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McDonald, Thomas P.; Brook, JodyCounting Kids: The Changing Face of Kansas Children. 2000Census Brief.Kansas Action for Children, Inc., Topeka.; Kansas Univ.,Lawrence. School of Social Welfare.
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Topeka, KS 66612. Tel: 785-232-0550; Fax:full text: http://www.kac.org.Reports Descriptive (141)MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.Adolescents; *Children; Community Resources; Counties;*Demography; Multiracial Persons; Population Distribution;*Population TrendsIndicators; *Kansas
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ABSTRACT
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10th Street,785-232-0699. For
This Kids Count census brief is the first in a series tooffer policymakers concise glimpses of Kansas' children and families. Thebrief's introduction notes significant changes in the child population duringthe past decade: approximately one-half of Kansas' child population isconcentrated in five counties; the state's child population grew by 8percent, but the relative proportion of children in the population remainedstable; although many counties experienced a decline in the birth-to-age-5population, many counties also experienced an increase in the oldest agegroup, 15-17; and the state's child population has seen an increase in thenumber of multi-racial children and rapid growth of the Hispanic population.The remaining sections of the brief detail each of the preceding findings,including state maps with all counties illustrating the data. The briefconcludes with policy implications of the data in the areas of allocation ofresources and social service delivery. (HTH)
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the
first
of a
ser
ies
of r
epor
ts th
at w
ill b
e pr
oduc
eddu
ring
the
next
two
year
s by
Kan
sas
Act
ion
for
Chi
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nin
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith th
e U
nive
rsity
of K
ansa
s S
choo
l of
Soc
ial W
elfa
re.
The
se r
epor
ts, o
fferin
g gl
imps
es o
f the
sta
te's
chi
ldre
nan
d fa
mili
es, a
re in
tend
ed to
pro
vide
pol
icy-
mak
ers
with
key
dat
a th
at w
ill e
nabl
e th
em to
thin
k be
yond
the
pres
ent a
nd p
lan
for
long
-ter
m n
eeds
.
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200
0 C
ensu
s br
iefs
are
mad
e po
ssib
le b
y gr
ants
from
the
Uni
ted
Met
hodi
st H
ealth
Min
istr
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und,
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chin
son,
Kan
., an
d th
e A
nnie
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asey
Fou
ndat
ion.
KA
NS
AS
AC
TIO
N F
OR
CH
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RE
NM
akin
g a
diffe
renc
e fo
r K
ansa
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kids
coun
t
1111
1
ft
Intr
oduc
ion
Ana
lyse
s of
Cen
sus
2000
dat
a fo
r th
e st
ate
of K
ansa
s by
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Kan
sas
Sch
ool o
f Soc
ial W
elfa
re r
evea
l som
esi
gnifi
cant
cha
nges
in th
e ch
ild p
opul
atio
n du
ring
the
past
deca
de. A
mon
g th
em a
re th
e fo
llow
ing
findi
ngs
App
roxi
mat
ely
one-
half
of K
ansa
s' c
hild
pop
ulat
ion
isco
ncen
trat
ed in
five
cou
ntie
s: S
edgw
ick,
Joh
nson
,W
yand
otte
, Sha
wne
e an
d D
ougl
as.
The
sta
te's
chi
ld p
opul
atio
n gr
ew b
y 8
perc
ent b
e-tw
een
1990
and
200
0; h
owev
er, t
he r
elat
ive
prop
ortio
nof
chi
ldre
n in
the
popu
latio
n ha
s re
mai
ned
stab
le
Alth
ough
a s
igni
fican
t num
ber
of c
ount
ies
expe
rienc
eda
decl
ine
in th
e bi
rth
to a
ge 5
pop
ulat
ion,
man
yco
untie
s al
so e
xper
ienc
ed a
n in
crea
se in
the
olde
st
age
grou
p, a
ges
15-1
7.
