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National KIDS COUNT Project - Annie E. Casey Foundation

Rhode Island KIDS COUNT is part of a national network of KIDS COUNT Grantees. The Annie E. Casey Foundation coordinates and funds this network as well as produces annual national publications containing a variety of useful state specific information.

Young Children Undercounted in Decennial Census
January 11, 2010 - The latest KIDS COUNT Working Paper, "Why Are Young Children Missed So Often in the Census?," examines data that shows that more than 1 million young children under age 10 were missed in the 2000 Census and over three-quarters of a million children under age 5 were missed. This undercount of young children in the Census will cause them to suffer if their community does not receive the resources it needs for schools, clinics or child care centers. Census data are used, in whole or in part, for more than 140 programs that distribute more than $400 billion to states and localities, including child-focused programs.



New National Indicator Briefs on Key Indicators of Child Well-Being
January 4, 2010 - Download the latest National KIDS COUNT Indicator Briefs on Preventing Low Birthweight,  Reducing Infant Mortality,  Reducing the Child Death Rate,  Reducing the Teen Death Rate,  Reducing the Teen Birth Rate,  Reducing the High School Dropout Rate,  Reducing the Number of Disconnected Youth,  Increasing the Number of Children Whose Parents have Stable Employment,  Reducing the Child Poverty Rate and  Increasing the Percentage of Children Living in Two-Parent Families.



RI Ranks 15th Among States For Overall Child Well-being.
July 28, 2009 - The 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book is now available! RI ranks 15th for overall child well-being based on the 10 indicators tracked in the report. The report also highlights the work of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT and calls for a "data revolution" to track progress and improve the lives of vulnerable kids. View the Rhode Island KIDS COUNT's press release, the RI Fact Sheet and RI's Profile. 

New in 2009 are the following options:

 Add the new widget to your website.
Going to mobile.kidscount.org on your mobile browser.



Summary of the 2008 KIDS COUNT Essay on Juvenile Justice Reform Now Available
August 2008 – A summary version of the 2008 KIDS COUNT essay, A Road Map for Juvenile Justice, presents the six pervasive challenges raised in the essay that face our nation’s juvenile justice systems today. It highlights key facts and data, and offers promising solutions for approaches that have been proven to improve outcomes for youth, families, taxpayers and communities.



Report on Birth Outcomes Ranks RI 3rd Best in Prenatal Care
August 6, 2008 - The report, Right Start for America’s Newborns: City and State Trends 2008, is now available online. At 2.2%, RI has the 3rd lowest rate in the nation of mothers receiving late or no prenatal care. According to the report, RI made positive progress in 4 out of 8 measures of infant well-being since 1990, and RI ranks in the top half of the nation in 7 out of 8 measures of infant well-being. View the press release for more information about the report.



2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book: A Roadmap for Juvenile Justice Reform
June 12, 2008 - RI ranks 21st among the states for overall child well-being in the 19th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, a national and state-by-state profile of the well-being of America’s children that ranks states on 10 key measures and provides data on the economic, health, education, and social conditions of America’s children and families.

This year's Data Book essay outlines key action steps and model programs with the potential to change the reality and prospects for the nearly 100,000 youth confined in U.S. juvenile facilities on any given night. According to the report, in 2006 the rate of detained and committed youth in custody in RI was lower than the national rate. In 2006, the ratio of youth of color to White youth in custody in Rhode Island was worse than the U.S. ratio. View the article in the Providence Journal.



  
     
   
 
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