Grand Rapids Community Foundation is pleased to partner with the Annie E. Casey Foundation as a 2009 KIDS COUNT Outreach Partner. The 20th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book calls for improvements to the nation’s ability to design and evaluate programs and policies aimed at the needs of children and families living in poverty. The 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book is complemented by a new online and mobile-friendly Data Center (http://datacenter.kidscount.org) that contains hundreds of measures of child well-being covering national, state, county, and city information. Visitors to the website can access customizable graphs and geographic profiles on education, economic well-being, the number of children in immigrant families, health, and many more topics.

Access the 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book by clicking on the green image below. You may also get a quick view of the state-by-state rankings and real-time data by using the interactive widget below.