Kids Count Op Ed Article - Detroit News, May 25, 2005

Only money will keep Detroit's children from reigning as the nation's poorest

Kids Count in Michigan Data Book 2004:

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Kids Count in Michigan Data Book 2003:

Child well-being improved over the last decade on most core trend measures, according to the latest Kids Count review of child well-being in the state, its 83 counties, and the city of Detroit. The 2003 data book also examined the extent of disability among children in the state and the resulting impact and found that 13 percent of Michigan youth ages 16 through 20 were affected by disability compared to 7 percent of children ages 5 through 15. The analysis of disability or special needs among children and youth in Michigan drew primarily on the findings from the U.S. Census 2000, the first to include questions about disability among children.Among the 19 core trend measures of child well-being that were examined in this year’s data book, the biggest improvement in Michigan over the decade occurred in the 39 percent decline in the births to teens, ages 15-17. The injury death rate among teens, ages 15-19, also decreased by over a third (35%). http://www.milhs.org/information/default.asp?NavPageID=33804