ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Rhode Island Kid's Count Committees
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Steering Committee Technical Advisory Committee State Agency Liaisons Trina Barnes Reverend Willie R. James, Sr. Richard Battistoni Samara Viner-Brown Community Development Specialist Chairman Director Department of Health Urban League of Rhode Island The Gathering Feinstein Institute for Public Service Providence College George McDonough Carolyn Benedict-Drew Jeremiah S. Jeremiah, Jr. Department of Education Chairperson Chief Judge Larry Culpepper, MD Children's Policy Coalition Rhode Island Family Court Professor of Family Medicine Patricia Mathews Director of Research Department of Children Representative Nancy Benoit Linda Katz Memorial Hospital Youth and Families Rhode Island General Assembly Attorney Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. David Gagnon Stephen McAllister Barbara Cottam Executive Director Department of Mental Health Vice President/Director of Public A Patricia Martinez National Perinatal Information Center Citizens Bank Executive Director Paul McLaughlin Progreso Latino Richard Gelles Department of Human Services Laureen D'Ambra Director Child Advocate Phorn Mouey Family Violence Research Program Gillette Hunt State of Rhode Island Cambodian Outreach University of Rhode Island Department of Substance Abuse Office of the Child Advocate Central High School Marcia Marker Feld Grace Beiser Alma Felix Green Howard Phengxophone Community Planning and Area Alvin Johnson President Director Development Department of Administration Women's Development Corporation Southeast Asian Youth University of Rhode Island and Family Development Project Barbara Weaver Cheryl Fisher-Allen Eleanor M. McMahon Department of State Library Services Teacher Gary Sasse A. Alfred Taubman Center for Gilbert Stuart Elementary School Executive Director Public Policy and American Institutions David Hedden Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council Brown University Marguerite DiPalma Rabbi Leslie Y. Gutterman Family Court Temple Beth-El David Slone Fayneese Miller President Education Department Norman Dakake Judith Hanratty Rhode Island Hospital Foundation Brown University Governor's Justice Commission Executive Director Wood River Health Services Allan Stein Jane Nugent Vice President for Public Policy Vice President for Research and Information Kevin Hively United Way of Southeastern New England United Way of Southeastern New England Director of Policy Governor's Office True Thao Lenore Olsen Director of Social Services School of Social Work William H. Hollinshead III, MD John Hope Settlement House Rhode Island College Medical Director Division of Family Health Maria Luisa Vallejo Jean Burritt Robertson Rhode Island Department of Health Board President Coordinator of Research Center for Hispanic Policy and Advocacy Rhode Island Housing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Community Leadership Council Christine Abuelo John E. Farley, Jr., M.D. Jeff Katz Chad Olcott Center for Hispanic Policy and Bradley Hospital Ocean State Adoption Resource City Year Advocacy Exchange Raymond Arsenault Paul Fitzgerald Sister Anne Keefe Grace Osediacz Spurwink School FACTS House City Arts Newport Partnership for Families Marion Avarista Patricia Flanagan M.D. Daniel Kertzner Senator Mary Parella Travelers Aid Society of Rhode Brown University School of Campaign to Eliminate Child Rhode Island State Senate Island Medicine Poverty Lenette Azzi-Lessing Eleanor Freda Bruce Komiske Vidal Perez Children's Friend and Service Childhood Lead Action Project Hasbro Children's Hospital Latino Family Services Federicka Bettinger Connie Gallant Tanya Kubas-Meyer Sally Powers The Providence Center Connecting For Children and Rhode Island Coalition for the March of Dimes Families Homeless Stanley Block, M.D. James Gannaway Sydavong Kue Harvey Press, Rhode Island Chapter Providence Ambulatory Health Care Casey Family Services Hmong United Associates of National Education Rhode Island Association, Foundation Ruth Glassman Shannah Kurland Lt. John Reis Diane Brousseau-Pizzi Office of the Mental Health Direct Action For Rights and Providence Police Department Advocate Equality Southeast Asian Support Center James Glasson Sister Marlene Laliberte Rosemary Santos Joyce Butler Community Partnership for The Genesis Center United Black and Brown Fund Substance Brown/Fox Point Day Care Abuse Prevention Peg Langhammer Monica Schaberg, M.D., Rhode Island Chapter Dan Challener Jose Gonzalez Rhode Island Rape Crisis Center American Academy of Pediatrics, Providence Blueprint for Education Education Alliance, Brown University Peter Lee Jennifer Shuster Michael