Derived from work of the
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Safe Children
Protected from abuse & neglect
- Child abuse rate
- Child neglect rate
Protected from injury
- Violent death rate for children 0-12
- Violent death rate for youth 13-18
- Accidental death rate for infants through 24 months
- Accidental death rate for children 2-12
- Accidental death rate for children 13-18
Healthy Children
Born healthy
- Number/Percent of babies born weighing at least 2500 grams
- Infant mortality rate
- Number/Percent of mothers who do not smoke, drink, or abuse drugs during pregnancy
Protected from preventable illness
- Number/Percent of children with all required vaccinations before age 2
- Rate of emergency room visits due to childhood asthma
Healthy lifestyle
- Number/Percent of children with health insurance
- Number/Percent of children within recommended weight range
- Number/Percent of youth that reported smoking within last year
Educated Children
Succeeding in School
- Number/Percent of children in grades
- 1-8 that pass the Criterion-Reference Tests (CRTC) the first time they take it
- Number/Percent of youth passing the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) the first time they take it
- Number/Percent of youth who graduate from high school within four years of entering 9th grade
- Number/Percent of children leaving DJJ programs who complete high school/GED
- Number/Percent of children leaving foster care who complete high school/GED
- Number/Percent of youth who are high school dropouts who earn GEDs before their 21st birthday
Prepared Children
Prepared to compete in the world marketplace
- Number/Percent of 3rd, 5th, and 8th grade students that meet or exceed the national average of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)
- Number/Percent of youth who earn baccalaureate degrees within 5 years of graduating from high school
- Number/Percent of youth who earn one- or two-year certificates at technical and adult education colleges within 3 years of graduating from high school
- Number/Percent of high school students that are employed in full-time jobs, enrolled in higher education, or members of the armed forces within 12 months of graduation
Prepared to become law-abiding citizens
- Number/Percent of youth that have not been sentenced or recommitted to the state's juvenile or adult correctional system 3 years after discharge from a DJJ community-based program
- Number/Percent of youth that have not been sentenced or recommitted to the state's juvenile or adult correctional system 3 years after discharge from a DJJ youth development campus
- Conviction rate of youth offenses, property offenses, drug offenses
Nurtured Children
Strong Families
- Number/Percent of children born into two parent families
- Number/Percent of child support compliance
- Rate of new families at risk (first births to unmarried women under 20 with less than a 12th grade education)
- Number/Percent of Georgia families with incomes below the federal poverty level
- Number/Percent of children in out-of-home placement during some part of the past year
- Teen pregnancy rate
Strong Communities
- Number/Percent of children under age 19 living in communities with crime rates below the national average
- Number/Percent of children under age 19 living in communities with unemployment rates below the national average
- Number/Percent of children under age 19 living in communities with active community collaboratives
- Number/Percent of children reunited with their family
- Number/Percent of children in foster care with fewer than two placements in the previous 12-month period