Here is a list of recent publications on children and youth issues:

General Children and Youth Well-Being

2005 Report Card on Greater Kansas City's Children and Youth - Partnership for Children (PDF)

Income, Earnings and Poverty from the 2004 American Community Survey - U.S. Census Bureau (PDF)

Voices for Children: Youth Volunteerism in Greater Kansas City - Partnership for Children (PDF)

2005 Kids Count - Annie E. Casey Foundation

Voices for Children: Investing in Kids: The Well-Being of Greater Kansas City's Children & Youth, 1991-2001 - Partnership for Children (PDF)

2004 Report Card on Greater Kansas City's Children and Youth

A Case for Contract Reform - Kansas Action for Children (PDF)

Children and Youth Health

2005 Voices of Youth Survey (PDF)

2004 Voices of Youth Survey (PDF)

2004 Sleep in America Poll - National Sleep Foundation

The Right Start for America's Newborns - Annie E. Casey Foundation

Women and Smoking: A National and State by State Report Card - National Women's Law Center

Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2001 Linked Period - Centers for Disease Control (PDF)

Voices for Children Report on Infant Mortality in GKC (PDF)

Decay in the Heartland: A Crisis for Kansas City Children

Asthma in Schools - American Lung Association (PDF)

Early Education

Getting Ready - Packard Foundation, Kauffman Foundation and Ford Foundation (PDF)

Early Learning Left Out - Voices for America's Children

Kindergarten and Already Behind: A Statistical Report of Vulnerable Young Children - Child Trends (PDF)

Investing in the Child Care Industry: An Economic Development Strategy for Kansas - Metropolitan Council on Child Care (PDF)

The Status of Early Learning in the Greater Kansas City Area - Metropolitan Council on Child Care (PDF)

Getting Help with Child Care Expenses - Urban Institute

K-12 Education

Nation's Report Card - National Center for Educational Progress

Violent Crime in Schools 1992-2002 - U.S. Departments of Justice and Education

America After 3 P.M. - Afterschool Alliance

Who Graduates? Who Doesn't?: A Statistical Portrait of Public High School Graduation, Class 2001 - Urban Institute

Rolling Up Their Sleeves: Superintendents and Principals Talk About What's Needed to Fix Public Schools - Public Agenda

Voices for Children Report on Afterschool Programs in GKC (PDF)