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New Release from National Kids COUNT:

National KIDSCOUNT 2007 Data Book Release

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released the 18th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book which provides information and statistical trends on the conditions of America’s children and families. The 2007 report also looks at the 726,000 children in the United States who spend time in foster care each year and what can be done to build and strengthen the family relationships that these children need.

 

Additional Information:

2007 Essay
This year's essay, "Lifelong Family Connections: Supporting Permanence for Children in Foster Care," focuses on the 726,000 children who spend time in foster care each year and what can be done to build and strengthen family relationships

Florida's Fact Sheet (pdf)


KIDS COUNT Data Site:

The complete 2007 KIDS COUNT Data Book is available at http://www.kidscount.org/sld/databook.jsp. A State Level Data Online system allows viewers to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles; or, download the entire data set of pdf files.

Florida Specifics

Contacts for More Specific Local and Community Information

Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute and the Department of Child & Family Studies programs aimed at increasing family permanence for children in the child welfare system.

Florida Children's Services Council's mission is to provide the means for children's services councils, juvenile welfare boards and similar bodies to cooperatively address the needs of Florida's families and children and the organizations participating in the Council.

Children's Campaign, Inc. builds awareness and support for public policy improvements through a carefully crafted mix of programs and services taking advantage of the natural two-year and four-year political schedule, inserting children's issues in a non-partisan nammer into the on-going diallogue.

Additional Statewide Agencies

Florida Coalition for Children is a partnership between Community Based Care Lead Agencies and Service Providers throughout the state of Florida. Coalition members care for nearly 50,000 children and families in crisis, providing services and programs throughout the state.

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