Foster care improving in N.C.
"... The Annie E. Casey Foundation revealed its findings in the 2007 Kids Count Data Book," according to the Asheville Citizen-Times. "Each year, the foundation chooses a topic for an in-depth essay. This year’s essay is 'Lifelong Family Connections: Supporting Permanence for Children in Foster Care.'
"The foundation produces the data book annually, measuring 10 areas of child well-being in each state and ranking the states. North Carolina jumped two places in the ranking this year, from 41st to 39th. Among the categories measured are infant mortality, poverty, teen birth rate and high school dropout rates. The report also compares a number of demographic categories, like the number of children in foster care.
"North Carolina is moving in the right direction on foster care, the report says. The state is better than the nation as a whole in the number of children per 1,000 in foster care: seven, as opposed to 10 nationally. ..."
Lottery sales fall below expectations in first fiscal year
"Ticket sales for the North Carolina lottery's first fiscal year fell well short of expectations, generating about $110 million less in education funds than legislators had projected," according to the Associated Press.
"The North Carolina Education Lottery on Tuesday put another $69.4 million in a dedicated state fund for education, making the final quarterly transfer to the fund for the year ending June 30.
"The Lottery Education Fund has now received $375.3 million since the first tickets were sold in March 2006. Fund money, which is equal to at least 35 percent of net lottery revenues, is earmarked for initiatives such as class-size reduction, preschool programs, school construction and college scholarships for needy students. ..."
Not to be cynical, but how long before the lottery is allowed to really begin marketing via ways that they claimed then never would?
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