,428

Homes 4,638 4,152 4,136 4,352 4,533 5,257 5,814 6,436 6,212 5,971 5,544

Centers & Homes 22,484 21,109 21,304 22,697 24,486 25,868 27,319 28,314 28,593 28,559 27,972

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Capacity of Child Care Facilities for Tulsa County

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Source: Oklahoma Department of Human Services Statistical Bulletins and County Profiles.

May1997

May1998

May1999

May2000

May2001

May2002

May2003

May2004

May2005

May2006

May2007

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

Capacity

Centers Homes Centers & Homes

Centers 17,846 16,957 17,168 18,345 19,953 20,611 21,505 21,878 22,381 22,588 22,428

Homes 4,638 4,152 4,136 4,352 4,533 5,257 5,814 6,436 6,212 5,971 5,544

Centers & Homes 22,484 21,109 21,304 22,697 24,486 25,868 27,319 28,314 28,593 28,559 27,972

16Source: Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Monthly Statistical Bulletin.

943

671

288

215

655

456

28,567

20,679

22,713

16,423

5,854

4,256

Total

DHS Contract Total

Total Centers

DHS Contract Centers

Total Homes

DHS Contract Homes

04008001,200

Facilities

0 10,000 20,000 30,000

Capacity

Capacity of Subsidized Child Care Facilities inTulsa County

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Percentage of Children by Age in Subsidized Child Care

Source: Improving the odds for young children, National Center for Children in Poverty, March 13, 2009 retrieved from www.nccp.org/improvingtheodds

33% 36%

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Star Quality Rating by Setting

Source: Department of Human Services, June 30, 2007. Note: All child care settings have a minimum of 1 Star to meet licensing standards. This “Reaching for the Stars” system is intended to assist parents in identifying quality in subsidized care.

Centers Family Homes

3%

59%

20%

18%

20%

76%

2%2%

3

2

1+

1

Star Rating

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Fourth Grade Students Testing Proficient or Better in Reading

Source: Improving the odds for young children, National Center for Children in Poverty, March 13, 2009 retrieved from www.nccp.org/improvingtheodds

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Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa

We are available to provide a great amount of additional data and information on this topic and many others.

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Please visit our website for a variety of presentations and sets of data for your use in planning and development of the State of Oklahoma.

Go to www.csctulsa.org. Click on “Data” and “U.S. Census CIC.”

The Council is supported in data and information efforts by the Metropolitan Human Services Commission in Tulsa, a partnership, includingCity of Tulsa, Tulsa County, Tulsa Public Schools,Union Public Schools, Tulsa Health Department, Tulsa Community College,Tulsa Area United Way Oklahoma Department of Human Services

Ad Hoc members include the Metro Tulsa Chamber, and Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry.

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Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa (a United Way member agency)

16 East 16th Street, Suite 202 . Tulsa, OK 74119-4402

Contact: Dan Arthrell, MA darthrell@csctulsa.org 918-699-4229Jan Figart, MS jfigart@csctulsa.org 918-699-4237

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