The
sta
te's
chi
ld p
opul
atio
n ha
s be
com
e in
crea
sing
lydi
vers
e. P
artic
ular
ly n
otew
orth
y is
the
incr
ease
inm
ultir
acia
l chi
ldre
n, a
nd th
e ra
pid
grow
th o
f the
His
pani
c po
pula
tion.
3 I 2
000
Cen
sus
Brie
f #1
Pop
ulat
ion
Dis
trib
utio
n
App
roxi
mat
ely
one-
half
of K
ansa
s' 7
12,9
93 c
hild
ren
and
yout
h liv
e in
five
coun
ties.
Mor
e th
an 1
00,0
00 c
hild
ren
live
in e
ach
of th
e st
ate'
s tw
o la
rges
t
coun
ties,
Sed
gwic
k, 1
27,5
35, a
nd J
ohns
on 1
22 1
68.
An
addi
tiona
l 15
perc
ent,
108,
330,
of t
he to
tal l
ive
in th
e ne
xt
thre
e la
rges
t cou
ntie
s: W
yand
otte
, Sha
wne
e an
d D
ougl
as.
Tw
enty
-sev
en c
ount
ies
have
less
than
1,0
00 c
hild
ren.
Mos
t of
thes
e co
untie
s ar
e in
the
wes
tern
par
t of t
he s
tate
.
Chi
ldre
n co
nstit
ute
mor
e th
an 3
0 pe
rcen
t of t
he p
opul
atio
n in
nine
cou
ntie
s, a
ll in
sou
thw
este
rn K
ansa
s.
Bot
h co
untie
s w
ith s
mal
l num
bers
of c
hild
ren
and
thos
e w
ith la
rge
child
pop
ulat
ions
hav
e th
eir
own
uniq
ue in
fras
truc
ture
cha
lleng
es,
incl
udin
g so
cial
ser
vice
and
edu
catio
nal p
lann
ing.
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sus
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f #1
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8 pe
rcen
t bet
wee
n 19
90 a
nd20
00, t
he r
elat
ive
prop
ortio
n of
chi
ldre
n in
the
popu
latio
n ha
s re
mai
ned
stab
le.
Muc
h of
the
child
pop
ulat
ion
grow
th is
occ
urrin
g in
clu
ster
s, in
and
arou
nd c
ities
. Joh
nson
Cou
nty
led
the
stat
e in
chi
ld p
opul
atio
n gr
owth
betw
een
1990
and
200
0, w
ith a
n in
crea
se o
f 28
perc
ent.
Tw
o co
untie
s th
at b
orde
r Jo
hnso
n C
ount
yD
ougl
as a
nd M
iam
ial
so
expe
rienc
ed in
crea
ses
over
20
perc
ent,
sign
ifica
ntly
gre
ater
than
the
natio
nal g
row
th r
ate
of 1
4 pe
rcen
t.
The
chi
ld p
opul
atio
n in
eig
ht r
ural
sou
thw
este
rn c
ount
ies
expe
rienc
edgr
owth
rat
es o
f 10
perc
ent o
r m
ore.
Chi
ldre
n co
mpr
ise
mor
e th
an 3
0 pe
rcen
t of t
he p
opul
atio
n in
nin
eso
uthw
este
rn c
ount
ies.
The
tota
l chi
ld p
opul
atio
n de
clin
ed in
66
Kan
sas
coun
ties.
Gra
ham
and
Nes
s co
untie
s bo
th e
xper
ienc
ed d
eclin
es o
ver
25 p
erce
nt
Cou
ntie
s w
ith h
igh
perc
enta
ges
of c
hild
ren
will
pre
sent
pro
port
iona
tely
grea
ter
dem
ands
on
the
adul
t pop
ulat
ion
for
reso
urce
s an
d se
rvic
es.
Mor
eth
an o
ne o
ut o
f fou
r pe
rson
s (2
7 pe
rcen
t) is
you
nger
than
18
year
s. T
he s
tate
'sch
ild p
opul
atio
n gr
ew b
y m
ore
than
50,
000
durin
g th
e 19
90s.
