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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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