Determining the Need for Family and Consumer Science (FCS) Programs

Determining the Need for Family and Consumer Science (FCS) Programs

Determining the Need for Family and Consumer Science (FCS) Programs

Determining the Need for Family and Consumer Science (FCS) Programs¹
Lisa A. Guion²
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Sometimes it can be overwhelming to try to identify data and statistics that detail the current situation in your counties. There are so many resources available, but you have to know where to find them. This resource guide will help you prepare your rationale section of your Plan of Work (POW). In fact, the resources provide the latest data and statistics available on key indicators relevant to family and consumer science (FCS) issues.
A special effort was made to make this resource guide as user friendly as possible. Thus, the guide is broken down into categories. The resources in each section are alphabetized for your convenience. Perhaps more important, a summary of the type of data or statistics that each resource contains is provided with an example of its usage.
The Internet can be a fast and convenient way to locate valuable resources, but you must know where to find them or the task can be cumbersome. Most of the work has been done for you. All of the resources are Web-based with links to the host Web sites included. Data summaries and reports can be easily downloaded and printed. Some files are in PDF format and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available from Adobe at no charge.
This information is provided to assist you in locating secondary data on key indicators in your county, and it does not take the place of needs assessments that provide more specific information about the needs, priorities, and concerns of your target audience.

Contents

Data Resource Websites

Aging and Senior Citizens

Child Abuse

Child Care

Community Development

Demographics

Domestic Violence

Economics & Employment

Health

Housing

Marriage and Family Life

Mental Health/Substance Abuse

Parenting

Miscellaneous

Data Resource Web sites

1. Aging and Senior Citizens
1. Aging and Senior Citizens
Main Web site: Department of Elder Affairs:
http://elderaffairs.state.fl.us/
Statistics and research Web site:
http://elderaffairs.state.fl.us/doea/english/stat.html
Data provided includes:

Population

Gender

Race and ethnicity

Income Status

Health status

2. Child Abuse
Main Web site: Department of Children and Families:
http://www.state.fl.us/cf_web/
Statistics and research Web site:
http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/publications/
Data provided includes:
• Received reports
• Closed reports

3. Child Care
Main Web site: Department of Children and Families:
http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/childcare/
Statistics and research Web site:
http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/childcare/pubs.shtml
Data provided includes:

Violations

Licensing

4. Community Development
Main Web site: U.S. Census Bureau/County Business Patterns:
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
Statistics and research Web site: Where it says "Select a state" select Florida and click on the submit button. Then select your county.
Data provided includes:

The number of employers total and by category

The number of employees total and by category

The number of establishments total and by category

Payrolls

The number of establishments by employment size

5. Demographics
Main Web site: Fedstats: http://www.fedstats.gov
Statistics and research Website: same as above
Data provided includes:

Statistics on population, criminal justice, education, employment, and dozens of other topics

Main Web site: U.S. Census Bureau:
http://www.census.gov/
Statistics and research Web site: same as above
Data provided includes:

State and national data

Rankings, comparisons, and summaries

Profiles

Main Web site: U.S. Census, Florida Counties: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPeople?_event=Search&geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=01000US&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=04000US12&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010
Statistics and research Web site: same as above
Data provided includes:

Populations

Vital statistics

Public school enrollments

Incomes

Poverty percentages

6. Domestic Violence
Main Web site: Department of Children and Families:
http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/domesticviolence/
Statistics and research Web site:
http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/domesticviolence/publications/index.shtml
Data provided includes:

Statistics for services provided (emergency shelters, counseling, etc.)

Age, sex, ethnicity of all involved

Main Web site: Department of Law Enforcement: http://www.fdle.state.fl.us
Statistics and research Web site:
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/FSAC/data_statistics.asp then scroll down the page until you see UCR Domestic Violence Data
Data provided includes:

Murder

Manslaughter

Rape

Assault

More

7. Economics and Employment
Main Website: Department of Labor and Employment Security:
http://www.myflorida.com/myflorida/employment/index.html
Statistics and research Web site:
http://www2.myflorida.com/awi/lms/
Data provided includes:

Current employment statistics

Current unemployment statistics

Occupational wages and projections

Main Web site: Enterprise Florida:
http://www.eflorida.com
Statistics and research Web site:
http://www.eflorida.com/countyprofiles/CountyProfiles.asp?level1=3&level2=127&level3=335
Data provided includes:

County profiles

State comparative indicators

Florida company lists

8. Health (general, food safety and nutrition)
Main Web site:
Department of Health:
http://www.doh.state.fl.us
Statistics and research Web site:
http://www9.myflorida.com/planning_eval/intro.html
Data provided includes:

Births (by age of mother, prenatal care, low birth-weight, more)

Deaths (resident death, years of potential life lost, more)

Termination of pregnancy

Disease Morbidity (chronic and communicable)

Population (total or by ethnicity)

Smoking prevalence

Overweight prevalence

9. Housing
Main Web site: American Fact Finder:
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
Statistics and research Web site: Under "Start" where it says "Show me," select "Population and Housing." Next, select "a county", then Florida, and then the county of your choice. Note: the page may reload after each selection. Finally, click on "go."
Data provided includes:

Relationship data

Household type

Housing occupancy

Housing tenure

Main Web site: Florida Census:
http://govinfo.library.orst.edu/cgi-bin/state2?fl
Statistics and research Web site: On the map, click on the county of your choice, and then on the top of the opened page, click on "Housing."
Data provided includes:

Number of houses

Year built

Gross rent

10. Marriage and Family Life
Main Web site: Department of Health/Vital Statistics:
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/vital_statistics/statistical_report.htm
Statistics and research Web site: same as above
Data provided includes:

Live births

Fetal and infant death

Terminations of pregnancies

Marriages and marriage dissolutions

Main Web site: American Fact Finder:
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
Statistics and research Web site: Under "Start" where it says "Show me," select "Population and Housing." Next, select "a county", then Florida, and then the county of your choice. Note: the page may reload after each selection. Finally, click on "go."
Data provided includes:

Relationship data

Household type

Housing occupancy

Housing tenure

Main Web site: Marriage and Family Processes:
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkerl/family.html
Statistics and research Web site: Scroll down to the very bottom of the page and there will be three links under the heading "Data Resources."
Data provided includes:

Types of families

Marriage rate

Divorce rate

11. Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Main Web site: Department of Children and Families:
Substance Abuse: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/mentalhealth/sa/
Mental Health: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/mentalhealth/
Statistics and research Web site:
Substance Abuse: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/mentalhealth/publications/saindex.shtml
Mental Health: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/mentalhealth/publications/index.shtml
Data provided includes:

Admissions

Placement

Enrollment

Outcome measures

Discharges

Risk factors

Key indicators

12. Parenting
Main Web site: Department of Health/Vital Statistics:
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/vital_statistics/statistical_report.htm
Statistics and research Web site: same as above
Data provided includes:

Live births

Fetal and infant death

Terminations of pregnancies

Marriages and marriage dissolutions

Main Web site: The Florida Network of Youth and Family Services: http://www.floridanetwork.org
Statistics and research Web site: Click on the box that says "Improving the State of our Children", and at the bottom of the page is a section for data.
Data provided includes:

2,402 combinations of risk factors

Risk factors analyzed in relation to age, gender ethnicity and more

Impacts of agencies and program types in relation to risk factors.

13. Miscellaneous
Main Web site: Kids Count:
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount
Statistics and research Web site:
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount
Data provided includes:

Children living in poverty

County populations under 18

Childhood immunizations

Main Web site: The United Way:
http://www.unitedway.org
Statistics and research Web site:
http://national.unitedway.org/stateofcaring/
Data provided includes:

The United Way State of Caring Index

Footnotes
1. This document is PE060, one of a series of the Family Youth and Community Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date May 2, 2002. Revised: November 2005. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.
2. Lisa A. Guion, Ed.D., associate professor, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Cooperative Extension Service, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 32611.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Larry Arrington, Dean.

Copyright Information
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Determining the Need for Family and Consumer Science (FCS) Programs1

Contents

Data Resource Websites

Data Resource Web sites

1. Aging and Senior Citizens

2. Child Abuse

3. Child Care

4. Community Development

5. Demographics

6. Domestic Violence

7. Economics and Employment

8. Health (general, food safety and nutrition)

9. Housing

10. Marriage and Family Life

11. Mental Health and Substance Abuse

12. Parenting

13. Miscellaneous

Footnotes

Copyright Information

Determining the Need for Family and Consumer Science (FCS) Programs¹