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High-Quality Early Learning
Health & Development
Family & Community
High-Quality Early Care and Education Birth through Age 5High-Quality Early Care and Education Birth through Age 5
Positive Early Care and Education ClimatePositive Early Care and Education Climate
Regular School Attendance PreK – 3rd GradeRegular School Attendance PreK – 3rd Grade
Grade-Level Proficiency PreK to 2nd GradeGrade-Level Proficiency PreK to 2nd Grade
Summer LearningSummer Learning
Healthy BirthweightHealthy Birthweight
Physical HealthPhysical Health
Social Emotional HealthSocial Emotional Health
Oral HealthOral Health
Early InterventionEarly Intervention
Safe at HomeSafe at Home
Positive Parent/Child InteractionPositive Parent/Child Interaction
Reading with ChildrenReading with Children
Supports for FamiliesSupports for Families
Skilled and Knowledgeable ParentsSkilled and Knowledgeable Parents
 

Measure Of Success

Supports for Families

The major indicator for this measure of success is the percent of parents/caregivers of children under age 9 reporting either no difficulty paying for usual household expenses or reporting access to sufficient social supports (WIC, SNAP, TennCare, food pantries, etc.)

Learn more about the strategies and research rationale associated with Supports for Families.

Instructions:

  • Hover over any region to see the major indicator.
  • Click on any region in the map to generate the breakdown of parent survey questions below the map.

Statewide average for Tennessee: 50% of parents/caregivers of children under 9 in TN report either no difficulty paying for usual household expenses or report access to sufficient social supports (WIC, SNAP, TennCare, food pantries, etc.)

Zogby Analytics was commissioned by TQEE to conduct a new survey of 2,507 Tennessee parents with a child under age 9. The survey is large-scale, new (administered June 23, 2022 through August 1, 2022), and has a sampling frame that matches the Tennessee demographics (race, age, family size) for households with a child under age 9, labor market conditions in Tennessee (earnings, sector of work), and regional populations. Based on a confidence interval of 95 percent, the margin of error for the 2,507 surveys is +/- 2.0 percentage points. The regional analysis is based on regional oversampling.

Parent survey questions and resultant skip logic for this indicator were adapted from the Census Pulse survey:

  • In the last 3 months, how difficult has it been for your household to pay for usual household expenses, including but not limited to food, rent or mortgage, car payments, medical expenses, student loans, and so on?
  • In the past 3 months, how often have you had to access social support (WIC, SNAP, TennCare, food pantries, etc.)?

Northeast TN includes the following counties: Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington

West TN includes the following counties: Decatur, Dyer, Hardeman, Haywood, Hardin, Lake, Madison, McNairy and Weakley

 

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Data Source:
TQEE Parent Survey

Data Year:
2022

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