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Reports & Research

KIDS COUNT Data Book, 2011

California Report Card, 2011-12

California County Scorecard of Children’s Well-Being, 2010

 

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

Sep 22, 2011

Children Now Statement on National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

Children Now is encouraged by the attention given to childhood obesity. However, among the many steps taken to address the obesity epidemic, Children Now remains concerned about the lack of progress made to curb unhealthy food marketing to children.

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Aug 17, 2011

New Data Book Spotlights Recession's Impact on California Kids

Data released today finds that approximately 3.2 million California children live in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment.

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May 20, 2011

California's Revised Budget Proposal and Its Potential Impact on Kids

Supporting children is clearly the best investment the state can make, yet even in the best of times, children are not the top priority in state spending.

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Latest press coverage

California Governor's Budget could hit most vulnerable

Bilingual Weekly, Jan 11, 2012

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California Governor's Budget Could Hit Most Vulnerable With Deepest Cuts

New America Media, Jan 07, 2012

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A Glimmer of Good News for California’s Kids

California Progress Report, Dec 08, 2011

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