About KIDS COUNT
KIDS COUNT - a joint project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Kansas Action for Children - provides statistical data on the education, health and economic well-being of Kansas children and their families. Utilizing KIDS COUNT data allows policymakers and community leaders to make data-driven decisions that will provide a better future for our state’s youngest citizens.
Kansas KIDS COUNT Data
Kansas Action for Children publishes KIDS COUNT data on each individual county and for the state as a whole.
National KIDS COUNT Data
The Annie E. Casey Foundation produces a national KIDS COUNT Data Book, which provides insight into how states compare in terms of child well-being.
KIDS COUNT Data Center
The KIDS COUNT Data Center is an online resource that allows users to create custom reports on the status of children using county- or state-level data. For more information on how to create your own report, e-mail us for assistance.
National Data | to compare states using national data, visit http://datacenter.kidscount.org
Kansas Data | to view county-level data for all 105 Kansas counties, visit www.kac.org/datacenter
Kansas KIDS COUNT Data
Kansas Action for Children publishes KIDS COUNT data on each individual county and for the state as a whole.
Other KIDS COUNT Resources
Promising Practices Network
KAC partners with the Promising Practices Network to identify and highlight programs that have proven effective in relation to particular KIDS COUNT indicators.
What will it take? Supplemental Brief (2008)
When it comes to the well-being of children, Kansas has slipped from 12th place to 18th place over the past two years. Meanwhile, the KIDS COUNT Data Book - released earlier this year - deemed the state of New Hampshire as the best state in the nation to raise a child. So, what can Kansas do to become the best state in the nation to raise a child? This supplemental brief - "What Will it Take?" - provides an analysis of the KIDS COUNT data and provides concrete steps we can take, as a state, to improve the health, education and economic security of Kansas children.
