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Welcome to the KIDS COUNT Newsletter!

The Newsletter is an online publication designed to highlight events, activities, and publications throughout the KIDS COUNT Network.

KIDS COUNT

       Upcoming Conference:

       September 20-22, 2006

  Making Voices Count for Kids:   2006 Joint Conference

FEATURING

United Kingdom War on Poverty

The United Kingdom has committed to ending poverty for children in the next 25 years. What can we learn from their efforts about effective policies, messages, and building public will?

Opportunity in America: Economic and Social Mobility

This Fall, Princeton University and the Brookings Institute will publish an issue of "The Future of Children Journal" that will cover intergenerational mobility, social mobility with women and minorities, and early education impact on mobility.

 

Featured Publications

All featured publications can be found in the KIDS COUNT Network Issues Library. To check out other publications in the Library, click here!

Evaluating Accuracy of the American Community Survey:

In 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau launched its new American Community Survey (ACS) in 3 million households nationwide. The ACS will replace the traditional long form sent to a sample of homes during the decennial census. More>

North Dakota KIDS Count 2006 Data Book now available:

New 2006 resources are available from North Dakota KIDS COUNT. The publications include the North Dakota Fact Book and Data Book.

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Kids in the City: Indicators of Child Well-Being in Large Cities from 2004 American Community Survey:

The Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution along with the Population Reference Bureau just released a new publication surveying the well-being of child in large American cities.

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KIDS COUNT COORDINATORS

If you haven't done so yet, please email us about your policies victories from last year's state legislative session. This valuable information will be used for this upcoming conference. Contact>

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