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Other Sources of Demographic Data
- Citizens’ Committee for Children - the 2008 survey is the 8th such undertaking by the Citizen’s Committee and provides a broad array of statistical information on New York’s Children.
The on line site allows the reader to perform customized queries on 400 variables related to children.
Citizens’ Committee for Children Link: http://cccnewyork.org/
- New York State Council on Children and Families “Touchstones Project - The Touchstones framework is organized by six major life areas: economic security; physical and emotional health; education; citizenship; family; and community.
Each life area has a set of goals and objectives-representing expectations about the future, and a set of indicators-reflecting the status of children and families.
Touchstone Link: http://www.ccf.state.ny.us/Initiatives/TouchRelate/TouchLinks.htm
- Annie E. Casey Foundation - “Kids Count” the most recently published survey contains 2006 information. The site provides both aggregate and detailed information by state and by major municipalities. The New York City information is not available by community district
– but its comparative tools might be of assistance in gaining a perspective on New York City.
Annie E. Casey Link:http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives/KIDSCOUNT.aspx
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