Think the kids in your life have what it takes to be a Kids Count cover kid? Submit your photos today! We want kids of all ages – from infants to teens and everything in between. We want photos of kids being kids – running, playing, laughing, or just hanging…...
Coming in 8th – or how Nebraska’s KIDS COUNT rank doesn’t tell the whole story
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s National KIDS COUNT Data Book was released on Monday. The Data Book provides policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being that in turn can enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children. This book presents the latest trends in…...
Time for a change: Locking youth up in Nebraska
In Nebraska we pride ourselves on having built the good life for our kids and families. Nebraskans can be proud of having made wise investments that have helped our state, children, and families weather recent tough times better than most. Unfortunately, when it comes to juvenile justice, we have a…...
Kids Count in Nebraska 2012 Report
The 20th annual Kids Count in Nebraska Report continues to provide pertinent information on the well-being of all children in areas of health, education, safety and economic stability and features a commentary on the Nebraska child welfare system. The report has a new look and a new focus on visual representation of…...
Digging deeper into detention facilities
We know that data help us understand the world we live in, especially when that world contains the particularly complex juvenile justice system – and the even more complex matter of racial and ethnic disparities within the system. Nationwide, youth of color are overrepresented in the juvenile and adult criminal…...
