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Commissioned by JumpStart Tulsa. What Funders Need to Know. Prepared by the Community Service Council March 2012. Eight Sources ……. Lack of mass employment with living wage for unskilled/low-skilled persons and growing income insecurities contributing widespread consumer debt
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Commissioned by JumpStart Tulsa What Funders Need to Know Prepared by the Community Service Council March 2012
Eight Sources …… • Lack of mass employment with living wage for unskilled/low-skilled persons and growing income insecurities contributing widespread consumer debt • Growing workforce shortage • Rapid aging of the population • Growing challenges to healthy lifestyles and access to quality health care • Continued cultural and ethnic changes • Changing environmental conditionsand water insecurities • Uncertainty of future energy supply • Growing challenges to American culture and identity Demographics
Three Trends…… • Demographic disparity • Education and employment gap • Fraying of the safety net for everyone Demographics
Demographics Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
In Tulsa County in FY 2009, there were 3,933 reports of child abuse and/or neglect accepted for investigation or assessment. 6,583 children were involved in these reports (duplicated count). 1,248 children were confirmed victims of child abuse and/or neglect. 89 were abused, 992 were neglected, 167 were victims of both abuse and neglect. Eight of every 1,000 children in Tulsa County are victims of abuse and/or neglect. In Oklahoma, the rate is 10 of every 1,000 children. Oklahoma ranks #35 in the nation in the rate of children who are victims of abuse and/or neglect. Parents make up 73.7% of all perpetrators, followed by “no relation” at 6.9%, step-parents at 5.9%, and grandparents at 3.5%. Substance abuse is a major contributing factor to child neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect Child Indicators Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Crime & Incarceration Prepared by the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa