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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors adopted a Long-Term Family Self-Sufficiency Plan (LTFSS) on November 16,1999. The LTFSS envisions 46 interrelated projects with the common goal of promoting sustained self-suffciency for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act of 1997 (CALWORKS) families, for former CalWorks families, and for other low-income families in Los Angeles County. This book tells the story behind the indicators of low birth weights, domestic violence arrests, annual income under poverty level, personal behaviors harmful to self or others, and teenage high school graduation.

Preface

iii

Tables

vii

Figures

ix

Executive Summary

xi

Acknowledgments

xxi

Acronyms

xxiii

Introduction

1

(4)

Background

1

(1)

Objective

2

(1)

Organization of This Report

3

(2)

Good Health: Low Birth Weight Births

5

(16)

Establishing the Baseline

5

(1)

The Story Behind the Baseline

6

(8)

Maternal Risk Factors

7

(2)

Demographics

9

(2)

Birth Characteristics

11

(3)

Public Policy

14

(1)

Projects Targeting Low Birth Weight Births

14

(1)

Forecasts

15

(2)

Other Indicators of Good Health

17

(1)

Conclusions

18

(3)

Safety and Survival: Domestic Violence Arrests

21

(14)

Establishing the Baseline

21

(1)

The Story Behind the Baseline

22

(8)

Victimization

24

(1)

Demographics

25

(3)

Income Level

28

(1)

Public Policy

29

(1)

Projects Targeting Domestic Violence

30

(1)

Forecasts

31

(1)

Other Indicators of Safety and Survival

32

(1)

Conclusions

33

(2)

Economic Well-Being: Annual Income Under Poverty Level

35

(16)

Establishing the Baseline

35

(1)

The Story Behind the Baseline

36

(8)

Macroeconomy

36

(3)

Demographics

39

(2)

Public Policy

41

(3)

Projects Targeting Poverty

44

(1)

Forecasts

45

(2)

Other Indicators of Economic Well-Being

47

(1)

Conclusions

48

(3)

Social and Emotional Well-Being: Personal Behaviors Harmful to Self or Others

51

(14)

Establishing the Baseline

51

(2)

The Story Behind the Baseline

53

(6)

Changes in the Reporting and Substantiation Process

53

(4)

Changes in Socioeconomic Factors

57

(2)

Projects Targeting Child Abuse and Neglect

59

(1)

Forecasts

60

(2)

Other Indicators of Social and Emotional Well-Being

62

(1)

Conclusions

63

(2)

Education and Workforce Readiness: Teenage High School Graduation

65

(10)

Establishing the Baseline

65

(2)

The Story Behind the Baseline

67

(3)

Demographics

67

(1)

Family Background

67

(1)

Labor Market Forces

68

(1)

Public Policy

69

(1)

Projects Targeting Teen High School Graduation

70

(1)

Forecasts

71

(1)

Other Indicators of Education and Workforce Readiness

72

(1)

Conclusions

73

(2)

Conclusions and Next Steps

75

(2)

Conclusions

75

(1)

Next Steps

76

(1)

Appendix A. Initial Funding for Each Project and the Headline Indicators the Projects Expect to Affect

77

(2)

Appendix B. Data Sources and Estimates of All Indicators Not on the Data Development Agenda

79

(24)

References

103

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