Kids Count Publications

Jan 29 2015

Spending cuts to child care assistance put kids at risk

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Fact Sheet The state's Children, Youth and Families Department seems to have its spending priorities a bit mixed up, as this fact sheet shows. While the department is requesting $10 million more for investigating allegations of child abuse, it's asked for less money - not to mention having neglected to spend federal money - for child care assistance even though the lack of affordable child care is a risk factor for child abuse. (State-level data on child care assistance)

Jan 20 2015

2014 KIDS COUNT in New Mexico

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NM KIDS COUNT Data Book This annual accounting on child well-being presents data on indicators such as preschool enrollment, and rates of poverty, truancy, child abuse, and teen births. In addition, this year’s report ranks the counties on the 16 indicators of child well-being used in the national report and offers some policy solutions for improving child outcomes in New Mexico. (State-, county-, tribal-, and school-district-level data on indicators of child well-being)

Apr 14 2014

Child Well-Being in New Mexico

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Presentation Given by Veronica C. Garcia, Ed.D., at a roundtable discussion hosted by U.S. Senator Tom Udall, this looks at data on child well-being in New Mexico as presented in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2013 national KIDS COUNT Data Book and their 2014 Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for all Children policy brief. (State- and national-level data on the indicators of child well-being, including data by race and ethnicity)

Mar 21 2014

2014 KIDS COUNT County Profiles

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County Data Sheets KIDS COUNT profiles include data for the 16 indicators of child well-being -- such as child poverty, percent of children living in single-parent families, and teen birth rate -- for each of New Mexico's 33 counties. (County-level data on indicators of child well-being)

Jan 22 2014

2013 KIDS COUNT in New Mexico

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NM KIDS COUNT Data Book Taking a closer look at New Mexico’s fall to 50th in the nation in child well-being, this annual report presents data on indicators such as preschool enrollment, and rates of poverty, truancy, child abuse, and teen births. In addition, this year’s report ranks the counties on the 16 indicators of child well-being used in the national report and offers some policy solutions for improving child outcomes in New Mexico. (State-, county-, tribal-, and school-district-level data on the indicators of child well-being)

Nov 04 2013

The First Eight Years of Life

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Fact Sheet Released in conjunction with the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s The First Eight Years report, this KIDS COUNT fact sheet looks at the unmet needs of New Mexico’s young children and offers some policy solutions. (State-level data on indicators of child well-being for young children)

May 23 2013

12 in every 1,000 NM children suffer substantiated child abuse

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Infographic This KIDS COUNT infographic looks at the rates of substantiated child abuse by county and makes some policy solutions. (State- and county-level data on child abuse)

Jan 15 2013

2012 KIDS COUNT in New Mexico

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NM KIDS COUNT Data Book The well-being of our children today is a key predictor of the state’s economic future -- and it doesn’t look good. This annual KIDS COUNT report looks at the well-being of the state’s children with some data presented by county and school district. (State-, county-, and school district-level data on indicators of child well-being)

Dec 13 2012

Native American Children and Families in New Mexico: Strengths and Challenges

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Report This special KIDS COUNT report looks at economic indicators and social conditions in New Mexico’s 22 tribal communities - including the high rate of Native children who can speak a language in addition to English. (Tribal-level data on indicators of child well-being.)

Jun 17 2012

Immigration Matters in New Mexico: How KIDS COUNT

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Brief and Report This special KIDS COUNT brief and report look at the unique challenges immigrant children face as well as the strengths their families bring to this country. Includes stories by immigrants about their experiences. Two community briefs offer shorter, more ‘user-friendly’ versions - one in Spanish. (State-level data on nativity and immigration status of the population, as well as various indicators of child well-being.)