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Children.....An Agenda of Urgency

33% of black children live in poverty..... 35% of black children live with two married parents compared to 83% of Asian children...... 77% of white children, and 65% of Hispanic children..... A Black baby is born uninsured every five minutes. One out of every seven babies born uninsured is Black......Black infants are more than twice as likely as White infants to die before their first birthday.....One in three Black children is poor.....Chicago loses more black kids than soldiers in Iraq to gun violence.....7.0% of Black children (767,200 children) had a parent in prison.....70 percent of African American children are born to unmarried mothers.....61% of black children "6.5 million"live in low-income families......Black children are 9 times more likely than White children to have a parent in prison....69% of Black children cannot read in the 4th grade.....Gunfire killed 3,365 children and teens in 1999 "more than 38 percent were Black youth.....Homicide is the leading cause of death among Black males ages 15 to 24.....Firearm death rate for Black males 15-19 is four times that of White males of the same age.....Nationally, Black youths under age 18 represent 15 percent of the juvenile population but make up 26 percent of juvenile arrests.....One of every two Black children lives in poverty.....More than half of Black children live in single-parent homes.....In some inner-city schools the drop out rate climbs higher than 75 percent.....A Black infant born in the U.S. is twice as likely to die before his or her first birthday



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Child Advocacy 360
The latest news, research and policy developments affecting children, youth and families
http://www.childadvocacy360.com/ME2/Default.asp

Child Welfare League of America
The nations oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of America's vulnerable children and their families
http://www.cwla.org/defaultskip.htm

Tennessee Department of Children's Services
http://www.tennessee.gov/youth/

Tennessee Missing Children Clearing House
http://www.ticic.state.tn.us/Missing_Children/miss_child.htm

TN Alliance for Children and Families
TN Alliance represents public and private agencies caring for troubled children and their families in all regions of Tennessee.
http://www.tnchildren.org/

The Tennessee Justice Center
Public interest law and advocacy firm serving the poor.
http://www.tnjustice.org/

TN Department of Human Services
Child Support Services
http://www.tennessee.gov/humanserv/cs/cs_main.htm

The Tennessee Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Official organization of Tennessee judges having juvenile court jurisdiction.
http://www.tennessee.gov/tcjfcj/

Stand for Children in Tennessee
statewide citizens voice for children
http://www.stand.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=290&srcid=190

Children's Rights
National watchdog organization advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children.
http://www.childrensrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=home_page

Save the Children
Leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States
http://www.savethechildren.org/

Adoption.com
Tennessee Adoption Laws
http://laws.adoption.com/statutes/tennessee-laws.html

Americas Promise
http://www.americaspromise.org/APA.aspx