Nevada KIDS COUNT Site Guide

Nevada Data Books

• Topical Table of Contents
• Entire text (one large PDF file)

• Carson City
• Churchill
• Clark
• Douglas
• Elko
• Esmeralda
• Eureka
• Humboldt
• Lander
• Lincoln
• Lyon
• Mineral
• Nye
• Pershing
• Storey
• Washoe
• White Pine

• Topical Table of Contents
• Entire text (one large PDF file)

• Topical Table of Contents
• Entire text (one large PDF file)

• Topical Table of Contents
• Entire text (one large PDF file)

• Topical Table of Contents
• Entire text (one large PDF file)

• Topical Table of Contents
• Entire text (one large PDF file)

• Topical Table of Contents
• Entire text (one large PDF file)

• Topical Table of Contents
• Entire text (one large PDF file)

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

  September 2007	August 2007	July 2007	June 2007	May 2007	April 2007	March 2007	February 2007	January 2007
  December 2006	November 2006	October 2006	September 2006	August 2006	July 2006	June 2006	May 2006	April 2006	March 2006	February 2006	January 2006
  December 2005	November 2005	October 2005	September 2005	August 2005	June 2005	May 2005	April 2005	March 2005	February 2005	January 2005
  December 2004	November 2004	October 2004	September 2004	August 2004	July 2004	June 2004

• A Father's Perspective on Family Values

  Third Quarter 2007

  Second Quarter 2007

  First Quarter 2007

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

  Fourth Quarter 2006

  Third Quarter 2006

  Second Quarter 2006

  First Quarter 2006

• 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.

Links to National KIDS COUNT Publications (from the Annie E. Casey Foundation)

Contact Nevada KIDS COUNT about the availablity of print versions of these publications.

• 2007 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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