2008 KIDS COUNT Number Available June 12

6/10/2008

The newest Data Book published annualy by KIDS COUNT shows Georgia at 40th in the country in terms of child well being.  Visit www.kidscount.org/datacenter to download all information for 2008.

The Georgia Family Connection Partnership will begin a statewide tour in August to present the KIDS COUNT data as it relates to Georgia.  Go to www.gafcp.org for cities and dates on the tour.

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 that provide a more detailed, county-by-county picture of the condition of children.  The first national KIDS COUNT Data Book was published in 1990.