Thi
s in
crea
secr
eate
s an
add
ed d
eman
d on
som
e lo
cal s
choo
l sys
tem
s an
d st
ate
reso
urce
s.
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sus
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nge
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umbe
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s ed
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Age
Gro
ups
The
incr
ease
in th
e ch
ild p
opul
atio
n is
ent
irely
due
to in
crea
ses
in th
e
olde
r ag
e gr
oups
, age
s 10
-14
and
ages
15-
17.
Ove
rall,
the
stat
e ha
s ex
perie
nced
a 2
8 pe
rcen
t inc
reas
e in
the
15-
to 1
7-ye
ar-o
ld c
ateg
ory
in th
e pa
st d
ecad
e.
Thi
rty-
eigh
t cou
ntie
s ex
perie
nced
a 3
0 pe
rcen
t or
high
er in
crea
sein
the
olde
st a
ge g
roup
, with
six
of t
hese
exp
erie
ncin
g in
crea
ses
of o
ver
45 p
erce
nt.
The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
youn
ger
than
age
5 d
ecre
ased
in 7
9co
untie
s; h
owev
er, s
tate
wid
e th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n in
this
age
grou
p ha
s re
mai
ned
abou
t the
sam
e.
The
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
youn
ger
than
age
5 in
crea
sed
by m
ore
than
10
perc
ent i
n si
x so
uthw
este
rn c
ount
ies.
The
gro
win
g ad
oles
cent
pop
ulat
ion
has
polic
y im
plic
atio
ns fo
r sc
hool
san
d ag
enci
es th
at d
eal w
ith o
lder
chi
ldre
n an
d th
eir
fam
ilies
. Alth
ough
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
youn
ger
than
5 d
ecre
ased
in 7
9 co
untie
s, a
subs
tant
ial m
ajo*
of K
ansa
s ch
ildre
n st
ill a
re a
ges
9 an
d yo
unge
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ersi
ty
The
sta
te's
chi
ld p
opul
atio
n ha
s be
com
e in
crea
sing
ly d
iver
se. R
acia
lm
inor
ities
(no
n-W
hite
s) a
ccou
nted
for
18.5
per
cent
of t
he s
tate
's c
hild
popu
latio
n.
The
mor
e ra
cial
ly d
iver
se c
ount
ies
tend
to c
lust
er in
the
rura
l sou
th-
wes
t and
urb
an n
orth
east
reg
ions
of t
he s
tate
.
The
rac
ial c
ateg
ory
"Tw
o or
mor
e ra
ces"
was
cho
sen
for
21 p
erce
ntof
Kan
sas'
min
ority
chi
ldre
n, c
ompa
red
to 1
3 pe
rcen
t nat
iona
lly.
Chi
ldre
n ar
e m
ore
likel
y to
be
mul
tirac
ial t
han
adul
ts. Y
oung
erch
ildre
n ar
e m
ost l
ikel
y to
be
mul
tirac
ial,
sugg
estin
g th
at th
is c
at-
egor
y w
ill c
ontin
ue to
gro
w.
The
incr
ease
in th
e H
ispa
nic
child
pop
ulat
ion
from
199
0 to
200
0 in
Kan
sas
is m
ore
than
twic
e th
e ra
te o
f inc
reas
e fo
r th
e na
tion
as a
who
le T
he h
eavi
est c
once
ntra
tion
is in
age
s bi
rth
thro
ugh
9.
