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Reports & Research

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

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

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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Dec 03, 2012

New Report Finds More Than 850,000 “Disconnected Youth” 
Neither in School nor Working in California

Nationwide, employment among Americans, ages 16-24, are at its lowest 
since World War II.

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Oct 09, 2012

New Report Provides Unique, Detailed View of Children's Well-Being in Each California County

An interactive, online report released today delivers a current and comprehensive picture of children’s condition in every one of California’s 58 counties.

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Latest press coverage

Schools labor to build pathways to work as youth employment drops

The Alamedan, Dec 06, 2012

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About 850,000 California youth are "disconnected," report shows

San Jose Mercury News, Dec 03, 2012

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Unemployment on the Rise Among California Youth

Annenberg TV News, Dec 03, 2012

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