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EVERY CHILD-EVERY PROMISE. In | EVERY CHILD-EVERY PROMISE. In 2007 the [[COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR A GREATER DUBUQUE]] and Mississippi Valley Promise developed the Every Child-Every Promise Initiative. In 2008 these organizers graded Dubuque a "D+" providing safe places for children. As indicators they pointed to such statics as: | ||
* As many as 78n babies were born drug-affected in 2006 versus a | * As many as 78n babies were born drug-affected in 2006 versus a | ||
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EVERY CHILD-EVERY PROMISE. In 2007 the COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR A GREATER DUBUQUE and Mississippi Valley Promise developed the Every Child-Every Promise Initiative. In 2008 these organizers graded Dubuque a "D+" providing safe places for children. As indicators they pointed to such statics as:
* As many as 78n babies were born drug-affected in 2006 versus a
state average of 58.5
* Nearly 40% of area youth were overweight and 23% were obese.
* The number of female heads of households with children had
increased 24.7% in a year.
* Violent crimes increased by more than 8% from 2005 to 2006.
* An estimated 10% of local mothers did not have access to
prenatal care during the first trimester of their pregnancy.
* About 40% of local 11th graders and 8% of 8th graders reported
reported drinking five or more alcoholic drinks in a row.
* Although 64% of parents of kindergarten children read to their
children from birth to age one, only 28% read to them from ages
1-3