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.
This week is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. To kick off the week, the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families has put together a policy brief highlighting the progress made in Wisconsin on lead poisoning prevention, the need for more work, and potential solutions. Lead poisoning is particularly prevalent in Wisconsin, in...
According to Think Progress, a movement to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday in October is spreading throughout the country. Since the adoption of the first Indigenous Peoples Day in 1992 by the city of Berkeley, California, many other communities, cities, states and other types of municipalities are following suit....
With some recent statistics showing a rise in violent crime in some of our nation’s larger cities, I fear a “déjà vu’ all over again” rise of language and messaging that is eerily similar to the “superpredator” scare of the late 1980’s and early 1990’s that led to some of the more regressive changes in statutes related to dealing...
Wisconsin mothers have more education than they have had in the past, a trend associated with improvements in child well-being. But progress has been uneven.
The typical Wisconsin family was better off in 2015 than in 2014, but Wisconsin residents still earn less than they did before the recession.
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