Posts Tagged ‘News About Kidsdata.org’
New Feature: Add Graphs to Your Website That Update Automatically!
Just launched on kidsdata.org — a new way to share data.
You already were able to download data in to Excel, copy charts into Word or Powerpoint, and print a pdf summary of data. Now, you can add a graph to your website or blog. Simply find the data you’re interested in, customize the chart with your preferences, and click “embed” in the top right.
You can embed any map, table, or graph from kidsdata.org. The chart will update whenever data are added to kidsdata.org. Here’s an example:
Posted by Felicity Simmons
Tags: New Features, News About Kidsdata.org
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.
Posted by kidsdata.org
Tags: Data Projects, News About Kidsdata.org
Children’s Health — Read All About It
Recently, we polled kidsdata users — perhaps you participated — to ask how often you’d like to hear from us; and what information you’d like to receive. We learned that monthly newsletters are far too infrequent, according to our users, and those who took the survey also alerted us to their thirst for general news about children’s health issues.
Thus, the Kidsdata News Roundup was born. This occasional e-newsletter will note issues in the news, research findings about children’s health and well being, and related data from kidsdata.org. Take a look at our first issue, available here, and let us know what you think.
Don’t worry, we’ll still be sending out regular e-mail advisories to note new and updated data on kidsdata.org.
Want to receive the round-up, and all our e-mail notifications? Sign up here.
Posted by Felicity Simmons
Tags: News About Kidsdata.org
Kidsdata.org On the Road
As we strive to let people know how kidsdata.org can be valuable in their work, and to learn about how kids are faring in communities across the state, we’ll be on the road quite a bit in the coming weeks. Here’s a sampling of our planned travels. If
you’ll be in the area – stop by and say hello!
- Today we’re in Sacramento, presenting kidsdata.org to First 5 executive directors from across California.
- Tomorrow, we’ll be exhibiting at the California School Health Centers Association conference in Oakland. If you’ll be there, please do stop by our table.
- Tuesday, May 4th, we’ll be presenting kidsdata.org in Merced County – Southwest Merced/East Merced County is one of The California Endowment’s 14 Healthy Communities.
- The following Monday, May 10th, we’ll be up in Redding for a 10-county Child Abuse Prevention Council meeting; and to meet with some champions of child health in Shasta County.
- On Wednesday, May 19, kidsdata.org will be the subject of a presentation to organizations associated with Community Partners, in Los Angeles; and on May 24 we’ll be back in LA participating in the demographic conference, “What Is the Future for Children in California?”
If you don’t see your region on this list, don’t worry. We hope to be in your neighborhood soon!
Posted by Felicity Simmons
Tags: News About Kidsdata.org, Statewide Expansion
Welcome to Data Points!
Our goal for this new kidsdata.org blog is to foster helpful conversations among people who use data to improve the health and well being of children. We hope that kidsdata.org, which now offers data on children for all counties, cities and school districts in California, will be a valuable tool for you. Please check in regularly to post your comments and to keep up to date on new data and enhancements.
On the blog, you’ll find:
- Information about data efforts taking place throughout the state
- Examples of how others use data in their work
- Data analysis and information from kidsdata.org’s expert staff
- A forum to ask questions about data
- Updates on issues affecting the health of California’s kids, and more!
You can help build a community of data users by posting items on our Kidsdata In Action page about how you are using kidsdata to improve the health of children. That page also features items about how others are utilizing the site’s many offerings. Also, if you blog about children’s health or data, link to us from your blogroll, and let us know what you’re blogging about.
Our foundation launched kidsdata to further our vision that all children in the communities we serve are able to reach their maximum health potential. We believe that decisions based on data are most likely to bring that vision to reality.
David Alexander, MD
President and CEO, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health
Posted by David Alexander, MD
Tags: News About Kidsdata.org
How Will Recession Affect CA’s Kids? New Projections Point to Impact
Our foundation just released this concerning piece of news: More than a quarter of California’s children could be living below the stringent federal poverty level this year, according to new projections from a Duke University study that was commissioned by our foundation.
The projections suggest that as many as 2.7 million California children may live in households where earnings are less than $22,000 per year for a family of four, an increase of about 850,000 children since 2008. Research shows that, on average, families in California need to earn at least twice the federal poverty level to cover their basic expenses.
Also of concern: Even if the economy recovers in the next few years, the impact of the recession on children’s well-being will likely be lasting, as the projected percent of children living in poverty in 2012 still will be higher than before the downturn, as the table below shows:
| Region | 2008 Poverty Level | 2010 Projections | 2012 Projections |
| California | 18.5% | 27% | 24% |
| Los Angeles County | 22% | 35% | 30-32% |
| The Bay Area | 8-13% | 15-16% | 13-14% |
Posted by Andy Krackov
Tags: News About Kidsdata.org
SPREAD THE WORD: Data Available for All of California!
Starting today, data on the health and well being of children across California are more accessible than ever before.
Kidsdata.org just expanded statewide! The site now offers data for all counties, cities, and school districts in California — nearly 1,600 regions. Data are available for dozens of topics measuring the health and well being of children, and much more data will be phased in over the coming months. (Visit http://www.kidsdata.org/statewide for a complete schedule.)
We hope this free public service can benefit everyone who works on behalf of children in California. To help us spread the word, you can:
- Help raise the profile of kids in your community by adding a link and facts from kidsdata.org to your organization’s website or newsletter.
- If you’re on Facebook and/or Twitter, consider tweeting or updating your status with facts you found on kidsdata.org, or the news of this expansion.
- Co-host a webinar or meeting in your community to learn more about how kidsdata.org can be used in your work. Contact Felicity Ayles, manager of marketing and online communications, at (650) 724-5778 or [email protected].
In the meantime, stay up to date on what’s happening on kidsdata.org by signing up for our newsletter.
Posted by Felicity Simmons
Tags: News About Kidsdata.org
Today the Bay Area, Soon the Whole State. Kidsdata Expands!
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be expanding kidsdata.org to all counties, cities, and school districts in California this fall! That means six categories and 42 topics and 206 indicators for 58 counties and 480 cities and 1,035 school districts and … phew! That’s a lot of data!
We’ll be rolling out the topics gradually. First to be posted will be physical health data (asthma, health care, fitness, cancer, etc.), demographics data (languages, family structure, etc.) and family economics data (housing affordability, poverty, family income, etc.) this Fall, then child safety data (child abuse, domestic violence, etc.) and disabilities data in late 2009 and early 2010. For a full schedule, check www.kidsdata.org/statewide.
And, most importantly, tell your friends! We want anyone and everyone with an interest in children’s health to know about this valuable resource and use it in their work. Want to help us spread the word about kidsdata in your community? Contact us.
Posted by Felicity Simmons
Tags: News About Kidsdata.org