Colorado School Readiness Indicators Project

Community Indicators

Families do not raise their children in a vacuum. The communities in which they work, learn and live play an important part in helping a child achieve school readiness by contributing to the family’s overall quality of life and ability to find employment, affordable housing, adequate health care and high quality early childhood education. High quality early childhood programs; access to good nutrition, health care and dental care; and support programs such as recreation centers, libraries, parks and before and after school programs all contribute to ready communities that support children and families.

Below are the Ready Community indicators selected to measure how well a community is supporting the school readiness of its children. Click on the indicator to see the current data available, data source and a description of the indicator’s relevance to school success. For greater detail, see the referenced indicator number in the Colorado’s School Readiness Indicators: Making Progress for Young Children under ”The Report."

44.	Number of credentialed early care and education educators
45.	Capacity of licensed child care programs
46.	Child care subsidy enrollment rate
47.	Percent of high quality child care programs (developmental measure)
48.	Capacity rate of publicly funded preschool programs (developmental measure)
49.	Percent of Colorado counties identified as having a shortage of primary care providers
50.	Percent of Colorado primary care physicians that accept Medicaid or Child Health Plan Plus
51.	Percent of Colorado counties identified as having a shortage of oral health providers (developmental measure)
52.	Percent of Colorado counties identified as having a shortage of mental health providers (developmental measure)
53.	Rate of unemployment among people with children
54.	Housing affordability for low-income families
55.	High school drop out rate
56	High school graduation rate
57.	Juvenile violent crime arrest rate
58.	Violent crime rate
59.	Percent of children who have been exposed to violence (developmental measure)
60.	Availability rate of public amenities and community resources (developmental measure)
61.	Availability and access to family support services (developmental measure)
62.	Number of families receiving structured family literacy services


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