Rhode Island KIDS COUNT consistently receives extensive media coverage of the annual Factbook release. The fifteenth annual Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook was released at a policy breakfast on April 6, 2009. The 2009 Factbook was widely covered by both the print and broadcast media.

Select Media Coverage of the 2009 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook Release

Kids Count reports mixed news for RI
Turn to 10.com - Apr 6, 2009
April 6—The six core cities covered in the KIDS COUNT report are Central Falls, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, West Warwick and Woonsocket....

Holes getting bigger in Rhode Island’s safety net for children
The Providence Journal - Apr 6, 2009
By Jennifer D. Jordan, As the state grapples with its biggest financial crisis in a generation, the safety net for Rhode Island’s poor children is badly ...

 Annual Kids Count Factbook released
Providence Eyewitness News - Apr 6, 2009
PROVIDENCE, RI (WPRI) - The Annual "Kids Count" Factbook was released. A group of speakers met over breakfast Monday morning to discuss child well-being in ...

City ranks third in child poverty
The Call - Apr 06, 2009
WOONSOCKET — By Joseph Fitzgerald, The city ranks third in the state for children under the age of 18 living in extreme poverty and fourth for young children under the age of six living in extreme poverty...

Kids Count fears rise in poverty
The Newport Daily News - Apr. 6, 2009
Rhode Island Kids Count released its 15th annual report on the well-being of the state s children this morning before an audience of more than 500 community leaders, policy-makers and legislators expected to gather at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Warwick...

Children’s health improving
The Sun - Monday, April 6, 2009 2:12 PM EDT
By LESLIE ROVETTI, Rhode Island has the second best rate of prenatal care in the nation, according to KIDS COUNT. The health safety net for Rhode Island’s children showed improvement....

Report: RI worst in nation in housing for low-income children
Providence Business News - Apr 6, 2009
WARWICK – Rhode Island has the highest percentage of low-income children living in housing built before 1980 in the nation, according to the latest data ...

No news is good news of KIDS COUNT
Warwick Beacon - Apr 07, 2009
By Meg Fraser, The 2009 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook, which was released yesterday, shows few changes of significance

Good news, bad for city kids
The Times - Apr 07 2009
PAWTUCKET — By Donna Kenny Kirwan, The numbers go in both positive and negative directions in the 2009 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook.

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Child abuse rate up in W.Warwick; Teen pregnancy down in Coventry
Kent County Daily Times - Apr 07, 2009
By Jessica Selby, Some good and bad news for the Pawtucket Valley came out of a meeting held yesterday. According to information released by officials from the Rhode Island KIDS COUNT….

The status of kids in Rhode Island
Coventry Courier - Apr 10 2009
By JESSICA SELBY jselby, Some good and some bad news for the Kent County area came out of a meeting held this week....

The status of RI’s kids
The Standard Times - Monday, 13 April 2009
By LINDSAY OLIVIER, Annual Kids Count report includes local poverty, lead exposure and education stats. Rhode Island Kids Count (RIKC) released its 15th annual report on the well-being of Rhode Island’s children Monday.....