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This section will contain information on the impact of Nebraska early childhood programs and services on children, families, communities, and the state. The ability to show such impact is greatly improved by the availability of data integrated across programs and across time. Nebraska is making progress toward developing an Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS) that will connect and maintain information from a variety of early childhood programs and services, allowing stakeholders to answer key questions about the effectiveness of our early childhood efforts.
This section will contain information on the impact of Nebraska early childhood programs and services on children, families, communities, and the state. The ability to show such impact is greatly improved by the availability of data integrated across programs and across time. Nebraska is making progress toward developing an Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS) that will connect and maintain information from a variety of early childhood programs and services, allowing stakeholders to answer key questions about the effectiveness of our early childhood efforts.
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Many states struggle to access useful information about the status of early childhood services and programs to inform policy and practice. These data are often provided through a plethora of websites and program reports, and are rarely integrated across the agencies from which they originate. Compilation of disparate data provides context about the community needs, program availability, and collective impacts, improving responsiveness to the needs of young children and their families. The Preschool Development Grant (PDG) is supporting the creation of data analysis and visualization tool known as the Nebraska Early Childhood Data Explorer (the “EC Explorer”, for short) that allows Nebraska to use the EASI framework to; identify programs that match service needs (Eligibility), assess the location and characteristics of current service providers (Access), monitor the service status of children (Services), and compare current service landscape to available outcome metrics (Impact). The EC Explorer will be an interactive tool allowing users to easily access and compare comprehensive data in one place. The EC Explorer will provide useful, accurate, and timely data to the public related to early childhood programs and services in Nebraska. The current version represents a proof of concept of the technology to produce the visualizations and data tables. Many data on EC programs or services are missing or may be incomplete. Subsequent versions will add functionality and integrate additional data sources. We greatly appreciate your feedback as we work to improve the EC Explorer. Please use the “Contact Us” link at the top of the page to offer any suggestions or corrections.
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Eligibility
All data on the Eligibility tab are sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.Measures of error for derived estimates were calculated consistent guidance from the American Census Bureau
Population of Children and Federal Poverty Level by Age. Table B17024 - AGE BY RATIO OF INCOME TO POVERTY LEVEL IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS.
Educational Attainment. Table B15002(A-I) - SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER.
Poverty. Table B17020(A-I) - POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS BY AGE.
Employment Status. Table C23002(A-I) - SEX BY AGE BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS FOR THE POPULATION 16 YEARS AND OVER,
Health Insurance Coverage. Table C27001(A-I) - HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE STATUS BY AGE.
Language Spoken at Home. Table B16005(A-I) - NATIVITY BY LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME BY ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER
Fertility and Marital Status. Table B13002(A-I) - WOMEN 15 TO 50 YEARS WHO HAD A BIRTH IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS BY MARITAL STATUS
Mobility. Table B07004(A-I) - GEOGRAPHICAL MOBILITY IN THE PAST YEAR FOR CURRENT RESIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES
Internet Access. Table B28009(A-I) - PRESENCE OF A COMPUTER AND TYPE OF INTERNET SUBSCRIPTION IN HOUSEHOLD
Access and Services
Data on licensed child care providers are sourced from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). View a .pdf version of the DHHS Roster of Licensed Child Care and Preschool Programs in Nebraska. The displayed data are current as of 2.7.20.Data on approved Nebraska of Department of Education (NDE) programs are sourced from NDE. Following the data access and use polices of NDE, this website masks or hides data for groups with 10 or fewer students to protect confidential information about individual students as required by federal law.
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