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National child well-being trends give baseline for telling the story of Missouri children

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released its annual KIDS COUNT Data Book detailing the latest national rankings of states across 16 key measures within four domains including economic well-being, education, health, and family and community.

The Missouri report is available at mokidscount.org

2015 KIDS COUNT data book published

Missouri ranks 26th in the just released 2015 KIDS COUNT national data book. Missouri showed improvement in education and health rankings but worsened on child poverty measures, children in single-parent families and children living in high-poverty areas.