KIDS COUNT 2021 sets the stage for anxious pandemic reports to come

The 2021 KIDS COUNT data book has arrived like a sentry ahead of a more dire and mysterious report still to come. That’s because the extensive accounting on the well-being of Missouri’s children compiled data gathered through 2019 — just before the pandemic changed everything.

Missouri families' pandemic pain demands urgent response, new study says

Thousands of Missouri children are not getting enough to eat, a new nationwide study shows. Thousands live in fear of eviction. Many have no health insurance. And all across the state a mental health emergency is growing.

Missouri ranks 30th in KIDS COUNT 2020 Data Book; pandemic recovery will be key

The 2020 edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book is here — an annually published resource from the Annie E. Casey Foundation that tracks child well-being nationally and state by state. In this year’s report, Missouri ranks 30th among U.S. states.

Five reasons to complete the 2020 Census (and encourage others to do the same)

The Annie E. Casey Foundation names five reasons why the U.S. census matters more than you think, and why you should encourage everyone you know in the nation to participate before the survey closes on July 31, 2020.

Report: One in four urban Missouri children still live in concentrated poverty

Overall, the percent of Missouri children living in concentrated poverty has declined since the depths of the 2008 recession, but the experience of Missouri’s children varies significantly by race and age, and geographic location, according a new KIDS COUNT data snapshot released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.