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Statistics about Children and Families

Kids Count Data Center
A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, KIDS COUNT is the premier source for data on child and family well-being in the United States. Access hundreds of indicators, download data and create reports and graphics on the KIDS COUNT Data Center that support smart decisions about children and families.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Find reports, databases, and other sources of statistics and demographic data on children and families in the United States, child abuse and neglect, child welfare services, children and youth in foster care, and domestic and international adoption.
Children's Bureau
Using information collected through various monitoring and reporting systems, the Children's Bureau analyzes and reports data on a variety of topics, including adoption, foster care, and child abuse and neglect.
Childstats.gov
This year, the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (the Forum) published its signature report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2015. This report features statistics on children and families in the United States.

Poverty and Homelessness

Homelessness Data Exchange
The Homelessness Data Exchange is an on-line tool designed to allow Homeless Continuums of Care to submit data to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Food Access Research Atlas
Presents a spatial overview of food access indicators for low-income and other census tracts using different measures of supermarket accessibility;.
Income and Poverty in the United States
Current Population Reports
Food Security in the U.S.
ERS plays a leading role in Federal research on food security and food security measurement in U.S. households and communities and provides data access and technical support to social science scholars to facilitate their research on food security.

Statistics about Healthcare

National Center for Health Statistics
The mission of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. As the Nation's principal health statistics agency, NCHS leads the way with accurate, relevant, and timely data.
Centers for Disease Control - Data & Statistics
Links to statistics related to health and related topics.
California Healthcare Foundation
CHCF's Free the Data initiative seeks to develop new tools to access, analyze, and communicate health data in California.
Kaiser Family Foundation
Information and data about healthcare and health policy.
Statistics - National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH)
The resource represents an extensive collection of NIMH's best statistics on the prevalence, treatment, and costs of mental disorders
Minority Populations - US Dept of Health and Human Services
These profiles provide detailed demographic, language fluency (where relevant), education, economic, insurance coverage and health status information, as well as full census reports.

LGBT Statistics

The Williams Institute
Information about the LGBT population from the Williams Institute, a national think tank focusing on sexual orientation, gender identity law and public policy.
Same Sex Couples Information - Census
All Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about same-sex couples. The level of detail collected varies, as well as the availability of other characteristics of the partners.

Crime and Justice Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Statistics on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government
Drug & Crime Facts - Bureau of Justice Statistics
This site summarizes U.S. statistics about drug-related crimes, law enforcement, courts, and corrections from Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and non-BJS sources.
Statistics page - Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
The OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book (SBB) enables users to access online information via OJJDP's Web site to learn more about juvenile crime and victimization and about youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

Veterans

The National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics
The National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics (NCVAS) supports planning, analysis, and decision-making activities through the collection, validation, analysis, and dissemination of key statistics on Veteran population and VA programs.

PADM 596 - Graduate Seminar