Programs Kids Count in Michigan 2009 Right Start in Michigan
| 2009 Right Start in Michigan |
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Michigan Improves in Giving Babies Right Start
Released June 30, 2009
Click here for the overview, data by county, press release, media coverage and more |
Michigan has improved in six of eight areas needed to give babies the right start in life, with some dramatic reductions in the rates of teen births and mothers who smoke.Kids Count in the News
- Hear Jack Kresnak's interview on WJR with Paul W. Smith on information highlighted in Kids Count
- See articles on the Michigan Kids Count Data Book 2011: Health Matters with quotes from our staff
Other articles highlighting data from this year's data book:
- Kids Count Report: Poverty Increasing for Michigan, Detroit Kids (Huffington Post)
- Livingston Rates Lowest in Michigan for Teenage Moms, Child Poverty (Livingston Daily)
- Report: More Michigan Kids Suffer From Abuse, Poverty (CBS Detroit)
- Report: Rise in Michigan Child Abuse, Neglect (Grand Haven Tribune)
- Report Notes Rise in Michigan Child Abuse, Neglect During Past Decade (WNEM Saginaw)
- Kids Count: Data Shows Poverty, Abuse and Neglect on the Rise in Ionia County (Sentinel-Standard)
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