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Cuyahoga Child Data Registry |
Cuyahoga Child Data Registry
The Center on Urban Poverty & Community Development houses and maintains a unique data
system focused on the well-being of and services to children in the metropolitan Cleveland area.
With leadership funding from the Cuyahoga Board of County Commissioners, through the County’s
Office of Early Childhood, the Center has brought together a range of data sets and linked them at
the child-level. These data focus on children age birth to six, but in some cases include data on
older children. The data system allows for the examination of patterns of experiences of
children in cross-section and over time, and at the neighborhood level (or other geographies). The
data sets that are currently linked (or to be linked) in the system include:
Data Source Years Linked
Birth certificate records 1992-2004
Death certificate records 1992-2004
Public Supports & Services
Child welfare 1992 to 2005
Cash welfare (TANF) 1997 to 2005
Food Stamps 1997 to 2005
Child care vouchers 1997 to 2005
Medicaid/Health Start enrollment 1997 to 2005
Medicaid/Healthy Start claims and encounters 1997 to 2005
Specialized Early Childhood Services
Home visiting services – prenatal, newborn, and ongoing 1999 to 2005
Early intervention services 1999 to 2005
Special needs child care assistance 2000 to 2005
Early childhood mental health services (0-3) 2007*
Other Data
Kindergarten attendance (Cleveland Metropolitan School District students
only) 1996 to 2007*
Elevated child blood lead levels (selected children only) 2006 to 2007*
*Data not yet linked.
A current principal use of the data system is for the ongoing evaluation of early childhood
services in Cuyahoga County. The County’s Office of Early Childhood (Invest in Children) contracts
with the Center to evaluate services and track the well-being and service usage of children in the
County. (http://investinchildren.cuyahogacounty.us/)
In 2007, the Center prepared statistical profiles of children age 0-6 for all municipalities
within Cuyahoga County. (http://neocando.case.edu/cando/index.jsp?tPage=ecprofiles)
Products based on Data in Registry
Fischer, R. L., Lalich, N., & Coulton, C. (forthcoming). Taking it to scale: Evaluating
the scope and reach of a community-wide initiative on early childhood. Evaluation and Program
Planning. Accepted December 2007.
Coulton, C., Fischer, R., Hardy, P, & Lalich, N. (2007). Cuyahoga County 2007 Child
Well-Being & Tracking Update. Cleveland, OH: Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case
Western Reserve University. October.
Coulton, C., Fischer, R., Hardy, P, & Lalich, N. (2006). Cuyahoga County Invest in
Children 2006 Child Well-Being & Tracking Update. Cleveland, OH: Mandel School of Applied
Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University. September.
Fischer, R., Lalich, N., Andrade, M., & Coulton, C. (2005). The scope and reach of the
ECI: Monitoring the coverage and connections of ECI programs. Ch. 3 in Cuyahoga County Early
Childhood Initiative Evaluation: Phase II Final Report. Cleveland, OH: Mandel School of Applied
Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University. June.
Fischer, R. L. (2003). Taking the initiative to scale: An evaluation of the Early Childhood
Initiatve. Briefly Stated, 3(2). Cleveland, OH: Center on Urban Poverty & Social Change, Mandel
School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University. October.
Coulton, C., Withers, J., Andrade, M., & Fischer, R. (2003). The scope and reach of ECI:
Coverage and connections of ECI programs. Ch. 3 in Cuyahoga County Early Childhood Initiative
Evaluation: Phase I Final Report. Cleveland, OH: Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case
Western Reserve University. February.
For more information on the data holdings or the data management procedures, please contact
Nina Lalich at nina.lalich@case.edu or 216/368-3029.
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