N.J. youths struggle against poverty
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Aug 3, 2012 at 2:15 PMChildren in New Jersey have made strides in education and health, but must still cope with troubling levels of poverty, according to the 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book.
“Our sense is that low-income families are really struggling,” says Ceil…
KIDS COUNT indicators: Academics and health up, economic security down for America’s kids
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Jul 25, 2012 at 12:01 PMIn recent years, America’s children are largely better educated and healthier, but less economically secure, according to the just-released 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book from our partner the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The improvement in education indicators is heartening. Despite the…
Voices for Utah’s Children honors advocate with lifetime achievement award
Posted by rheine on Oct 7, 2011 at 3:03 PM
Member organization Voices for Utah’s Children has recognized Dee Rowland, who served 26 years as the Diocese of Salt Lake City’s government liaison. “She has been a persistent voice of conscious, speaking for our most vulnerable,” said Karen Crompton,…
“A perilous world for the nation’s children”
Posted by Joanna Shoffner Scott on Aug 30, 2011 at 5:14 PMIn an op-ed in the New York Times, Charles M. Blow sums up many indicators of child well-being, and finds the news is not good. Teen pregnancy, child poverty, food insecurity and many more factors point to “a perilous world…
Annie E. Casey Foundation: Gains in child well-being “stagnating”
Posted by rheine on Aug 22, 2011 at 3:32 PMNew data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows that America is struggling to provide a better life for the next generation. The Foundation has unveiled its vital Kids Count Data Book for 2011, tracking child well-being through a number…
RI KIDS COUNT: Using data to improve children’s lives
Posted by Marlo Nash on Feb 10, 2011 at 12:15 PMA great article shows how gathering data on children is the first step to making better child policy. That seems pretty simple, but often child advocates are the only ones collecting all the raw data about children’s well-being —…
Who’s reading to their kids the most?
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Aug 19, 2010 at 5:07 PMVoices member Children’s Action Alliance (of Arizona) recently brought up an interesting statistic from the latest KIDS COUNT report: young children who are read to by their parents. The report, compiled by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, shows…
New Mexico ranked near bottom for child well-being
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Aug 3, 2010 at 3:45 PMNew Mexico Voices for Children, one of our member organizations, reported recently that their state’s ranking for child well-being has dropped to 46th place. The ranking comes from the 2010 KIDS COUNT report, sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation,…
KIDS COUNT Data Book now available!
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Jul 27, 2010 at 3:41 PMVoices for America’s Children is pleased to join the Annie E. Casey Foundation as a 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book Outreach Partner. The annual Data Book is a comprehensive resource on the status of U.S. children, featuring state-specific data on…
Maine Children’s Alliance KIDS COUNT report, 2010
Posted by Voices_staff on Jul 13, 2010 at 8:03 PM“The Maine Children’s Alliance’s 16th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book provides the most current and reliable data available pertaining to the physical, social, economic and educational well-being of Maine’s children. Before we can chart the best course for our children’s…
