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We Make KIDS COUNT!
WELCOME TO THE BEST SOURCE FOR DATA ON VIRGINIA'S CHILDREN! Voices for Virginia’s Children is part of the KIDS COUNT national network funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. KIDS COUNT is the best source for comprehensive data on child well-being in Virginia. The KIDS COUNT Data Center is open to all and provides users with a powerful tool to view statewide and locality-level data in the following domains:
By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, the Voices KIDS COUNT system advances local and state efforts to improve the lives of children. Tracking multiple indicators over time allows Voices to highlight emerging trends and risks and then guide policymakers to respond in ways that protect and enhance child well-being. By measuring child outcomes, the system helps to evaluate and improve policy initiatives and also increases public accountability for results. Virginia KIDS COUNT fosters data-driven policy-making, public education and advocacy on behalf of children. VIRGINIA KIDS COUNT DATA CENTER
NATIONAL 2011 KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK Families with children were hit especially hard as the United States experienced a devastating economic recession. In addition to its ten key indicators of child well-being, the 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book also examines the specific impact of the recession using two additional indicators of children impacted by unemployment and foreclosure. The 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book and Special Report, entitled “America’s Children, America’s Challenge: Promoting Opportunity for the Next Generation,” was released on August 17 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in partnership with Voices for Virginia’s Children. Download the KIDS COUNT Data Book to see how Virginia stacks up in these critical domains of child well-being. The new mobile Data Center offers hundreds of measures of child well-being available on any smartphone: http://mobile.kidscount.org.
FEATURE VIRGINIA KIDS COUNT DATA ON YOUR WEBSITE The interactive KIDS COUNT widget (below) provides quick access to rankings and national data on the ten key indicators from the 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book. This widget can be linked to your website or blog.
UPDATED POVERTY DATA FOR VIRGINIA New data recently released by the Census Bureau show that child poverty in Virginia continued to worsen in 2010. The latest child poverty rate is 14.2%, up from 13.9% in 2009. Since the start of the recession, the number of children growing up in poverty has increased by nearly 30,000, raising the total number to more than 260,000. The Census Bureau data indicate that children bear a disproportionate share of the recession’s damaging effects, as the 2010 child poverty rate of 14.2% exceeded the overall Virginia poverty rate of 11.1%. Moreover, the data reveal that child poverty is not evenly distributed across the state; rates vary across congressional districts from 6.4% to 29.5%. In the last year, child poverty has deepened in 8 of Virginia’s 11 congressional districts. Voices has created child poverty briefs for each congressional district and will disseminate the information to each congressman to ensure that all are fully aware of the adverse and still-growing impact of the recession on children in their district. Representative Rob Wittman - Virginia Congressional District 1 To receive copies KIDS COUNT publications, contact Voices' staff.
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