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Step Up for Kids Day

step_up_for_kids.jpgEvery Child Matters organized a non-partisan event to draw public attention to issues affecting America's children, joining cities in all 50 states and Washington, DC to raise awareness.

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Statistics on Children

  • There are 4,067,877 children under 18 in Florida
  • Children Living in Poverty (2007) - 678,038
  • Children Not Covered by Health Insurance at Any Time (2007) - 785,000
  • Children’s Health Care Covered by Government Assistance (2007) - 1,094,000
  • Children Reported Abused (2005) - 148,044
  • 2 Year Olds Not Immunized (2006) - 48,652 (21.8%)
  • Child Abuse Deaths (2000-2005) - 557
  • 3-4 Year Olds Not Enrolled in a nursery school, pre-school, or pre-kindergarten education program (2006) - 226,873 (50.1%)
  • % of 4th Graders Scoring below Basic Reading Levels (2007) - 30

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Voter Info

Governor
Charlie Crist
(Next Election - 2010)
2008 State of the State Address

Lt. Governor
Jeff Kottkamp

Attorney General
Bill McCollum

Department of Education

Department of Children and Families

State Legislature
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U.S. Senate
Mel Martinez (2010)
Bill Nelson (2012)

U.S. House of Representatives
District #1 - Jeff Miller
District #2 - Allen Boyd
District #3 - Corrine Brown
District #4 - Ander Crenshaw
District #5 - Virginia Brown-Waite
District #6 - Cliff Stearns
District #7 - John Mica
District #8 - Ric Keller
District #9 - Michael Bilirakis
District #10 - C.W. Bill Young
District #11 - Kathy Castor
District #12 - Adam Putnam
District #13 - Vern Buchanan
District #14 - Connie Mack
District #15 - Dave Weldon
District #16 - Tim Mahoney
District #17 - Kendrick Meek
District #18 - Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
District #19 - Robert Wexler
District #20 - Debbie Wasserman Schultz
District #21 - Lincoln Diaz-Balart
District #22 - Ron Klein
District #23 - Alcee Hastings
District #24 - Tom Feeney
District #25 - Mario Diaz-Balart