Annie E. Casey Foundation's Kids Count

"The Kids Count 2004 Data Book, released by The Annie E. Casey Foundation, is available online. Users can generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles or download the entire data set as delimited text files. The essay 'Moving Youth from Risk to Opportunity' advocates four calls to action: getting our goals right so that America’s kids reach adulthood with skills and confidence; acknowledging and addressing the reality that the risk factors facing over 3.8 million youth disproportionately affect poor kids of color; developing better data about youth in transition; and developing the political will to commit national, state, and local resources to improving successful adult transition."