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The 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Book

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A family of four — two parents of color each giving a piggy back ride to a young girl of color--simles at the camera.

blog   |   January 24, 2023

Thriving Families, Safer Children Embraces a Public Health Approach to System Reform

A group of adults — of all different racial and ethnic backgrounds — stand hunched over a table in an office setting. Their faces are not visible, but they each have their hands pressed down on the table, which is covered with papers and iPads.

blog   |   January 24, 2023

How Technical Assistance Providers Can Advance Equity in Implementation

A young girl smiles as she eats a red apple

blog   |   January 19, 2023

Nearly 11 Million Kids Face Food Insecurity as Statistic Dips to 20-Year Low

A young Indigenous family of four — a father, mother, daughter and son — crouch down on a residential street for a family photo.

blog   |   January 18, 2023

Family Spirit To Expand Home-Visiting Program Designed by and for Indigenous Families

A happy family sits together. They smile at the camera. On the left side of the frame is a Black teen girl. In the middle of the frame is a multiracial teen girl, who hugs a Black woman to her right.

blog   |   January 18, 2023

Pennsylvania Moves to Find Families for Teens in Foster Care

A young, Black teenage boy smiles into the camera, while sitting in a classroom setting. The boy wears braces and his hair is styled in braids.

blog   |   January 18, 2023

How Youth Incarceration Undermines Public Safety

26%

AECF trend upwards

From 2016 to 2020, nearly 26% more children ages 3 to 17 had anxiety or depression in the Unites States.

State Data on Anxiety and Depression KIDS COUNT Data Center