Mon
Nov 17 2014
06:39 pm
Pretty extreme.
From the Washington Post …
Although the rate of child homelessness in Kentucky is the worst in the nation, at about one in 15 children, the group ranks Alabama the worst overall, when the four factors it considered are grouped together. That state ranks close to the bottom in the National Center for Family Homelessness’s rankings of homelessness, child well-being, risks for becoming homeless and policy.
Bottom 10 Composite Score
41. Tennessee 42. Kentucky 43. Oklahoma 44. Nevada
45. Arizona 46. New Mexico 47. Arkansas 48. California 49. Mississippi 50. Alabama
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Tennessee is ranked 50th...
...in overall "child well-being," your first link says.
Description of criteria applied:
The second quote is from the
(in reply to Tamara Shepherd)
The second quote is from the second link. I believe they did the study. Pretty extensive web site with a lot of categories. I could have annotated it better.
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(in reply to jbr)
Oh, I wasn't complaining about your annotation :-)
It's just that that rock bottom ranking for "well-being" jumped off the page for me...
The one I listed is the State
(in reply to Tamara Shepherd)
The one I listed is the State Composite State Rank from this page….
A Report Card on Child Homelessness