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Data and Statistics on Homelessness
Adoption
and Foster Care Reporting and Analysis System (AFCARS)
Provided through the Children's
Bureau of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, AFCARS collects case level information
on all children in foster care for whom State child welfare agencies
have responsibility for placement, care or supervision, and on
children who are adopted
under the
auspices of the State's public child welfare agency.
America’s
Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007
This annual report by The Federal
Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics presents a
comprehensive look at critical areas of child well-being, including
statistical indicators of trends in education, health status, behavior
and social environment, and economic security.
Download
the report.
Annie
E Casey Foundation's CLIKS: County-City-Community Level Information
on Kids
This website brings together data on the
well-being of children collected by Kids Count grantees from state
and local sources. Users can access state-specific inventories of
data from local sources, such as health departments, human services
agencies, and schools. Users have access to raw data and can generate
graphs, maps, rankings, and regional or state profiles.
Child
Trends DataBank
Child Trends Databank is the one-stop-shop
for the latest national trends and research on over 80 key indicators
of child and youth well-being. The DataBank includes statistics
and information on such issues as social and emotional development,
poverty and income, and education and skills.
Demographic
Trends in the 20th Century: Census 2000 Special Report
This report, published by the U.S.
Census Bureau in November 2002, consolidates information from each census,
1900 to 2000, to illustrate the remarkable changes in the American
population in the 20th century.
Kids
Count 2007 Data Book Online
This website provides data from the 2007
Kids Count Data Book in an easy-to-use online database format.
It
allows you to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state
profiles. You can also download the entire data set as delimited
text files, read the book online, view the book in PDF format,
or order a free hard copy of the Data Book. The Data Book provides
data on a variety of indicators of child well-being.
National
Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statisics
(NCES) is the primary federal entity responsible for collecting
and analyzing data related to education in the United States.
National
Low Income Housing Coalition
The National Low Income Housing Coalition
(NLIHC) is dedicated solely to ending America's affordable housing
crisis. NLIHC strives to achieve this goal by working in four program
areas: public education, organizing, research, and policy advocacy.
One particularly useful area of their website is their Congressional District Profiles page, where they provide housing affordability
data for renter households in each congressional district by state.
Voices from the Street: A Survey of Homeless Youth by Their Peers
In 2007, the California
Research Bureau conducted a survey
in which homeless and formerly homeless youth completed
208 interviews with their currently and formerly homeless
peers across the state in
order to find out about their experiences, the services
they need, and the changes they would like to see
happen in policy or law. This report presents the survey
responses and findings.
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