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KIDSCOUNT Data Snapshot on Children Living in High-Poverty Communities
This Data Snapshot highlights newly available national, state, and city data in the KIDS COUNT Data Center that shows a 25 percent increase in the number of children residing in areas of concentrated poverty since 2000. The snapshot indicates how…
Annie E. Casey FoundationVoices for America’s Children
A network of state and local child advocacy organizations
One Vermont
A coalition working to improve Vermonters’ lives by building strong public structures
Babies with low birth weight—under 5.5 pounds—are at risk of respiratory conditions, cognitive and developmental delays, and long-term conditions. In Vermont and nationwide, this problem has been increasing steadily. The Healthy Vermonters 2010 objective is to reduce the percentage to 5.0%. In 2007, the Vermont average was 6.2%.
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 kids’ Economic Security, Safety, Health, and Education status. Read an introduction to the county pages data here, and read about sources and methodology here.
Click on the map at right to find data on a particular county.
See the Vermont page.