Cerullo Mary Silvia Harrison Certified Independent Social Women & Infants Hospital Worker Ocean State Free-Net Rhode Island Children's Crusade Susan Letendre Reverend William Shaw Brenda Clement Bernard Heath, Jr. Parent Support Network Coalition for Immigrants and Refugees Rhode Island Housing Network Family Resources, Inc. Michelle Livesy Henry Shelton Barbara Colt Margaret Holland Substance Abuse Task Force George Wiley Center Association Rhode Island Health Centers RICORP Association Peter Marshall John Symynkywicz Timothy J. Conlon Nondas Hurst Voll StopOver Services, Inc. DAWN for Children DAWN for Children Fund for Community Progress Sister Barbara McMichael Mary Trinity Kate Coyne-McCoy, Rhode Island Senator Thomas Izzo Providence Head Start RI Coalition Against Domestic Chapter Violence National Association of Social Rhode Island State Senate Workers Martha McVicker Happy White Deborah DeBare Patricia Jaehnig RI Protection & Advocacy System Taco, Inc. Women's Resource Center of South Diocese of Providence County Rita Michaelson Ted Whiteside Robert DeBlois Judy Jones Dorcas Place RI Chapter, National Committee to Urban Collaborative Accelerated Rhode Island Housing Program Reverend James Miller Prevent Child Abuse Nancy Dorsey Susan Adler Kaplan Rhode Island State Council of Churches Junior League of Rhode Island Providence School Department Thomas Whitten Joseph Newsome John Hope Settlement House Elizabeth Earls David Karoff RI Committee for Non-Violence Initiatives Rhode Island Council of Community The Rhode Island Commission Robert Wooler for Mental Health Centers National and Community William Oh, M.D. Interagency Collaborative of Service Hasbro Children's Hospital Blackstone Valley
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Rhode Island 1995 KIDS COUNT Factbook was made possible by the efforts of many dedicated individuals. Rhode Island KIDS COUNT greatfully acknowledges their assistance.
Betty King, Bill O’Hare and Jennifer Baratz of The Annie E. Casey Foundation for their encouragement and technical assistance.
The KIDS COUNT Projects in other states that have led the way in producing KIDS COUNT Factbooks. The KIDS COUNT Projects in Georgia, Maryland and Washington for their ideas on design and content.
Jack D. Combs, Research Administrator at the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, Brown University, for the coordination and analysis of the data.
Samara Viner–Brown, Division of Family Health, and Thomas Largo, Office of Health Statistics, RI Department of Health, for the coordination and analyis of data from the RI Department of Health.
Larry Manire of Databasics, Inc. for
assistance in data analysis.Michael Rich, former director of the Providence Plan, for his assistance and
support during the initial phase of
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT.Betsy Greenwood and Bill Mott of Greenwood Associates for the design and layout of the Factbook, Bill Mott for the
artwork, and E.A. Johnson Co. for the
printing of the Factbook.Rick Schwartz of The Rhode Island Foundation for his assistance during all
phases of Factbook design and production.Elizabeth Melendez, KIDS COUNT Project Assistant, and Scott Minkoff for their assistance with word processing.
Nilda Caraballo, Receptionist, The Rhode Island Foundation, for her assistance.
Members of the KIDS COUNT Steering Committee and Technical Advisory Committee for their assistance in shaping the format and content of the Factbook.
The State Agency Directors of the Rhode Island Children’s Cabinet for their ongoing support of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT.
Grace Beiser, RI Department of Administration; Jane Nugent, United Way of Southeastern New England; Thomas Anton, Brown University; Nancy Gewirtz, Rhode Island College; Etta Green Johnson, Rick Schwartz, The Rhode Island Foundation, for their review of the Factbook in draft form.
For their technical assistance with the
following sections of the Factbook:
Children in Single Parent Families:
Nancy Gewirtz, Rhode Island College School of Social Work; Ruth Hersh, The Rhode Island Foundation.Median Income:
Jack Murphy, RI Department of Human Services, Child Support Program; Ruth Hersh, The Rhode Island Foundation.Children in Poverty:
Jean Burritt Robertson, Rhode Island Housing; Ruth Hersh, The Rhode Island Foundation.Children Receiving Public Assistance:
Linda Katz, Rhode Island Legal Services Corporation; Sherry Campanelli, Jack Bamford, Terry Haidt, RI Department of Human Services; Thomas F. Javor,
RI Community Food Bank.Rent Burden:
Jean Burritt Robertson, Rhode Island Housing; David McCreadie, RI Food and Shelter Board; Allan Stein, United Way of Southeastern New England; Raymond Arsenault, Spurwink School.
