KIDS COUNT in Delaware

Devoted to improving the well-being of our state's children, youth and their families, KIDS COUNT in Delaware has been using highly credible research, data collection and education to inform change on behalf of children for more than 25 years.

KIDS COUNT is a national and state-by-state effort by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to track the well-being of children in the United States. KIDS COUNT in Delaware, a project of the Center for Community Research & Service, is a collaborative effort of over forty organizations to enrich local and state discussion concerning ways to secure better lives for all children by providing policy makers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being. All data collected by KIDS COUNT in Delaware are available in the online, interactive KIDS COUNT Data Center.

KIDS COUNT in Delaware Team:

Janice Barlow, MPA, Policy Scientist and KIDS COUNT Director

Erin Nescott​, MS, Associate Policy Scientist

Kelly Oberheim, Undergraduate Research Assistant

The KIDS COUNT in Delaware 2024 FOCUS book describes the relationship between data, policy, and leadership and details the interconnectedness of decisions we make at the polls to outcomes children experience. With an election on the horizon, this is an especially timely issue. 

This year's book spotlights public policy decisions connected to the impact they've made as shown in data and offers lessons learned which can be utilized in future decision making. Among the policy examples shared, there are themes that repeat and lessons learned which resonate. Specifically:

• Historical policies perpetuate inequities.
• Policy has the power to create larges scale impact.
• Policy must evolve as conditions change.
  

The book also suggests questions which individuals can ask candidates running for office, to better understand their priorities with respect to Delaware's youngest. Engaging in conversation about a prospective leader's priorities, vision for the future, and policy ideas for enacting that vision is one way to gauge whether they will best represent one's own values once elected. 

Watch a recording or view the slides of the release presentation.

​Did You Know: KIDS COUNT in Delaware's Fact Book Has a New Name!

Facts on Children Underlying Success (FOCUS) This is our second year with a new name. FOCUS refers to the idea that we are using indicators to tell a story of Delaware kids around a specific theme. This year, that theme is "impact of COVID-19" as demonstrated by data. As always, for a more comprehensive listing of data on child and family well-being in Delaware, check out the KIDS COUNT Data Center

The online KIDS COUNT Data Center offers data on education, employment and income, poverty, health and youth at-risk factors. We invite you to discover ways to customize the data and join us in using this data to make informed decisions by investing in Delaware's biggest asset, our kids.

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