Pandemic response will be true measure of Missouri KIDS COUNT report

All the inequities in the opportunities that Missouri children have for healthy lives — charted by the Missouri KIDS COUNT report since 1993 — will come under unprecedented strain during and after the pandemic.

250,000 Missouri children remain at risk: says KIDS COUNT 2019 report

Some 250,000 children at risk in Missouri, rates higher in Jackson County, says 2019 KIDS COUNT report

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

2016 KIDS COUNT data book announced

The Family and Community Trust (FACT) will release the KIDS COUNT 2016 data book on Tuesday, April 5 in Columbia, MO. KIDS COUNT is a national and state-by-state effort to track the well-being of children through high quality data.

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.