Support child advocacy in Vermont
Voices for America’s Children
A network of state and local child advocacy organizations
Click here for newest national KIDS COUNT data report. See the status of children nationlly and state-by-state.
One Vermont
A coalition working to improve Vermonters’ lives by building strong public structures
Children are the poorest age group in Vermont. Over 12% of children under age 18 and nearly 16% of children under age 5 live in poverty.
KIDS COUNT
KIDS COUNT is a national and state-by-state project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation to track the status of children in the United States. At the national level, the principal activity of the initiative is the publication of the annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, which uses the best available data to measure the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of children state by state. The Foundation also funds a national network of state-level KIDS COUNT projects, including Vermont KIDS COUNT, that provide a more detailed, county-by-county picture of the condition of children.
National KIDS COUNT
The national KIDS COUNT Datacenter, available at http://datacenter.kidscount.org, contains both national data and local data uploaded by other members of the KIDS COUNT network across the country. Advocates for youth can employ these user-friendly data tools to compare indicators across…
Vermont KIDS COUNT
The Vermont KIDS COUNT Project keeps track of a wide range of indicators of child and youth well-being. KIDS COUNT state- and county-level data provides policymakers, legislators, state and local children’s advocates, researchers, students and you with key information about…