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Reports & Research

California County Scorecard of Children’s Well-Being, 2012-13

KIDS COUNT Data Book, 2012

California Report Card, 2011-12

 

The Impact of Industry Self-Regulation on the Nutritional Quality of Foods Advertised on Television to Children, 2009

Educationally/Insufficient? An Analysis of the Availability & Educational Quality of Children’s E/I Programming, 2008

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Facts & Figures

Over one-third (39%) of California’s zero-to-five population live in families where the most knowledgeable adult does not speak English well.

29% of seventh-graders, 32% of ninth-graders and 33% of 11th-graders in California report feeling “so sad and hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more that [they] stopped doing some usual activities.”

Problem behavior and drug use are significantly reduced among children who attend afterschool programs.

 

Asthma hospitalizations and deaths are largely preventable and can be avoided with proper prevention and management. Only 35% of children with asthma, however, have received an asthma management plan from their health care provider.

Tooth decay is the single most common chronic disease of childhood in the U.S.

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Latest press releases

Feb 27, 2013

New Report Shows California’s Youth Incarceration among Highest in the Nation and Largely Ineffective

This KIDS COUNT® Data Snapshot shows California’s high youth incarceration rate, highlighting the need for a more pro-active, effective approach.

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Jan 08, 2013

New “Pro-Kid Policy Agenda” Stresses California Has Much to Gain If Improving Children’s Health and Education Prioritized

Released today, the 2013-14 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda for California is a guide to the top state-level policymaking priorities for children.

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Dec 21, 2012

Children Now statement in response to today's FTC follow-up report on food marketing to children

Statement by Eileen Espejo, director of media & health policy for Children Now.

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Latest press coverage

Supporters Sound Alarm Against Delay in Expanding Medi-Cal

New America Media, May 04, 2013

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Autistic children losing services in state health insurance transition, parents say

San Jose Mercury News, Apr 29, 2013

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Major restructuring of school funding proposed

Public News Media, Apr 25, 2013

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