Recent KIDS COUNT Publications

2023 KIDS COUNT in Delaware FOCUS on Impact of COVID-19 Similar to previous editions of our annual Fact Book, the 2023 KIDS COUNT in Delaware FOCUS on Impact of 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 impact on child well-being.

KIDS COUNT in Delaware 2023 Legislative Calendar is a page-a-day style publication. Like the annual FOCUS book, this calendar shares indicator data and policy solutions related to obstacles for Delaware children. The 2023 calendar has a special focus on recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Data are grouped into categories of health, education, economic security, and family/community. A very special thanks goes out to the Delaware Libraries for co-sponsoring this year's calendar. Follow @dekidscount on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook for your daily dose of data and policy!

2023 KIDS COUNT in Delaware What Would It Take (for Delaware to be best in the nation on child well-being indicators) is a data overview examining "what would it take" for Delaware to rank best in the nation for child well-being in 16 indicators for which the Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual national KIDS COUNT Data Book reports. 

KIDS COUNT in Delaware Issue Brief: Child Nutrition is a data brief which reviews data on food security, equity of access to food, federal programs that supplement food quantity, which influence a child's access to health food options, and child weight.

​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.

2023 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.

2023 KIDS COUNT Data Book The 34th edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT Data Book describes the child care crisis that the was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, reviews survey data which describes child well-being indicators, and makes recommendations for smart policies to help support a robust, sustainable early care and education network. 

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