Recent KIDS COUNT Publications

2021 KIDS COUNT in Delaware Legislative Calendar This "page-a-day" style calendar  which counts down to the end of the legislative session contains data on children and their families pulled from the most recently released fact book. The data is supplemented with examples of policy decisions impacting children and highlights of select organizations working on behalf of Delaware's youngest.

2020 KIDS COUNT in Delaware Legislative Wrap-Up Special Edition: Governing Delaware in the Time of COVID 19 This annual legislative wrap-up historically highlights legislation passed in the previous session which affect children and their families. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the content of this publication has been expanded to include (1) policy and governance decisions affecting children and their families within Delaware made by both Delawares legislature and the executive branch of government and (2) legislation passed related to the states governance and basic operations due to the virus impact on the very structures on which our children and families rely.

2020 KIDS COUNT in Delaware Fact Book: Now & Then As KIDS COUNT in Delaware celebrates twenty-five years of data and advocacy, this fact book takes a "Now and Then" approach to examine how the well-being of children and families has changed over time within the first state. Beyond demographics, data are grouped into four traditional domains: health, education, economic security and family & community. Within each of the domains, this edition of the fact book includes an overview with data comparing 25-year ago baseline with the most current data available. Additionally, you'll find data visualizations (trend lines, maps, graphs, charts and timelines). Each of the 12 indicators featured in this year's fact book are also pulled out as stand alone "data snapshots."

Resources from the 2020 KIDS COUNT in Delaware Fact Book Release are available.

​Kids, Families and COVID-19: Pandemic Pain Points and the Urgent Need to Respond This KIDS COUNT report, released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, examined data from weekly surveys conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that demonstrate how families across the country are challenged to meet basic needs during this global public health crisis while managing school, work and mental health. Mirroring the national average, in Delaware more than one in six adults with children living in the household (18%) said they had only slight confidence or no confidence at all that they would be able to make their next rent or mortgage payment on time. Food insecurity, already a problem for more than one in 10 households nationally before the pandemic, has also increased, and the figures for families of color are particularly high. Nationwide 14% and in Delaware 16% of adults with children living in the household reported that in the most recent week during the crisis, their household sometimes or always did not have enough to eat.

2020 KIDS COUNT Data Book The 31st 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. This year's publication continues to deliver the Foundation's annual state rankings and the latest available data on child well-being.

2020 What Would It Take Delaware A companion piece to the Annie E. Casey's annual national KIDS COUNT Data Book, this publication provides an overview of the sixteen national indicators (4 each grouped into 4 categories), an analysis of where Delaware falls in comparison to the national average for each indicator, and examines "what would it take" for Delaware to rank best in the nation for each of the indicators.