In 1
3 K
ansa
s co
untie
s, m
ore
than
20
perc
ent o
f the
chi
ld p
opul
atio
nis
His
pani
c
The
gro
win
g di
vers
ity a
mon
g K
ansa
s' c
hild
ren
plac
es g
reat
er d
eman
d on
educ
atio
n an
d so
cial
ser
vice
sys
tem
s M
any
of th
ese
child
ren
com
e fr
omho
mes
whe
re E
nglis
h is
not
the
prim
ary
lang
uage
, and
whe
re c
ultu
ral a
ndre
ligio
us tr
aditi
ons
impa
ct s
ocia
l ser
vice
del
iver
y st
rate
gies
2000
Cen
sus
Brie
f #11
10
Che
yenn
eR
awlin
sD
ecat
urN
orto
nP
hilli
ps
She
rman
Tho
mas
She
ridan
Gra
ham
Roo
ks
Wal
lace
Loga
nG
ove
Tre
goE
llis
Gre
eley
Wic
hita
Sco
ttLa
neN
ess
Rus
h
Paw
nee
Fin
ney
Hod
gem
anH
amilt
onK
earn
yE
dwar
ds
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yF
ord
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nton
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ntH
aske
llK
iow
a
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lde
arM
orto
nS
teve
nsS
ewar
dM
eaC
oman
che
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ithJe
wel
l
Osb
orne
Rus
sell
Bar
ton
Sta
fford
Pra
tt
Bar
ber
Mitc
hell
Linc
oln
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wor
th'
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e Ren
o
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gman
Har
per
Rep
ublic
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hing
ton
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shal
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emah
aB
row
nD
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han
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ud
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ine
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taw
atom
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lay
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y.
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kins
on
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hers
onM
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n
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hiso
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ckso
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ffers
onLe
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wor
thW
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otte
Sha
wne
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earY
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auns
ee
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ris
Cha
seLy
on
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ge
Dou
glas
Joh
nson
Fra
nklin
Mia
mi
Cof
fey
And
erso
nLi
nn
Har
vey
Gre
enw
ood
Woo
dson
Alle
nB
ourb
onB
utle
rS
edgw
ick
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onN
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oC
raw
ford
Elk
Sum
ner
Cow
ley
Mon
tgom
e v r-La
bette
Cha
utau
qua
Che
roke
e
Per
cent
Min
ority
Kid
s
Lege
nd
<5%
5-10
%10
-20%
20-3
0%
1.2
>30
%
Pol
icy
Impl
icat
ions
Sev
eral
find
ings
hav
e im
port
ant i
mpl
icat
ions
for
polic
ies
that
add
ress
the
allo
catio
n of
res
ourc
es a
nd s
ocia
l ser
yice
del
iver
y sy
stem
s.
Allo
catio
n of
Res
ourc
esT
he p
ract
ice
of a
lloca
ting
reso
urce
s to
cou
ntie
s ba
sed
on p
opul
atio
n
shou
ld b
e re
-eva
luat
ed in
ligh
t of d
emog
raph
ic r
ealit
ies.
Alth
ough
it
mak
es s
ense
that
Dou
glas
, Joh
nson
, Sed
gwic
k, S
haw
nee
and
Wya
ndot
te
coun
ties,
whe
re a
bout
one
-hal
f of t
he s
tate
's c
hild
ren
resi
de, r
equi
re
grea
ter
reso
urce
s th
an m
ost c
ount
ies,
pol
icy-
mak
ers
shou
ld n
ot lo
se s
ight
of th
e fa
ct th
at m
any
smal
l cou
ntie
s fa
ce u
niqu
e ch
alle
nges
.
For
exa
mpl
e, th
e in
crea
sing
rac
ial a
nd e
thni
c di
vers
ity in
sou
thw
este
rnK
ansa
s an
d ot
her
coun
ties
will
con
tinue
to c
halle
nge
heal
th, e
duca
tion
and
soci
al s
ervi
ce s
yste
ms.
Bec
ause
man
y of
thes
e ch
ildre
n co
me
from
hom
es w
here
Eng
lish
is n
ot th
e pr
imar
y la
ngua
ge, s
choo
ls a
nd s
tate
agen
cies
con
fron
t lan
guag
e an
d cu
ltura
l bar
riers
. Dea
ling
with
this
grow
ing
dive
rsity
may
req
uire
pol
icy
chan
ges
in s
ome
stat
e an
d co
unty
offic
es a
s w
ell a
s m
ore
crea
tive
and
aggr
essi
ve o
utre
ach
and
serv
ice
deliv
ery
stra
tegi
es.
