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2007 KIDS COUNT Report Ranks Louisiana 49th on Child Well-Being
Released annually by the
Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation, the 18th annual
KIDS COUNT Data Book ranked Louisiana 49th among states based
on 10 key indicators of child well-being. Since 2000, Louisiana
experienced setbacks on 7 of those 10 indicators--infant mortality,
low-birthweight babies, child death rate, teen death rate,
children living in families where no parent has full-time,
year-round employment, children in poverty, and children in
single-parent homes. Louisiana did experience dramatic improvements
in 3 indicators that reflect teenagers' wellbeing. The teen
birth rate, teen dropout rate, and the number of teens not
attending either school or work all declined substantially
since 2000.
For more information, read
the Louisiana
press release or the Louisiana
fact sheet. You can also visit the national
KIDS COUNT website to read the full report and view the
data. For more information, or to request a copy of the report,
please contact Judy
Watts or Teresa
Falgoust at 504-586-8509.
2006
LOUISIANA KIDS COUNT SPECIAL REPORT ON CHILD CARE
Agenda for Children's 2006
Louisiana KIDS COUNT Special Report on Child Care is
here. Click on the image above to download the full
report in PDF format. The press release is available
here.
You can also email TFalgoust@agendaforchildren.org
or call (504) 586-8509, extension 17 to order copies of the
report.
Kids Count, a project of the Annie E.
Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort
to track the status of children in the U.S. By providing policymakers
and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, Kids Count
seeks to enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning
ways to secure better futures for all children. The Casey
Foundation produces the annual Kids Count Data Book, as well
as periodic special reports that track child well-being state-by-state.
The Foundation also funds Kids Count projects in every state.
Hard copies of the national Kids Count Data
Book can be obtained within Louisiana from Agenda for Children.
The data is also available online at www.aecf.org/kidscount.
At the state level, Agenda for Children
produces the Kids Count Data Book on Louisiana's Children,
as well as special reports containing parish-by-parish data
on the educational, social, economic and physical well-being
of children. This data is available in hard copy, as well
as on-line. For more information on the Louisiana Kids Count
project, contact Teresa Falgoust, TFalgoust@agendaforchildren.org.
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