WHY

Investments in the health, education and safety of children and adolescents can yield a healthier society in the future, yet recent data suggest that there are concerning trends related to children’s health in Illinois. Our collaboration is addressing this challenge.

WHAT DATA TELLS US

KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK

2019

The KIDS COUNT® Data Book looks at 16 indicators of child well-being grouped into four areas: economic well-being, education, health, and family and community.

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ILLINOIS KIDS COUNT REPORT

2019

The data presented in this report demonstrates Illinois children live very different lives depending on their race, ethnicity, and the place which they call home.

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ILLINOIS CHILDRENS'S MENTAL HEALTH REPORT

2019

This report offers a snapshot of the
current state of children's mental
health in Illinois, identifies multiple children’s mental health needs, and makes recommendations on three issues.

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VOICES OF

CHILD HEALTH IN CHICAGO REPORT

DEC 2019

Children with Special Health Care
Needs in Chicago. Researchers
at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago teamed up with the Chicago Department of
Public Health (CDPH) on the 2018–19 Healthy Chicago Survey, Jr. to ask parents from all 77 community
areas in Chicago about their children’s health.

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COMMUNITY

MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE PROJECT FINDINGS

2019

Addressing Children’s Social and Emotional Health Strengthens Communities
Foundation Releases Children’s Mental Health Project Findings

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VOICES OF

CHILD HEALTH IN CHICAGO REPORT

JUNE 2020

The report looks at those factors, or social determinants of health, which include median household income, parent employment, neighborhood conditions, quality of housing, and access to health insurance contributing to health inequalities among Illinois children by race and ethnicity.

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