2025 Children's of Alabmama Community Health Needs Assessment

The Jefferson County Department of Health has made violence prevention its Strategic Issue #1: “Control Gun Violence and Improve Community Safety” and set a goal to reduce gun-related violent injuries by 5% countywide. 43 Community safety for children is also about having a safe, stable home environment. We already noted the rising 10.6 per 1,000 child abuse/neglect rate in Alabama. 44 This indicator, tracked in the Kids Count Data Book, confirms that abuse is a persistent threat. The survey captured this under both “child abuse” as a health issue and indirectly under safety concerns.

______________________________________ 43 The Community Health Improvement Plan, 2020–2024 . Jefferson County https://www.jcdh.org/SitePages/Misc/PdfViewer?AdminUploadId=2587#:~:text=match%20 at%20L1650%2Alabama Profile” 2024 Kids Count Data Book. Voices for Alabama’s Children. https://alavoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Alabama_Profile. pdf#:~:text=Children%20in%20Foster%20Care%20Base,2023%207%2C349%202%2C8370Strategic%20Issue,Term%20Target 44 Alabama Profile” 2024 Kids Count Data Book. Voices for Alabama’s Children. https://alavoices.org/wp-content/ uploads/2025/03/Alabama_Profile.pdf#:~:text=Trend%20_%20Poor%20Mental%20Health,797%3A1%20Children%20With%20Serious%20Emotional

Children’s of Alabama, 2025 CHNA

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