The Child Indicator Newsletter - Spring 2009

• New reports on families' struggles and state and federal responses
• State and community-level indicators
• Issues for data users
• Racial/ethnic disparities in low birthweight
• Measures of qualitative well-being
• Targets in reducing child poverty
• Recently released reports

• U.S. Variations in Child Health System Perforamce: A State Scorecard
• ISCI Call for Papers
• Statement of Purpose
• New Reports Provice an Education Profile for American Indian and Alaska Native Students
• Just Released Reports
• USA Counties Online Update
• Youth Risk Behavior Survey
• New Online Source of Indicators from NCES

• OECD's "Measuring the Progress of Societies" Global Project
• An International Look at Reading: Where the United States Stands
• New Data and Tools Available for the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
• KIDS COUNT Data Center Features Data for the States and the 50 Largest U.S. Cities
• UNICEF Tool Provides Easy Access to International Child Data
• European Union Offers Comprehensive Online Data Tool
• South Africa: Children's Institute Tracks Indicators of Child Well-Being and More
• Recently Released Reports

• Chapin Hall report highlights the value of local data for programs and services.
• Mapping indicators with the Reproductive Atlas of Health.
• Updated Vital Stats, Right Start, and American Community Survey websites.
• Child Well-Being Index national and international reports.
• An introduction to the National Infrastructure for Community Statistics website.
• Recently released reports.

• LINKS: A database of programs intended to improve outcomes for children and youth
• National Survey of Children Health state-level research featured in Pediatrics
• A Window into the Community: Evaluating Quality of Life in Charlotte Neighborhoods
• An overview of the EU Index of Child Well-Being
• Two new data tools for juvenile statistics and data on diversity in metropolitan areas
• A call for proposals from the International Society of Quality-of-Life Studies
• Recently released reports

• Brookings Institution Report on Child Poverty in U.S. Cities
• NCHS Survey Measures Catalog of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• New online data tools allow easy access to educational indicators
• Easy Access to Infant and Maternal Health Information from Peristats
• Report on Characteristics of Immigrant Families and their Implications for Social Policies
• Families' and Children's Experiences with Art and Culture
• New York State Effective and Promising Practices Webpage
• Recently released reports