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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%.
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 geographies, look at trends over time, and generate maps and graphs.
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Founded in 1948, the primary mission of the Annie E. Casey Foundation is to foster public policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today’s vulnerable children and families.
In pursuit of this goal, the Foundation makes…