Kentucky Youth Advocates release 2024 Kentucky kids count data book | Education [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky Youth Advocates has released its 2024 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Book, which evaluates the overall well being of Kentucky’s children.

The data book measures children on 16 areas such as child health, education, economic security and family and community throughout all 120 counties in the Commonwealth.

This year, the 34th edition of the Data Book, the data is accessible through a new interactive County Data Dashboard. 

“While the Data Book still offers that statewide look at how children and families are faring, the online County Data Dashboard presents data at the county and school district-level in a way that allows users to compare to baseline data, to neighboring counties, and to how the state fares overall,” Dr. Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates, said in a news release.

In addition to the standard measures, the Data Book measures the impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and …