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This Web site contains the complete text and data from the annual Nevada KIDS COUNT Data Books and a number of other Nevada KIDS COUNT publications, in Adobe's Acrobat (.PDF) format. You will need the Acrobat Reader, which you can download from Adobe at no charge, to view and print these files. (Visually impaired users should consult Adobe's Accessibility Tools page as well.)

National KIDS COUNT publications can be ordered directly from the Annie E. Casey Foundation; many can be read online.

Nevada KIDS COUNT Data Book:
County, Regional, and State Profiles of Child and Family Well-Being in Nevada: 2008

Annual Nevada KIDS COUNT Data Books, county-by-county profiles of the state of children and youth in Nevada, provide statistical portraits of children in our state by looking at child well-being indicators that affect them. Contact CBER about the availability of print copies of previous years' editions.

You can view individual topics by selecting them from the Table of Contents page, or you can view and print the entire Data Book: 2008 as one large file.

The 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and the 2007 Data Books are also available online.

Nevada KIDS COUNT Newsletters and Featured Writers

• Nevada KIDS COUNT Newsletters (monthly recommendations of a website related to children)

  October 2009	"National Survey on Drug Use and Health"
  September 2009	"AECF/KIDS COUNT"
  August 2009	"Rural Child Poverty"
  July 2009	"KIDS COUNT Data Center"
  June 2009	"Mail Response Rates to the ACS"
  May 2009	"Children in Immigrant Families"
  April 2009	"States’ Improvement in Child Well-Being"
  March 2009	"Policy for Results"
  February 2009	"Nevada's Uninsured"
  January 2009	"Community Health Status Indicators Reports (CHSIR)"
  December 2008	"Children of Incarcerated Parents"
  November 2008	"Zero to Three"
  October 2008	"Healthy Children"
  September 2008	"The Right Start"
  August 2008	"Nevada Kids Count Web Site"
  July 2008	"Nevada's Child Health System Scorecard"
  June 2008	"Census Survey Questions"
  May 2008	"STEM"
  April 2008	"Family Values at Work"
  March 2008	"Foster Care Reform"
  February 2008	"Work-Site Raids"
  January 2008	"100 Best Communities for Young People"
  December 2007	"Child Health and Well-Being Data"
  November 2007	"Assets and Opportunity Scorecard"
  October 2007	"Low-Income Student Enrollment in Public Schools"
  September 2007	"Are Our Graduates Ready to Work?"
  August 2007	"Income, Poverty, and Health-Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006"
  July 2007	The International Society for Child Indicators Conference
  June 2007	"Views on Teen Pregnancy"
  May 2007	"Rural Children and Health Insurance"
  April 2007	"Calculating the Costs of Teen Childbearing for Counties, Using the By the Numbers On-line Calculator"
  March 2007	"After-School Programs and Their Effectiveness in Keeping Youth Engaged"
  February 2007	"New Website Available- Comparing Quality of Life by Metropolitan Area for Different Racial/Ethnic Groups"
  January 2007	"Article review, Kids in the City: Indicators of Child Well-Being in Large Cities from the 2004 American Community Survey, The Brookings Institute"
  December 2006	"Child Health and Well-Being Data Available Online at a New Website"
  November 2006	"Updated Employment and Income Indicator Data Available Online at AECF"
  October 2006	"Estimates of Uninsured Children"
  September 2006	"Summary of Findings from Substance Abuse in Rural and Small Town America by Karen Van Gundy"
  August 2006	"Disparity in Graduation Rates by Gender"
  July 2006	"Recommendations to Enhance Childhood Developments from Child Trends"
  June 2006	"Changing Face of Rural America: Demographic Trends and Policy Implications"
  May 2006	"Reading Resources for Children's Books"
  April 2006	"Summary of Findings from Fighting Obesity in the Public Schools"
  March 2006	"Summary of Findings from The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts"
  February 2006	"Immigration Profile for Children Available Online at AECF Website"
  January 2006	"Improvements in Child Outcomes Associated with Public Expenditures"
  December 2005	"Data Resouce: Youth Accessibility to Medicaid for Youth"
  November 2005	"Juvenile Crime: Debate Over Life Without Parole Sentences"
  October 2005	"Rural versus Urban Americas Dependence on Food Stamps"
  September 2005	"Data Resource: Center for Child and Adolescent Health Web"
  August 2005	"Transition Services for Older Childeren out of Foster Care"
  June 2005	"State Data on Characteristics of the Uninsured"
  May 2005	"Research Tool: Effective Programs and Practices for Improving Outcomes for Children"
  April 2005	"Preparing Students for College and the Workforce"
  March 2005	"National School Readiness Indicator Initiative"
  February 2005	"NV versus U.S., Comparison of NCHS data for Newborns"
  January 2005	"Educational Experiences of Youth in Out-of-Home Care"
  December 2004	"Poverty's Affect on Youth Risk Factors"
  November 2004	"Journal Articles Focused on Immigrant Children"
  October 2004	"Tools to Help Teach Life Skills to Youth"
  September 2004	"Resource for Rating Media for Children"
  August 2004	"2003 Summary of Nevada Data on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance from the U.S. Census Bureau"
  July 2004	"Comparison of the Health of U.S. Children to Other Countries"
  June 2004	"Child Poverty in Rural America"