Women with Delayed Prenatal Care,
Low Birthweight Infants, Infant Mortality, Births to Unmarried Teens: William Hollinshead M.D., Samara Viner-Brown, Rachel Cain, RI Department of Health; David Gagnon, National Perinatal Information Center; Jane Nugent, United Way of Southeastern New England; Karen Voci, The Rhode Island Foundation.Women and Children Receiving WIC:
William Hollinshead M.D., Barbara Spencer, Bill Moskosky, RI Department of Health.Children Receiving School Lunch:
Robert Kaveny, Adrienne DiMeo, RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; Daniel Kertzner, RI Campaign To Eliminate Childhood Poverty.Children with Lead Poisoning:
Peter Simon, M.D., Thomas Bertrand, RI Department of Health.Children without Health Insurance:
Barbara Colt, Rhode Island Health Centers Association; Grace Osediacz, Newport Partnership for Families.Childhood Immunization:
Kim Salisbury-Keith, RI Department of Health.Access to Dental Care:
Maureen Ross, Mary Lou DiSantis, RI Department of Health; Robert Persson, St. Joseph Hospital Dental Clinic; Stanley Block, M.D., Providence Ambulatory Health Centers Foundation.Children’s Mental Health:
Elizabeth Earls, RI Council of Community Mental Health Centers; John E. Farley, Jr., M.D., Bradley Hospital; Federicka Bettinger, The Providence Center.Child Deaths and Teen Deaths:
Thomas Largo, Janice Fontes, RI Department of Health; Jacqueline Ascrizzi, RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.Juveniles Referred to Family Court:
David Hedden, Marguerite DiPalma, RI Family Court; Laureen D’Ambra, Office of the Child Advocate; Marion Avarista, Travelers Aid Society of Rhode Island; Peter Marshall, Stopover Services; Brother Michael Reis, Michele Budd, Tides Family Services; Norman Dakake, Governor’s Justice Commission; Lenore Olsen, Rhode Island College School of Social Work; Samara Viner-Brown, RI Department of Health; Melvin Bell, The Rhode Island Foundation.Child Abuse and Neglect:
Carolyn Friedman, Patricia Mathews, Thomas Dwyer, Lee Baker, RI Department of Children, Youth and Families; Richard Gelles, Family Violence Research Program, University of Rhode Island; Ted Whiteside, RI Committee to Prevent Child Abuse; Elda Dawber, RI Rape Crisis Center; James Gannaway, Casey Family Services; Lenore Olsen, Rhode Island College School of Social Work; John Symynkywicz, DAWN for Children; Mike Cerrulo, Ocean State Free-Net; Carolyn Benedict-Drew, Family Service, Inc.Children Enrolled in Head Start:
Andrea Dodge, US Department of Health and Human Services Region I; Mary Legacy, Cranston Child Development Center; Lynda Dickinson, CHILD, Inc.; Sister Barbara McMichael, Providence Head Start; Anne Dimase, South County Head Start; Mary Nugent, East Bay Head Start; Lawrence Pucciarelli, New Visions Head Start, Newport; Susan Conaton, Tritown Head Start; Karen Bouchard, Woonsocket Head Start; Laura Davis, The Rhode Island College School of Social Work.High School Graduation Rate:
Dan Challener, Providence Blueprint for Education; Marcia Marker Feld, Gayla Gazzero, Urban Field Center, University of Rhode Island; George McDonough, Jacqueline Ascrizzi, Karen Cooper, Marie Gariepy, Jim Karon, RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; Jose Gonzalez, Education Alliance, Brown University; Eleanor McMahon, Brown University; Jane Nugent, United Way of Southeastern New England; Trina Barnes, Urban League; Carolyn Benedict-Drew; Robert Wooler, RI Youth Guidance Center; Judith Beckman, The Rhode Island Foundation.Teens Not in School and Not in the Labor Force:
Marcia Marker Feld, Urban Field Center, University of Rhode Island.1995 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook Editors
Elizabeth Burke Bryant
Project Director
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
Catherine Boisvert Walsh
Program Officer, Children and Families
The Rhode Island Foundation
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