Recent KIDS COUNT Publications

2022 KIDS COUNT in Delaware FOCUS on Recovery from COVID-19 Similar to previous editions of our annual Fact Book, the 2022 KIDS COUNT in Delaware FOCUS on Recovery from COVID-19 provides an overview of child well-being in Delaware and reports on select indicators across the four traditionally reported categories of health, eduation, economic security, and family/community in relation to this year's data and policy focus: pandemic recovery. Traditional indicators included assess trends in the overall health and well-being of children before the coronavirus began. These data are supplemented with measures from experimental and emerging sources to show some of the immediate impacts of COVID-19.

KIDS COUNT in Delaware Data to Action Series: Educational Involvement & Achievement is a brief to supplement the third webinar on our "Data to Action" series, which took place in January 2022. Data was presented by Delaware's Department of Education. Information is shared regarding return to in-person learning, trauma informed approaches, restorative justice, building blocks to educational success, and community supports to schools. A very special thanks goes to Highmark Health for sponsoring the "Data to Action" series.

KIDS COUNT in Delaware Data to Action Series: February 2022 Economic Security is a brief to supplement the fourth webinar in our "Data to Action" series, which took place in February 2022. Focused on Economic Security, the webinar featured a data presentation from the Delaware Office of Women's Advancement and Advocacy. Data are shared regarding economic security related to basic needs, health care, educational opportunity, and family supports, framing the conversation to encourage understand of the child and family experience of the pandemic..

KIDS COUNT in Delaware Data to Acton Series: October 2021 Health and Health Behaviors is a brief to supplement the second webinar in our "Data to Action" series, which took place in Ocotber 2021. Focused on health and health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic, the brief featured Dr. Karla Testa from Westside Family Healthcare, to give a clinical perspective on the topic. The supplemental brief shares data regarding insurance coverage, access to care, telehealth, routine vaccinations, the COVID-19 vaccine, and mental health. A detailed timeline of select COVID-19 guidelines related to children is included, framing the conversation to encourage understand of the child experience of the pandemic. The brief concludes with a push to prioritize children's mental health, through the pandemic and beyond. A very special thanks goes to Highmark Health for sponsoring the "Data to Action" Series.

​KIDS COUNT in Delaware Census Brief: 2020 Child Population reviews the U.S. Census Breau Redistricting Data that was released on August 12, 2021. The release is the first from the 2020 Census that breaks out data by all children compared to all adults. While Delaware's total population increased by 10.2 percent between 2010 and 2020, Delaware's child (0-17) population increased by less than one percentage point (640 children or 0.3%) according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Because of growth in the adult population, children now make up a smaller proportion of the state's total population.

2021 KIDS COUNT in Delaware Legislative Wrap-Up This annual legislative wrap-up highlights legislation passed in the previous session which affect children and their families.

2021 KIDS COUNT Data Book The 32nd edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT Data Book describes how children across the United States were faring before the coronavirus pandemic began, reviews survey data which describes how the pandemic impacted households with children, and makes recommendations for smart policies to help families with the basics to fuel a budding recovery.

Supplemental materials from the 2021 KIDS COUNT in Delaware Fact Book release event.