The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute worked with Council for Children's Rights and the Larry King Center for Building Children's Futures to design and administer a survey and conduct focus groups. This research identified needs in the community and ways in which the Nurse Family Partnership could fill gaps in services to first-time, low-income mothers. ...
Read moreThis report was compiled by the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute in April 2010 in collaboration with Council for Children's Rights in honor of the National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The study examines a number of indicators related to child abuse in Mecklenburg County over time and in comparison to the state of North Carolina.
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Read moreAll parents ask themselves “Is my child prepared?” as they think about the first day of kindergarten. Some begin pondering this question even before their child enters a pre-k program. Preparing children for school begins well before they step inside the classroom. Developmental studies increasingly show the importance of a child’s first five years of life. According to a study by Harvard...
Read moreThis map shows the locations of YMCA facilities and youth programs (Starfish Academy and the Y Achievers Program) as well as Title I schools, all in relation to the youth risk index of Charlotte neighborhoods.
Read moreThe UNC Charlotte Urban Institute collaborated with Council for Children's Rights to map all YMCA locations in Mecklenburg County. These locations were then overlaid onto maps of individual indicators from the 2010 Charlotte Neighborhood Quality of Life Study. Finally, four of these indicators (teen births, high school dropouts, juvenile arrests, and food stamp recipients) were...
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