Idaho Kids Count is a statewide, nonprofit organization engaging citizens and policy makers in non-partisan, research-based discussions of strategies to improve childhood outcomes and our public priorities for accomplishing them. We promote public policies and catalyze community actions that will ensure all children grow up safe, healthy, well-educated, cherished, and with hope for the future.



Idaho Kids Count, launched in 1994 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a program of Mountain States Group a 501[c]3 community resource organization, with Idaho Community Count [United Way of Treasure Valley] and Boise State University [Center for Health Policy] as a partners in research.



Objectives

1. Research - collecting the best available data on child well-being at national, state, and county levels to measure progress;



2. Educate - using data to inform the citizens and policy makers about the status of Idaho children and effective strategies to improve their well-being; and



3. Mobilize - catalyzing action to secure better futures for all Idaho children.