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NYS KIDS COUNT
Data Books and Special Reports

NYS Touchstones/KIDS COUNT Data Books
NYS Touchstones/KIDS COUNT Related Publications
NYS Touchstones/KIDS COUNT Special Reports
Annie E. Casey Foundation Reports
KIDS COUNT Resources

NYS Touchstones/KIDS COUNT Data Books

The Touchstones/KIDS COUNT 2009 Data Book is now available for download in PDF format or you may contact the Council to have a copy mailed to you. This year's data book has a brand new look and format.

A set of child well-being indicators highlighted in the 2009 data book is presented in this pdf.

For year-by-year data and County-specific Profiles, go to the Council's Kids' Well-being Indicators Clearinghouse (KWIC).

Please visit our archive section to view previous Touchstones/KIDS COUNT Data Books.

NYS Touchstones/KIDS COUNT Related Publications

This Children with Incarcerated Parents Report provides an examination of issues related to parent incarceration from the perspective of children and young adults, caregivers, and formerly incarcerated parents. The report describes experiences at the point of arrest, the disclosure of parent’s incarceration, issues pertaining to parent-child communication during incarceration and family reunification.

Using Data to Build Comprhensive Systems for Infants and Families

The Council is pleased to present the Using Data to Build Comprehensive Systems for Infants and Families—Facilitator Guide (1.78 MB) and the Using Data to Build Comprehensive Systems for Infants and Families—Resource Guilde (4.10 MB) . (These Guides are presented by sections below.)

Each day community coalitions across the state work diligently to improve systems of care. In particular are the coalitions formed to address the needs of infants and families that were brought together through a partnership between the Council on Children and Families and the Early Care and Learning Council (formerly the New York State Child Care Coordinating Council). The materials presented here are designed to help the early childhood community coalitions interested in improving services for children and families to:

systematically review and assess the current status of systems that provide care to infants and families;
identify issues that could benefit from community coalition action and support; and
develop data-driven advocacy efforts and system improvements.

Although these materials focus on early childhood coalitions, we are confident the process outlined is applicable to other systems of care and beneficial to all community coalitions.

The Council is pleased to present the The NYS Early Childhood Data Report: The Health and Well-Being of New York's Youngest Children. The report provides 69 indicators on child well being in four goal areas:

Healthy Children
Strong Families
Early Learning
Coordinated Systems/Supportive Communities

Most indicators include statewide, New York City, and Rest of State data.

The Council is pleased to present the NYS Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children's The CHILD in Child Welfare and the Courts Data Book in Adobe PDF format.

The Council partnering with the New York State Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children, NYS Office of Children and Family Services, and the Office of Court Administration, developed over 40 new child welfare and court indicators as a first step in presenting child-focused, child welfare and court data in New York State. The Commission, with funding from the Pew Charitable Trusts, is producing a limited quantity of The CHILD in Child Welfare and the Courts Data Books to introduce this effort. These indicators are also available on KWIC in the Child Welfare Profile.

This Data Book is presented by sections:

This edition is also presented in its entirety:

The CHILD in Child Welfare and the Courts Data Book.

NYS Touchstones/KIDS COUNT Special Reports

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: It is estimated that nationally one child in 110 has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This research brief highlights factors associated with ASD, challenges with early diagnosis, and provides an overview of children in New York who are identified as having an ASD.
Decision Markers in the Juvenile Justice System—Opportunities for Support and Intervention: The juvenile justice system is the means we use to respond to children who are in conflict with the law. The overarching goals of the system are to ensure community safety and make youth accountable for their actions. Equally important is the fundamental need to build youth competencies in order to reduce the possibility that youth will develop or increase behaviors that may move them further into the juvenile justice system. Given these multiple goals, an effective juvenile justice system is one in which there is a skillful balance between reparation and redemption.This brief focuses on the decision point when youth come into contact with probation departments and alternative strategies that could decrease youths’ further penetration into the juvenile justice system.
A Conversation with Immigrant Mothers About Early Learning Programs: Benefits, Barriers & Work to be done: Approximately one in four of New York's four-year-old children lives with an immigrant mother and half of these children live at or below the 200 percent poverty level despite the fact that most of these mothers and their spouses are in the workforce. Fortunately, a widely recognized means to equalize opportunities for children in poverty is participation in early learning programs. The purposes of the focus groups were to learn about immigrant mothers' decision to either enroll or not enroll their children in early learning programs and gain a better understanding of the perceived barriers and benefits of such programs. Of particular interest was the identification of cultural factors that might contribute to differing enrollment rates.
A Level Playing Field for New York's Children in Immigrant Families: Early learning programs play a critical role in equalizing opportunities, particularly for children in immigrant families who are often living in poverty. This research brief reviews the early learning enrollment rates among children in immigrant families, identifies differences in enrollment by mother's country of origin and examines a series of child, family, and economic factors that influence whether children are enrolled in early learning programs.

Please visit our archive section to view previous Touchstones/KIDS COUNT Special Reports.

Annie E. Casey Foundation 2010 National KIDS COUNT Data Book

Instructions: For data books and large reports, consider downloading the files to your desktop by right-clicking on the link and selecting the "save target as" option.

This 21st annual KIDS COUNT Data Book provides national and state-by-state information and statistical trends on the conditions of America’s children and families. This year, the KIDS COUNT Data Book essay focuses on the nation's economic crisis. While many indicators suggest that we are emerging from the recent economic downturn, most experts predict a slow recovery, with high levels of unemployment persisting for several years. Many low-income families will suffer deep social and economic consequences, and they are at high risk of being pushed even further off the path to opportunity and stability.

View the New York State Fact Sheet to learn more about New York State and national trends.

For the most recent data, visit KIDS COUNT State-Level Data Online.

Annie E. Casey KIDS COUNT 2010 Special Report: Learning to Read—Reading to Learn. This report focuses on effective strategies for achieving grade level reading proficiency for all children, emphasizing the importance of having children be able to read by grade 3 so they can use this skill to learn to read.

Executive Summary—Learning to Read— Reading to Learn.