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How are the Children? Five Action Areas to Promote Healthy Communities. Luanne Nyberg, Senior Policy Analyst Hennepin County Minh Ta, Legislative Director Children’s Defense Fund Minnesota. Poverty = Health Disparities. Poor children in the US Low Birth Weight - 2x more likely
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How are the Children? Five Action Areas to Promote Healthy Communities
Luanne Nyberg, Senior Policy Analyst
Hennepin County
Minh Ta, Legislative Director
Children’s Defense Fund Minnesota
Poverty = Health Disparities
Poor children in the US
- Low Birth Weight - 2x more likely
- No regular source of health care: 3x more likely
- Too little food: 8x more likely
US Tax Cuts Enacted in 2002 Could Pay for:
- Health coverage for all US children
- Housing vouchers for 3.6 million children in families at risk of homelessness
- Food stamps for 10 million families with children
Minnesota’s Care for Children is Eroding
- 1 in 10 children get food support
- 1 in 4 school kids lives at less than 185% of poverty (gross less than $28,300/yr. for 3 person family)
- 1 school transfer per 7 kids/yr.
- 1 in 5 do not finish high school on time
“No New Taxes” Policy Hurts Children
Cuts include
- Child Care
- Children’s Health Care
- After School Programs
- Teachers
Where does the US Rank Among Nations?
- 1st in military expenditures
- 1st in children experiencing gun violence
- 12th in % of children in poverty
- 17th in low birthweight babies
- 23rd in infant mortality
Doing Right by Children Costs Pennies
Per citizen, it would cost:
- 2 cents/day to vaccinate all children under 2
- 14 cents/day to insure all kids
- 26 cents/day to provide child care subsidies to all needy families and increase quality
Take Action: Understand Local Child Trends
How many kids in your County are
- uninsured?
- low income?
- Into drugs, tobacco or alcohol?
- not graduating on time?
What direction are things going?
www.cdf-mn.org/kidscount/html
Take Action: Know how “your” Politicians VOTE
- Children can’t eat promises, be sheltered by photo-ops or get health care through compassion speeches
- Check voting records of your representatives and hold them accountable
www.cdfactioncouncil.org/mndel2001/htm
www.cdfactioncouncil.org/CDF_scorecardMN.02.pdf
Take Action: Organize a Local Coalition for Kids
- Civil Rights, Women’s Right to Vote movements began with local groups that then allied with others
- Strength and support in numbers
- Wide range of groups shows broad support
www.aecf.org/rci/
Take Action: Build Local Assets for Kids
- Developmental assets help children choose positive paths
- 40 assets identified
- Anyone/Everyone can help provide community assets for children
www.search-institute.org/assets/
Take Action: Kids need Justice, not Charity
All children have a right to
- enough food
- stable housing
- health care
- quality education
Social Justice must be as high a priority as Homeland Security
www.mpha.net www.cdf-mn.org
