WisKids Count tracks, analyzes, synthesizes, and communicates data about the health and well-being of children and families in Wisconsin. WisKids Count is a part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count project which seeks to enrich local, state and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children.
The Kids Count Data Center provides access to a wide range on data on indicators of child well-being in Wisconsin. Using the tools in the Data Center, you can easily create a profile of your county or school district. For more information on how to use the Kids Count Data Center, see our instructional presentation.
Modest Improvements in Poverty and Insurance Coverage, but Many Wisconsinites Are Still Feeling Effects of the RecessionThe Wisconsin economy has been slowly recovering from the Great Recession for a couple of years now, and small signs of that recovery can be seen in the newly released census data for 2011. But the new figures from...
The percentage of Americans with health insurance through an employer has been declining rapidly over the past decade. The following chart illustrates that trend (using two-year averages from the Current Population Survey data released yesterday), and it highlights the importance of measures in the health care reform law to help...
“The vast majority of American workers have not benefited from the nation’s economic growth over the past three decades,” according to the findings of "The State of Working America," 12th edition. This comprehensive analysis of trends for working Americans, which was released today by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), shows that the...
At a briefing in Milwaukee this afternoon, Community Advocates Public Policy Institute presented a policy agenda for reducing poverty in Wisconsin by more than 50 percent. A rigorous analysis of the proposals by the Urban Institute concludes that the proposed package of policies could reduce the state's poverty rate “by 58 to 66...
Today’s Wisconsin Budget Project Blog post summarizes some of the key findings of the new State of Working Wisconsin report issued in conjunction with the Labor Day holiday. These reports, which are issued biennially by the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), synthesize a broad range of data relating to recent and longer term Wisconsin...
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