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<b style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;">The 2019 Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT Data Book</b><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 14.6667px;">has
just been published. The DATA BOOK is the most comprehensive annual report on child well-being in the U.S. Some key findings include that the U.S. child population increased by more than 9 million between 1990 and 2017 and has become much more diverse; that
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">* Watch a 2-minute video on how the child population of the U.S. has changed since 1990:<span> </span><a href="https://youtu.be/zK3nwD6XyHA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px">https://youtu.be/zK3nwD6XyHA</a></span><br style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT Data Book annually tracks the well-being of kids nationally and state by state. Since the first Data Book in 1990,...</div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">* Kids Count Databook for Michigan: <a href="https://mlpp.org/kids-count/michigan-2019-data-book/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px">https://mlpp.org/kids-count/michigan-2019-data-book/</a> </span><br style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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*Profile pdf file on MI: <a href="https://www.aecf.org/m/databook/2019KC_profile_MI.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px">https://www.aecf.org/m/databook/2019KC_profile_MI.pdf</a> <br>
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rank rank health low birth-weight babies us: 318,873 | mi: 9,793 children in single-parent families us: 24,001,000 | mi: 720,000 children without health insurance us ...</div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">* Read about major trends in child well-being:<span style="margin: 0px"> </span></span><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.aecf.org%2Fblog%2Fus-child-population-grows-and-changes-74-million-kids-to-shape-future-of%2F&data=02%7C01%7CLancasterC5%40michigan.gov%7C68896cf536894cdda02408d6f64b92bb%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C636967201776279651&sdata=zTQ%2B2tBgsgvXRRHf7X5oJ9IQZ50Q01Va9tZu%2BJTHP%2BA%3D&reserved=0%3Chttps://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aecf.org%2Fblog%2Fus-child-population-grows-and-changes-74-million-kids-to-shape-future-of%2F&data=02%7C01%7CLancasterC5%40michigan.gov%7C68896cf536894cdda02408d6f64b92bb%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C636967201776279651&sdata=PPbK3M8vpSmWiABvGFXjUMYQQAXMYhSBPh2Fma%2FWYx0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"></a><a href="https://www.aecf.org/blog/us-child-population-grows-and-changes-74-million-kids-to-shape-future-of/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px">https://www.aecf.org/blog/us-child-population-grows-and-changes-74-million-kids-to-shape-future-of/</a><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"></span><br style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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In its 2019 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the Annie E. Casey Foundation today urged policymakers and child advocates to prioritize policies that would expand opportunity for America’s 74 million children. Learn more about this report on child well-being from 1990 to
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The Casey Foundation's 2019 KIDS COUNT Data Book looks at how the child population has changed since 1990, as well as trends in child well-being over a recent period that saw continued improvement in economic well-being. Read the report to learn more.</div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">* Explore the KIDS COUNT Data Canter for county and city level statistics:<a href="https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data#MI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px">https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data#MI</a> </span><br>
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