Welcome to the KIDS COUNT Network website. This website is designed to give you easy access to the resources of all 53 member organizations in the KIDS COUNT Network. Look here first for new publications, important information and links to your fellow Network members. Click here for a guide to the entire website.

New KIDSCOUNT staff, click here and tell us more about yourself so that we can make sure you have all the information you need to get the most out of the KIDSCOUNT Network.

New and Notable - Last Updated June 09, 2008

• Birth Outcomes Webinar - view the recent webinar hosted by national experts on birth outcomes.
• Advocacy Experts Search Engine - search the KIDS COUNT Network and beyond for individual expertise on the issues you care about. Add your information to the database and make your own knowledge accessible to your collegues across the country.
• NEW! 2008 DATABOOK RELEASE RESOURCES
• NEW! CLIKS GUIDES

The Community Level Information on Kids (CLIKS)

system is a free online tool that provides interactive

access to maps, graphs and tables for 1,000’s of

KIDS COUNT indicators of child well being for

localities across the country. Several members

of the KIDS COUNT Network have created

guides to using CLIKS data. We have archived

these guides here as models for other states who

areinterested in creating similar tools.

(Can be found under the Data Management section of TA Resources Count)

• Conference Presentations

The 2007 KIDS COUNT Conference had many interesting workshop sessions that helped to expand the knowledge of KIDS COUNT grantees.

(You may find copies of the presentation on the Annual Meeting Page or simply click the link above).

• New! Head Start Data Report -a report prepared for the Kids Count Network by the grantee in North Dakota, North Dakota State University on using the Program Information Report to get information about Head Start programs in your state.
• Data file
• Making Poverty History - State Level Efforts to end child poverty
• New! ACS Data Users Guide - 2006

  This user's guide reviews the information you need to know about the American Community Survey (ACS) with a focus on data for children.  It describes the basic design of the ACS and presents practical information on using one-year and multi-year estimates, including issues related to geographic boundary changes, population changes, adjusting dollar amounts, and measuring trends.

• New!! - 390,343 Children Left Behind: Who's Closing the Achievement Gap in Colorado's Schools?
• New!! - Kids Connection: Cost-Effective Health Care for Low-Income Nebraska Children
• New!! - " Illinois Kids Count - Invest in Our Future: Strengthening Families by Building Assets"

  Toolkits and Resources:          

• Strategic Communications

• Information Sharing

• BROWN BAG CONFERENCE CALL RESOURCES

• Family Economic Security for Rural Americans

• Technical Assistance Resources for KIDS COUNT Network Members.

• Network Wide Search System- Use the Network search engine to focus on KIDS COUNT Network member sites. Search the entire Network, choose a state (even your own!), or browse through the selected readings in specific issue areas