This year’s Kids Count in Nebraska Report featured a commentary debuting our new Index of Race & Opportunity for Nebraska Children. This blog post is the first in a series diving into the commentary. Nebraska’s population of people of color is growing rapidly, and is expected to double to 38%…...
2015 Kids Count in Nebraska Report
The 23rd edition of the Kids Count in Nebraska Report continues to offer a visually-oriented data in each of Voices for Children’s 5 issues areas: health, education, child welfare, juvenile justice and economic stability. Each year we build upon the report to hopefully improve the most comprehensive source of data on child…...
2015 Kids Count is on its way!
We have been busy this Fall compiling data and putting together this year’s Kids Count in Nebraska Report – our biggest and best yet! This year’s book contains data in each of our 5 issues areas: health, education, child welfare, juvenile justice and economic stability as well as population level demographics and…...
Shop with a Purpose this Holiday Season
As the holiday season approaches, many of us begin to strategize our gift purchasing for family and friends. Whether it’s framing a sneaky question about what a family member wants for Christmas, or monitoring a friend’s Pinterest board for gift ideas, we start looking around for the perfect gift. For…...
Low-income Working Families: The Racial/Ethnic Divide
В Last month the Working Poor Families Project released a report sharing data on low-income working families by race/ethnicity. Data shows that families composed of racial or ethnic minorities in the U.S. are more than twice as likely to be living in poverty or low-income than their white non-Hispanic counterparts.…...
Equality Before the Law: Commentary Series Part 2, Health Indicators
This year’s Kids Count in Nebraska Report featured a commentary debuting our new Index of Race & Opportunity for Nebraska Children. This blog post is the second in a series diving into the commentary. Last week we introduced the commentary and detailed our methodology, this week’s post will dive begin our…...