Children’s Network of Solano County Uses Kidsdata.org in 2010 Report Card
To help the Solano County Board of Supervisors understand and address the needs of the county’s 108,000 children, the Children’s Network of Solano County has published a Children’s Report Card regularly over the past decade.
The 2010 edition offers a number of recommendations based on data in the report – preserving the basic infrastructure of government services provided to kids; investing more in prevention and early intervention; and involving community-based organizations and advisory councils in planning.
The report also references facts and figures from kidsdata.org numerous times, including data ranging from family economics to emotional, behavioral and physical health.
Since the beginning of the recession, Solano County families have experienced economic hardships in the form of high unemployment, widespread home foreclosures, and dwindling budgets for social programs, as the report notes. A report card helps elected officials and policymakers understand the current impact of these developments and plan for the future.
Solano County’s 2010 Children’s Report Card is a terrific example of how people working on behalf of children can use kidsdata.org. We’d like to thank the Children’s Network of Solano County for using kidsdata.org, and encourage all organizations to reference kidsdata.org in their research, reports, and grants.
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