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 Children's Health Coverage is Almost There
October 24, 2008 - Read the recently released report: Almost There: Covering the Remaining Uninsured Children in Rhode Island. According to the report, while fewer children in RI (6.9%) are uninsured than the national average (11.0%), there is more work to be done.With a number of small policy changes, RI can provide all children with the health coverage they need for healthy child development. View the press release.
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 Voter's Guide
October 20, 2008 - Read Voter's Guide, a compliation of RI's Congressional candidates responses to a questionnaire on a broad range of issues of importance to children and families. Rhode Island KIDS COUNT worked with the New England Alliance for Children's Health (NEACH), an initiative of Community Catalyst, to develop and send the questionaire to the candidates .
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 Children Living in Poverty in Rhode Island
September 17, 2008 - Poverty is related to many of the challenges faced by children. Children are most at risk of not achieving their full potential. In Rhode Island, 17.5% (40,468) of children under the age of 18 lived below the federal poverty threshold according to the recently release Issue Brief, Child Poverty in Rhode Island. This Issue Brief provides updated data on the children living in poverty in Rhode Island.
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Implementation of Significant Changes to Health Insurance Coverage for RI Children and Families
September 4, 2008 - Rhode Island is seeking a Global Medicaid Waiver from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The Global Medicaid Waiver would include all Medicaid populations and services in one waiver, ending the existing RIte Care waiver, long-term care waivers and other separate waivers. View Upcoming Changes to Health Insurance Coverage for Children and Families in Rhode Island which describes upcoming changes to RIte Care that will be implemented over the next few months. This publication will be updated and when changes to the timeframes occur or when further information is available.
Read the paper "Rhode Island's Medicaid Proposal Would Put Beneficiaries At Risk and Undermine The Federal-State Partnership Could Set Dangerous Precedent for Other States" by Judith Solomon of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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 New Data Show Increase in Children Living in Poverty and Uninsured Children
August 26, 2008 - According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau data, 17.5% of Rhode Island's children under age 18 lived in poverty in 2007, up from 15.1% in 2006. 6.9% of Rhode Island children were uninsured in the three year period from 2005-2007, compared with 6.4% of children 2004-2006. Rhode Island ranks 11th in the nation for children's health insurance coverage. View the press release, and the data tables on children's health insurance coverage and child poverty, prepared by Rhode Island KIDS COUNT.
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 Issue Brief on Children with Autism in Rhode Island Released
August 19, 2008 - According to the newly released Rhode Island Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Issue Brief, the number of children and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) increased 30 fold over the past 14 years, and students with ASDs make up 5% of RI children receiving special education services. The Issue Brief provides an in-depth analysis of the issue of children with ASDs, including: the prevalence of ASDs in Rhode Island at the city/town level and at the national level, definitions of relevant key terms, educational opportunities for children, interventions, treatment, therapy, and support for parents.
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 Rhode Island Fiscal Year 2009 State Budget Guide Available
August 14, 2008 - As part of Rhode Island’s State Fiscal Analysis Initiative, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT has prepared three documents to assist those interested in children’s issues to navigate the budgetary process: Rhode Island Budget Snapshots For Fiscal Year 2009, Budget Advocacy Tips, and Budget Glossary of Terms.
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 Legislative Wrap Up Released
July 31, 2008 - The 2008 Legislative Wrap Up has been released. This publication by Rhode Island KIDS COUNT summarizes selected laws and budget appropriations affecting children that were passed during the 2008 session of the Rhode Island General Assembly.
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 New RI High School Graduation Rate Comparable to US Rate
June 26, 2008 - RI has a 70% high school graduation rate and a 19% dropout rate based on new methodology for calculating RI graduation rates. Compare each RI school district's new graduation rate with its old rate and view detailed information about the new methodology in this supplement prepared by Rhode Island Kids Count.
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 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book: A Roadmap for Juvenile Justice Reform
June 12, 2008 - RI ranks 21st among the states for overall child well-being in the 19th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, a national and state-by-state profile of the well-being of America’s children that ranks states on 10 key measures and provides data on the economic, health, education, and social conditions of America’s children and families.
This year's Data Book essay outlines key action steps and model programs with the potential to change the reality and prospects for the nearly 100,000 youth confined in U.S. juvenile facilities on any given night. According to the report, in 2006 the rate of detained and committed youth in custody in RI was lower than the national rate. In 2006, the ratio of youth of color to White youth in custody in Rhode Island was worse than the U.S. ratio. View the article in the Providence Journal.
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 RIte Care Works!
June 4, 2008 - In RI, the percentage of preventable hospitalizations for children enrolled in RIte Care decreased, while the percentage for unisured children more than doubled. Adults enrolled in RIte Care have the lowest rates of preventable hospitalizations according to Rhode Island KIDS COUNT's latest publication, It's Simple: RIte Care Works, released at a rally at the RI State House.
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 Achieving Permanency for RI Children and Youth
May 20, 2008 - According to the recently released Issue Brief, Achieving Permanency for Children and Youth in Foster Care, there are about 2,825 children in foster care and 403 waiting to be adopted in RI.
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 New Report on Health Insurance for RI Families
May 12, 2008 - Rhode Island’s rate of uninsured children (6.4%) was the 10th lowest in the U.S. in 2006, according to a recently released Rhode Island KIDS COUNT report, Health Insurance for Children and Families in Rhode Island. The U.S. rate of uninsured children is 11.1%.
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 Release of 2008 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook
April 7, 2008 - Rhode Island KIDS COUNT released its annual publication on the well-being of children and families in RI, the 2008 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook.The Factbook reports on 62 indicators of child well-being across five subjects: Family and Community, Economic Well-Being, Health, Safety, and Education.
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 Financial Analysis of Expanded Learning Opportunities in Rhode Island
March 2008 - This report describes municipal, public, and private sources of funding for a broad array of expanded learning opportunities, including afterschool programs, child care, and employment opportunities for youth in Rhode Island. This report is meant to serve as a starting place for further work on sustainable public and private funding for high quality expanded learning opportunities for Rhode Island’s children and youth.
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 Top 5 Reasons to Support RIte Care
March 27, 2008 - View the Top 5 Reasons to Support RIte Care released by the RIte Care WORKS Coalition. The report highlights the positive health outcomes, cost-efficiency and strong public support of Rhode Island's health insurance program for low-income children and families.
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FY 2008 and FY 2009 Budget Proposals Snapshots
March 2008 - Rhode Island KIDS COUNT has prepared and continues to update summaries of the impact of the Governor's proposed Fiscal Year 2008 Supplemental and Fiscal Year 2009 budgets on children and families in Rhode Island in the areas of health, juvenile justice, economic security and early care and education and child care.
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 Rhode Island Children in Immigrant Families
January 30, 2008 - According to the recently released Issue Brief entitled, "Rhode Island Children in Immigrant Families," Rhode Island is tied with 11 other states for second lowest percentage of recently arrived immigrant parents in the U.S. The Issue Brief provides a statistical portrait of children in immigrant families in Rhode Island.
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 Available Services to RI Youth Ages 18 – 21 Aging Out of Foster Care
This fact sheet prepared by Rhode Island KIDS COUNT provides a comprehensive summary of services from case management and health care to education, employment and housing services, for those youth ages 18-21 who were in the foster care system on their 18th birthday.
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 Dental Providers Accepting Medical Assistance (Medicaid and RIte Care) List Updated
December 17, 2007 - This list can be used to find a dental provider who accepts Medical Assistance in Rhode Island. There are two versions - one in English and one in Spanish. The new versions include contact information for the new dental centers that have opened since the last version in 2005, as well as contact information for the RIte Smiles program.
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