• A Father's Perspective on the Family

  Third-quarter 2009	"No, You Can’t Call Every Night"
  Second-quarter 2009	"Children on Stage: The Evolving Sense of Identity"
  First-quarter 2009	"Avoiding the Temptation of Imprinting Yourself on Your Child"
  Third-quarter 2007	"Invest Now or Pay Later"
  Second-quarter 2007	"It's About the Kids"
  First-quarter 2007	"When Adults Cannot Get Along"

• Memoirs of a Mom (insights and encouragement from the "home front")

  Fourth-quarter 2008	"Waiting, Hoping and Gratification"
  Third-quarter 2008	"Mom in the Middle-A Satisfying Place to Be"
  Second-quarter 2008	"Spreading Generosity"
  First-quarter 2008	"Breadcrumbs to Maslow"
  Fourth-quarter 2006	"Telling the Family Story"
  Third-quarter 2006	"Camping with Kids"
  Second-quarter 2006	"Read to Your Kids"
  First-quarter 2006	"Quiet Time for Children"

Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue/Data Briefs and Other

• Human Trafficking: Raising Awareness of Modern Day Slavery defines human trafficking and discusses how much of a problem selling and exploiting children is in the U.S. and around the world. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief 5, 2009). Available online only.
• High School Graduation Rates defines a graduation rate, discusses ways to collect accurate graduation statistics, and makes recommendations for better reporting of graduation rates in Nevada. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief 4, 2009). Available online only.
• School Violence and the Risk Factors categorizes and describes several factors that help explain youth violence in schools. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief 3, 2009). Available online only.
• Adolescent Meth Prevention in Nevada discusses the effects of meth on adolescents and meth-prevention efforts in Nevada and the U.S.(Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief 2, 2009). Available online only.
• What Does It Take to Improve Nevada's Performance on Child Well-Being Indicators? : 2009, reports Nevada's current ranking on child well-being indicators from the national KIDS COUNT Data Book 2009 and the amount of reduction in occurrences it would take for Nevada to become the top-ranking state in the nation and to see a 10 percent improvement in the indicators based on its current percent or rate. Available online only.
• Winning at Life: Life Skills in Education in Nevada's Public Schools illustrates the need for life skills education by examining health, finances, and marriages nationwide and in Nevada.(Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief 1, 2009). Available online only.
• Nevadans' Reasons for Dropping Out of School and Their Recommendations for Change uses responses from focus groups conducted by Nevada KIDS COUNT and UNLV's Center for Social Justice to provide insight on why Nevadans are dropping out of school. The issue brief discusses two topics from the focus groups: (1) reasons students drop out of school and (2) what they think can be done to keep students in school. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief 6, 2008). Available online only.
• Fighting Teen Smoking in Nevada Using Excise Taxes proposes using an excise tax, indexed to inflation, to help reduce the incidence of teen smoking and raise funds to offset increased medical costs incurred to treat smoking-related illnesses. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief 5, 2008). Available online only.
• How Much Is Enough: Family Budgets in Nevada uses data from the Las Vegas-Paradise and Reno-Sparks areas to calculate family budgets and compare them to the national poverty threshold. The author's calculations show that for a family of four to live in these two areas spending is considerably higher than the official poverty threshold. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief 4, 2008). Available online only.
• Why Students Drop Out of School as Perceived by Southern Nevadans uses responses from a Las Vegas community survey to develop statistics describing the most commonly cited reasons for students dropping out of school. The responses show that public perception of why students drop out of school differs from the reasons the students give the school district. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief 2, 2008). Available online only.
• Characteristics of Nevada Hispanic High School Dropouts uses data from the Population Reference Bureau to present a profile of Nevada Hispanic youth ages 16-19 from 2005 who were considered high school dropouts. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Data Brief 1, 2008). Available online only.
• Total Estimated Annual Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect in Nevada presents research that shows a link between the maltreatment of children and many types of long-lasting adult disorders which contribute to failure in both social and economic scenarios later in life. The author uses data from a variety of sources to estimate the costs for Nevada. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 3, 2008). Available online only.
• Betting on Nevada's Children: A Plan for Education Reform in the Silver State presents a plan to divert funding to early childhood education, which provides a higher rate of return on investment, from the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE). The proposal works within Nevada's public finance framework and keeps education funding as a constant percentage of the state's budget. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 1, 2008). Available online only.
• KIDS COUNT State Grantees' Activities Available online only.
• What Does It Take to Improve Nevada's Performance on Child Well-Being Indicators? Available online only.
• Nevada Head Start and Early Head Start Data for 2005-2006 presents Head Start and Early Head Start data for Nevada and compares it to the U.S. during the enrollment year 2005-2006. The brief includes information on enrollment, health and disability services, and family services. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 2, 2007). Available online only.
• Immigrant Children in Nevada presents data on immigrants in Nevada and in Clark County, using various data sources;, discusses issues related to low-income immigrant children; and considers policies that could help imporve the welfare of low-immigrants in our state. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 1, 2007). Available online only.
