Taylor County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019





2063 - Youth Fruit & Vegetable Access
2063.1) 386

Number of children grades K-2 who could identify vegetables

2063.2) 386

Number of children grades K-2 who could identify fruits

2063.3) 0

Number of children grades 3-5 who report eating vegetables

2063.4) 0

Number of children grades 3-5 who report eating fruit

2063.5) 0

Number of children grades 3-5 who report intention to ask their family to buy their favorite fruit or vegetables

2063.6) 0

Number of children grades 3-5 who report the intent to ask their family to keep fruits in a place where they can reach them

2063.7) 0

Number of children grades 3-5 who report intention to ask their family to keep cut-up vegetables in a place where they can reach them



Success Stories

2019 LEAP for Health

Author: Audrey Myers

Major Program: Youth Fruit & Vegetable Access

According to the most recent Kentucky Parent Survey (2012), about 1 in 7 parents (14%) said their child got enough fruits and vegetables on 5 or 6 days during the week.  KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot finds that about two-thirds (64 percent) of Kentucky children are not meeting an important benchmark: reading at grade level at the start of fourth grade. In addition, Kentucky is one of only 12 states where the reading proficiency gap between students from higher- and lower-income families widened

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