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WisKids Count

Wiskids Count tracks, analyzes and communicates information about the health and well-being of children and families in Wisconsin. WisKids Count releases periodic issue based reports and bi-annual data books which provide county-by-county data on the condition of children and policy recommendations for action on behalf of children. WisKids Count is a part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count project which seeks to enrich local, state and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children.

Child poverty has increased in Wisconsin between 2000 and 2006 by 37,000 children.

Recent News NEW 2007 WisKids Report, "Safer, Happier, Healthier," highlights long-term consequences of child maltreatment. Read the report and check out the data.  School's Out: Out of School Time Key to Children's Success New report highlights the importance of afterschool programs for healthy child development

Project Goals

Build public awareness of issues related to child well-being and assist advocates in their role in the policy making process.

Provide policy makers with benchmarks of child-well being in Wisconsin in order to inform state and local public policy.

Collect, analyze, and disseminate the best available data measuring the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of children and youth in Wisconsin
 

Project Staff

M. Martha Cranley, KidsCount Coordinator contact