Welcome to the Winter 2005 issue of the KIDS COUNT Network Newsletter.  This issue focuses on the 2005 KIDS COUNT Conference resources.  We urge you to take advantage of what's offered and let us know if you have other ideas on how we might help you strengthen your work.  Also, if you haven't visited the Network Web site lately, we urge you to take a look. Click here for a guide to the web site content.

2005 KIDS COUNT Conference Resources

Thanks to the dedication of the KIDS COUNT Network, the 2005 KIDS COUNT Conference was a tremendous success. 

Grantees returned to their communities with renewed energy and innovative strategies for helping America's most vulnerable children and families. 

Conference Highlights

A 2005 KIDS COUNT Conference highlight reel is available for everyone to view.

Plenary - Policy Matters

The new Policy Matters 50 State Report was distributed to all KIDS COUNT Conference participants.  This session provided an overview of the report's content, discussed the report's national roll-out, and gave a synopsis of how KIDS COUNT organizations can use the report in their on-going policy work on behalf of children and families.

Keynote Luncheon

From the Self Making Person to Opportunity for All: Rethinking Our Thinking On Race

Frank D. Gilliam Jr. and Susan Nall Bales from the Frameworks Institute shared their findings from a multi-year investigation into how Americans think about race.They detailed the implications for public understanding of such core concepts as discrimination, disparities and structural racism.

2005 KIDS COUNT Conference Survey Results

Comments

Workshop Ratings

Click here to see Power Point presentations presented at the conference.

SAVE THE DATES - 2006 Kids Count / Voices for America's Children Joint Conference September 20 - 22, 2006.

Upcoming Events

2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book

Release Date - June 13, 2006

Regional Data Workshop

Feb 1-3 - San Diego, CA

March 8-10 - Baltimore, MD

more info

If you have an event, highlight, or announcment you want posted on the newsletter, send an e-mail to mjordan@aecf.org.

Check the newly simplified KC Network Calendar for more upcoming events

Visited the Network Issues Library Lately? Click here for access to the KC Network Search Engine, and sample of your collegues data and policy work.

Remember: The K.C. Issues Library lists many publications for K.C. grantees.  If you would like to submit a document to the library, please e-mail it (or a link) along with a brief description to mjordan@aecf.org.

NEW!!! - Planning a databook release?  Having trouble keeping track of your news clippings? Want to add up all of your successes in a systematic way? Take a look at the KIDS COUNT Evaluation resource kit for all the tools you need to efficiently evaluate your work!

NEW!!! - The K.C. Issues Library has a new report that analyzes Public Expenditures and child outcomes across 50 states.