Kids Count 2011 Data Book - Media Review
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This is a round-up of media coverage from the launch of the 2011 Kids Count data book. See the Wikiprogress Community Portal for up to date media coverage from the progress community.
News review
- Report: Georgia ranks in the bottom ten for child well-being (PBA News Room 17.08.2011)
Georgia ranks in the bottom ten states in terms of child well being in key economic indicators. That's according to a report out by a private charitable organization.
- Report: Recession hurt kids' health, well-being (Daily Press 17.08.2011)
One in four Virginia children lives in a home where no parent has a full-time, year-round job.
- Kansas slips in measure of child well-being (The Wichita Eagle 17.08.2011)
Kansas showed the largest slippage in child well-being in a national study published Wednesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
- New Report Shows Kentucky Ranks 48th in Child Well-Being (WFPL News 17.08.2011)
Kentucky continues to rank low in children’s well-being, according to the 2011 Kids Count Data Book. The annual report measures various indicators like socioeconomic status and health.
- Report: Georgia among worst states for child well-being (My South Westga 17.08.2011)
A new report ranks Georgia in the top town worst states for child well-being.
- Report ranks Mass. 3rd in child well-being (The Examiner 17.08.2011)
More Massachusetts children are in school and fewer are giving birth than in 2000, helping to make Massachusetts one of the best states for children's overall wellbeing.
- Report shows quality of life slipping for Alabama kids (Anniston Star 17.08.2011)
In 2009, 25 percent of Alabama children were living in poverty, a significant reason a report released today illustrating the quality of life for the state’s children moved the state’s ranking down a notch to 48th in the nation.
- NH still No. 1 in child well-being, but poverty up (Boston News 17.08.2011)
A national survey of children's well-being still lists New Hampshire at the top but shows that the poverty rate continues to rise in the state.
- Tennessee kids' well-being up, but poverty is, too (The Tennessean 17.07.2011)
Tennessee escapes report's bottom 10 for child welfare
- Georgia continues to lag behind in child well-being (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 17.08.2011)
The number of Georgia kids living in poverty climbed to nearly 570,000 in recent years with the state ranking among the worst in the country for overall child well-being, a new study shows.
- Study ranks Hawaii 26th in well-being of children (Ctpost 17.08.2011)
The percentage of Hawaii's children who live in poverty and in single-parent homes have increased in the last decade, according to newly released data that focuses on the recession's impact on youth.
- 'It's not a very nice place to be': Florida drops in well-being ranking for kids (Naples News 17.07.2011)
Two-year-old Maliq Arbyummi gleefully pedals a tricycle around the playground while his older brother, Tariq, is in a classroom with three-year-olds.
- Rhode Island Ranks 17th for Child Well-Being (Go Local 17.08.2011)
The Ocean State is the 17th best in the nation for raising children, according to a new national ranking released today by KIDS COUNT.
