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Child and teen gun deaths hit a 19-year high in 2017 and have remained elevated since

CDC. 2020. “Underlying Cause of Death, 1999-2019,” Detailed Mortality Tables. Accessed using CDC WONDER Online Database. https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html. Note: All data are for children and teens ages 0-19 [...]

Child enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP decreased by 821,000 between 2017 and 2018 and decreased by 224,000 between 2018 and 2019

Brooks, Tricia. 2020. “Child Enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP Remains Down in 2019.” Washington, DC: CCF. https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2020/02/18/child-enrollment-in-medicaid-and-chip-remains-down-in-2019/.

children didn’t receive their fair share of those increases and children’s share of total federal spending has continued to decline between FY2016 and FY2020

Ibid at p. 1-2.

Children in adult jails are more likely to suffer permanent trauma and are five times more likely to die by suicide than children held in juvenile detention centers

Campaign for Youth Justice. 2018. “Let’s Get Children Out of Adult Courts, Jails, and Prisons.” Washington, DC: Campaign for Youth Justice. http://www.campaignforyouthjustice.org/images/factsheets/Basic_Facts_FINAL.pdf.

Children made up 107,069—nearly 1 in 5

Henry, Meghan, Rian Watt, Anna Mahathey, Jillian Ouellette, and Aubrey Sitler, Abt Associates. 2020. “The 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress,” p. 9. [...]

children of color are more likely to live with essential workers; experience crowded housing conditions, food insecurity, and wealth gaps; and face additional barriers to accessing high-quality, non-discriminatory health care

CDC. 2020. “Health Equity Considerations & Racial & Ethnic Minority Groups." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/health-equity/race-ethnicity.html.

children of color made up 49.8 percent of all children

U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. “Annual State Resident Population Estimates for 6 Race Groups (5 Race Alone Groups and Two or More Races) by Age, Sex, [...]

children of color were more likely to experience harmful environmental factors and toxic stress, grow up with underlying health conditions, and experience inequitable health care into adulthood including racial bias, discrimination, and inadequate treatment

Bell, Jasmine. 2016. “5 Things to Know About Communities of Color and Environmental Justice.” Washington, DC: Center for American Progress. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2016/04/25/136361/5-things-to-know-about-communities-of-color-and-environmental-justice/; Morsy, Leila and Richard [...]

Children who grow up in supportive environments are more likely to develop self-confidence, an increased desire to learn, and better impulse control as well as improved achievement in school and throughout their life

Shonkoff, Jack and Deborah P. Phillips. 2000. From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development, p. 56. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. http://www.nap.edu/read/9824/chapter/1#ii.

Children who moved from concentrated poverty neighborhoods before age 13 have been shown to have higher earnings as 26-year-old adults when compared with those who did not leave the neighborhoods

Chetty, Raj, Nathaniel Hendren, and Lawrence Katz. 2016. “The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Project.” [...]

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