• Immigrant Youth in Nevada: Determinants of High School Dropouts looks at the current status of Nevada's foreign-born youth's educational status -- more particularly, their educational participation/high-school dropout rate. This issue brief examines possible determinants that may contribute to an immigrant youth dropping out of high school and suggested actions to help retain foreign-born students. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 2, 2006). Available online only.
• Adolescent Depression looks at mood disorders in the teen population, the connection of these conditions to the teen-suicide epidemic, and depression-treatment options. Statistics from the 2005 Nevada Youth Risk Behavior Survey are included in the issue brief. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 1, 2006). Available online only.
• Childhood Obesity looks at possible culprits of the childhood obesity epidemic. Sedentary lifestyles, unhealthy diets, and increasing consumption of high-fructose corn syrup are at the root of the epidemic. Nevada and national statistics are included in the issue brief. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 2, 2005). Available online only.
• Children on the Move looks at affordable housing in Clark County and its potential effects on residential and student mobility. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 1, 2005). Available online only.
• Quality of Licensed Childcare Centers in Nevada discusses problems with childcare, childcare in Nevada, and how to test for quality childcare centers. Much of the information has been taken from a statewide study on childcare in Nevada by Eva Essa, a professor at UNR. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 4, 2004). Available online only.
• The Linguistic Landscape of Nevada Schools presents information and data on limited English proficient (LEP) students. The number and percentage of LEP students by county in Nevada are provided. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 3, 2004). Available online only.
• The Transition of Nevada Adolescents to Adulthood: A Rocky Road presents information on vulnerable and disconnected youth and suggests programs and strategies that can be used to help our youth. (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 2, 2004). Available online only.
• School Size and High School Success examines school size in relation to violence and dropout rates and identifies successful programs that have used smaller school size to the benefit of students (Nevada KIDS COUNT Policy Brief, Issue 1, 2004). Available online only.
• Effective Tax Rates by Income for Nevadans is a two-sided postcard which illustrates Nevada's effective tax rates by income for individuals in 2002. Available online only.
• Nevada KIDS COUNT Summary: 2003 Profiles of Child Well-Being and Challenges, is a two-page summary of data from the Nevada KIDS COUNT Data Book: 2003. Read this publication to find out how Nevada's children fare on 10 indicators of child well-being and if their well-being improved over the previous year. Available online only.
• Internet Crimes Against Children provides general information on Internet crimes related to children, gives rules parents/guardians can use to ensure online safety for their children, and cites resources for information and prevention (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 4, 2003). Also available online.
• Adolescents and Substance Abuse provides data regarding significant risk factors leading to adolescent substance abuse, effects of drug use and prevention approaches. It contains special focus on adolescent substance abuse in Nevada (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 3, 2003). Also available online.
• The Right Start for Nevada's Newborns provides trend data (1995 and 2001) on maternal and infant health indicators (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 2, 2003). Also available online.
• Investing in Nevada's Future: Unfinished Economic Business discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the Nevada economy, and presents the case for economic diversification (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 1, 2003). Also available online.
• Child Support in Nevada summarizes child-support data for the nation, as well as Nevada. Strategies to increase child-support collections are given for the national and state levels (Nevada KIDS COUNT Policy Brief, Issue 1, 2002). Also available online.
• Addressing the High School Dropout Epidemic focuses on the dropout issue in Nevada. The brief provides measures for calculating dropout rates, factors contributing to dropping out, and strategies for reducing the dropout rates (Nevada KIDS COUNT Policy Brief, Issue 2, 2002). Also available online.
• An Explanation of the Data Sources Used in the State and National KIDS COUNT Data Books is a two-page data brief which clarifies and explains differences in the rates for the indicators reported in the Nevada and the national KIDS COUNT Data Books. Available online only.
• Infants and Toddlers with Developmental Delays: An Overview of Services and Available Data details the system of coordinated services needed to promote a child's growth and development and family support during the critical birth through age two developmental period (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 3, 2001). Also available online.
• Transition from Care: The Status and Outcome of Youth Who Have 'Aged Out' of the Foster Care System in Clark County, Nevada details the results of a study of the serious difficulties faced by a significant portion of teens in Nevada's largest urban area as they move from foster care to life on their own (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 2, 2001). Also available online.
• Characteristics and Challenges of Families Who Adopt Children with Special Needs: An Exploratory Study reports on research about the need for postadoption services to reduce the problems faced by families who adopt special-needs children. The first in a series of publications featuring a specific area related to the well-being of children and youth (Nevada KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, Issue 1, 2000). Also available online.
• Nevada KIDS COUNT Action Guide: The Well-Being of Children and Youth Is Everyone's Business provides practical policy information regarding the following areas of concern to Nevada's children: at-risk youth, health, education, and abuse/neglect. Also available online.
• Preventive Factors: Promising and Proven Practices presents recommendations that can make a positive difference in the lives of children. Also available online.

