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.
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...
How much does it cost for juvenile delinquency services in Wisconsin? Wisconsin 2011 Act 32 required the Department of Corrections to gather information about juvenile justice services from around the state and compile into a report to the legislature. With help from the counties, that information has been compiled in a report to the...
Births to teens have declined to historic lows in recent years, both in Wisconsin and nationally. That's good news. Children of teen parents face more challenges than children of older parents -- they're more likely to have health problems associated with prematurity, do poorly in school, be involved in the foster care system, and grow...
Children in Wisconsin are better off than children in 35 other states, according to the new Kids Count Index released yesterday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. That's the good news.The bad news is that Wisconsin is losing ground to other states in many areas of child-well being. For example, Wisconsin's child poverty rate increased...
Each year, the Annie E. Casey foundation publishes its KIDS COUNT Data Book, a state-by-state collection of indicators measuring the well-being of the nation’s children. We at WCCF try not to get too caught up in these sorts of composite rankings of which states are best for kids, but they can be very useful in monitoring trends within...
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