Data Resources

The Great Lakes Center for Youth Development (GLCYD) seeks to make available the very best in data resources for informing public policy, education, and intervention regarding the health and well-being of Upper Peninsula youth. Since many excellent resources already exist – and they are being updated regularly – we list here key resources that will help you in your local efforts. Many of these websites will provide you with the ability to construct community-specific summary data tables and figures. Moreover, many provide policy and programmatic information that can help to inform decision-making at the local and regional levels.

This section of the GLCYD website will be updated regularly. We would appreciate your assistance by informing us when you identify a resource at the local, state or national level that you believe would be helpful to colleagues across the Upper Peninsula. You can e-mail your suggestions (please include the weblink) to Judy Watson Olson.

Kids Count

2008 Kids Count National Data Release
The Kids Count National Data Release on June 12, 2008 ranked Michigan 27th in the country when it comes to indicators measured by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Among the findings reported are the fact that that Michigan youth are more likely to be held in custody than youth in most other states. In Marquette County, however, that information does not necessarily hold true. Another point of concern for Michigan is the dramatic increase – 29 percent – in the number of children living in poverty. View the entire release and more information here.

KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children. New data and resources are added regularly, and data reports, tables, and graphs are easily created by state and regions of the country. The 2007 State-Level Data Online is an easy-to-use, powerful online database that allows you to generate custom reports for a geographic area (Profiles) or to compare geographic areas on a topic (Ranking, Maps, and Line Graphs) (http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/sld/).

The Kids Count databook is a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation that compiles health and wellbeing trends from around the nation. Through the Michigan League for Human Services, we are able to get the data presented for children in the Upper Peninsula. This is a valuable resource for data about the health and welfare of youth and children in the U.P. (Click here to view the 2008 U.P. Data sheet.)

The KIDS COUNT IN MICHIGAN DATA BOOK provides Michigan-specific results in a variety of forms regarding child well-being up to and including 2007. These results are available at the county level as well and are a tremendous resource for all those interested in youth in the Upper Peninsula; it is provided by the Michigan League for Human Services (http://www.milhs.org/information/default.asp?NavPageID=50096). An executive summary of Kids Count in Michigan information can be found at: http://www.milhs.org/Media/EDocs/ExecutiveSummaryKCDB2007.pdf.

Kids Count in Michigan Data Release Press Conference and Community Data Release was held December 4, 2007 in Marquette by the Upper Peninsula Children's Coalition (UPCC). The purpose of the UPCC is to work with all Upper Peninsula organizations and individuals concerned with children in order to identify children's needs, promote their services and rights, and provide long-range planning for positive change. Click here for the UPCC Legislative and Community Priorities 2008. The Mining Journal online story about Kid Health Goals is available.

Highlights of 2007 Kids Count Report – U.P. Data Profile
A picture of the health of U.P. children is presented in this profile developed for GLCYD by the Michigan League of Human Services and Michigan’s Children. The profile uses data from the the 2007 Michigan Kids Count Data Book.

The U.P. - A Village of 100 Children

Sometimes, it is hard to put data and statistics into perspective! See what the profile of the Upper Peninsula would look like if the U.P. was a village of 100 children. This profile was developed from Kids Count Data by Michigan's Children.

United States Census Bureau

The Children’s Partnership

THE CHILDREN’S PARTNERSHIP focuses on finding policy solutions to bridge the digital divide. Their Fact Sheet provides data on workforce, digital access, school, and poverty issues affecting youth in Michigan (http://www.childrenspartnership.org/youngamericans/statefacts_mi.html).

Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (MARESA)

University of Michigan – Health Data

The UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN has compiled a comprehensive resource of data related to health (including children’s health) on the internet that can be accessed at http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/sthealth.html.

Marquette County Health Department

The MARQUETTE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT is an excellent resource for information and education regarding health issues affecting youth in the mid-Upper Peninsula (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/sthealth.html).

Michigan Department of Education

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This page was last updated on Tuesday, October 07th, 2008