National KIDS COUNT Publications

• 2009 National KIDS COUNT Data Book, an annual state-by-state guide, uses the best available data to measure the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of America's children and teens. Also available online as an interactive database (available from the Annie E. Casey Foundation).
• Children at Risk: State Trends 1990-2000, an Annie E. Casey Foundation publication, provides data on a state-by-state basis for 11 key measures of child well-being between 1990 and 2000. Online version available.
• The Right Start for Americas Newborns: City and State Trends (1990-2001), a KIDS COUNT resource providing text and data updates on cities and the nation as a whole. Available online as an interactive database
• The Right Start: Conditions of Babies and Their Families in America's Largest Cities (2002), a KIDS COUNT special report, highlights the particular challenges faced by newborns and their parents in the nation's 50 largest urban areas. Online version available.
• Children in Immigrant Families: U.S. and State-Level Findings from the 2000 Census focuses on the 13.5 million children growing up in immigrant families in the United States. The 2000 Census counted 5.2 million more children in immigrant families than in 1990, a 63 percent increase. This publication includes information on a variety of child well-being and demographic indicators for children in immigrant families for the nation as a whole and the individual states.Online version available.
• Disconnected Kids, a KIDS COUNT snapshot brief, is a commentary on the isolation experienced by children in phoneless homes. Online version available.

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