Count All Kids Steering Committee Response to Updated Standards for Race and Ethnicity Data Collection
Statement from the Count All Kids Steering Committee Members Response to U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s Revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No.15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Date on Race and Ethnicity The Partnership for America’s Children, Coalition on Human Needs, ZERO TO THREE, and First Focus on Children, as members […]
Partnership for America’s Children – Comments for the 2030 Federal Register Notice (FRN)
I submit these comments on behalf of the Partnership for America’s Children. The Partnership’s mission is to support its network of state and community multi-issue child advocacy organizations in effective advocacy. The Partnership has 49 member organizations in 40 states that advocate to improve policies for children at the state, local and federal level. Collectively […]
Comments Submitted by Advocates in Support of Improving the Count of Children and Quality of Child Data
Organizations within the Count All Kids coalition recently submitted comments in response to notices sent by the U.S. Census Bureau to improve the count of children in the 2030 Census and improve the quality of data that child advocates use in their work. Suggestions on 2030 Census Preliminary Research The Census Bureau released a notice on […]
House Commerce Justice Science (CJS) Appropriations Report Makes Recommendations for Children and Families
On June 22, the House Appropriations Committee voted out the Commerce Justice Science (CJS) appropriations bill, which includes $1.505 billion appropriated to the Census Bureau. You can read more about the appropriations update from the Census Project’s recent blog. The committee report included specific recommendations concerning children and families as well as their recommendation on […]
Count All Kids Committee Comments on American Community Survey (ACS) Data
On Monday, July 11, The Partnership for America’s Children responded to a Census Bureau survey inquiring about activities and products that would support those who work with American Community Survey (ACS) data. The comments focused on two main aspects: keeping children and parents linked in ACS data and clarifying a child’s relationship with adults in […]
Count All Kids Initiative Applauds Census Bureau’s Young Children Kick Off
On February 22, 2020, the Census Bureau will host a festival to ensure all children are counted in the 2020 Census. The leaders of the Count All Kids initiative released this press release in support of this event.
Deborah Stein Comments to the Census National Advisory Committee
The Partnership commented to the Census National Advisory Committee that the presentation circulated in advance of the November 1-2, 2018 meeting on the Census Barriers Attitudes and Motivations Survey (CBAMS) provided no analysis at all of its findings on families with young children. The comments identified the questions that were of most interest for children […]
