Children Now has released the 2020-21 California County Scorecard of Children’s Well-Being, an interactive tool that delivers data on how kids are doing in each of California’s 58 counties, and tracks 39 key indicators of children’s well-being – over time, by race/ethnicity and relative to other counties – from prenatal to the transition to adulthood.

This year, we’ve added 11 new indicators to provide a more comprehensive whole-child view, including the percent of youth who identify as LGBTQ, children with Medi-Cal who had an annual preventive check-up, high school graduates who enrolled in college, and 8th graders in foster care who met or exceeded standards in math.

The tool measures each indicator on a 0-100% scale, with 100% being the ideal rating, providing an accessible snapshot of children’s well-being. Each page, which features a single indicator, also integrates additional data, such as the number of children in the county, children living with one or more immigrant parent, and breakdown by race and ethnicity, to contextualize how children are faring in a snapshot.

To learn more about the Scorecard, and how to use it to improve outcomes for kids in your community, please join this free webinar.

Wednesday, February 3
2:00 p.m.
Register Today!

*Children Now staff are eager to answer questions about the Scorecard and provide hands-on technical assistance so that you can use the data to support kids and families in your communities! Please email research@childrennow.org to ask questions or set up a time for a technical assistance session.

Click here to access the 2020-21 California County Scorecard of Children's Well-Being.