Brief Presents National Data on Child Well-Being

The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics has released "America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2010." The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is one of the 22 Federal agencies that constitute the Forum.

Since 1997, the Forum has published this annual report, which provides detailed information on the welfare of children and families, alternating between a comprehensive report and a condensed version highlighting selected indicators, as is the case this year.

This year's edition reports on child welfare indicators spanning seven domains: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health. The brief concludes with a summary table displaying recent changes in all 40 indicators.

Resources:

"America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2010" is available online at www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp.

Print copies can be ordered online from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.