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Annie
E. Casey Foundation Releases 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book: Louisiana
Ranks 49th in Child Well-Being
The
2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book ranked Louisiana 49th among states
based on 10 key indicators of child well-being. Since 2000,
Louisiana has seen improvement in just two indicators of child
well-being--the teen birth rate and the percentage of idle
teens. Unfortunately, Louisiana declined or stagnated on eight
other measures, including infant mortality, the teen death
rate, and the child poverty rate. This year’s Casey
report focuses on youth in the juvenile justice system and
highlights promising practices in the field.
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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