2000
Cen
sus
Brie
f #1
12
Mor
eove
r, th
e ad
oles
cent
pop
ulat
ion
incr
ease
d in
all
but f
ive
coun
ties,
unde
rsco
ring
the
impo
rtan
ce o
f out
-of-
scho
ol p
rogr
ams,
and
pre
vent
ion
and
trea
tmen
t ser
vice
s fo
r ol
der
child
ren.
You
ngpe
rson
s in
this
age
gro
up,
and
thei
r fa
mili
es, o
ften
expe
rienc
e st
ress
es n
ot fa
ced
byyo
unge
r ch
ildre
n.
At t
he s
ame
time,
eve
n 'th
ough
the
num
ber
of c
hild
ren
ages
5 a
nd y
oung
erde
crea
sed
inm
any
coun
ties,
the
dem
and
for
mor
e qu
ality
ear
ly c
hild
hood
!pr
ogra
ms
is in
crea
sing
in c
omm
uniti
es th
roug
hout
Kan
sas.
Rec
ent e
arly
bra
in:,
deve
lopm
ent s
tudi
es h
ave
mad
e pa
rent
s, a
dvoc
ates
and
pol
icy-
mak
ers,
mor
e aw
are
of h
ow c
ritic
al it
is to
pro
vide
saf
e an
d st
imul
atin
g en
A80
7m
ents
, as
wel
l as
qual
ity h
ealth
and
soc
ial s
ervi
ces,
to y
oung
chi
ldre
"T
hus,
eve
n co
untie
s w
ith fe
wer
chi
ldre
n fa
ce in
crea
sing
dem
an
reso
urce
s.
Soc
ial S
ervi
ce D
eliv
ery
The
sam
e fa
ctor
s th
at r
equi
re g
reat
er r
esou
rces
in c
ount
ies
with
d c
reas
i
child
pop
ulat
ions
put
gre
ater
str
ains
on
heal
th a
nd s
ocia
l ser
vice
dliv
ery
syst
ems.
Thi
s is
esp
ecia
lly tr
Ue
in r
ural
cou
ntie
s, w
here
it m
ay b
e d
fficu
lt
to fi
nd e
noug
h ad
ults
who
hav
e th
e sk
ills
to m
eet c
hild
ren'
s ne
eds.
'2 0
Cen
sus
Brie
f
In a
dditi
on, t
he fa
ct th
at a
cou
nty
has
few
er c
hild
ren
does
not
mea
n it
requ
ires
few
er p
rogr
ams
and
serv
ices
for
child
ren
or th
at d
eliv
ery
ofth
ese
serv
ices
will
bec
ome
less
exp
ensi
ve: E
cono
mie
s of
sca
le d
icta
teth
at c
ount
ies
with
a s
mal
ler
child
pop
ulat
ion
may
find
it d
iffic
ult t
oef
ficie
ntly
ope
rate
ear
ly c
hild
hood
pro
gram
s, c
hild
car
e ce
nter
s an
dco
mm
unity
sch
ools
with
out s
tate
ass
ista
nce.
Fin
ally
, the
sta
te's
chi
ld p
opul
atio
n ha
s in
crea
sed
by a
bout
50,
000.
Thi
s
incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
chi
ldre
n, th
e in
crea
sed
dive
rsity
, the
rap
id
grow
th in
cer
tain
are
as o
f the
sta
te, t
he w
ay in
whi
ch th
e ch
ild p
opul
a-tio
n is
dis
pers
ed a
cros
s K
ansa
s an
d th
e co
mbi
ned
effe
ct o
f the
sede
mog
raph
ic r
ealit
ies
on th
e de
liver
y of
sta
te s
ervi
ces
and
prog
ram
s to
child
ren
mak
e it
clea
r th
at a
nyth
ing
less
than
mai
ntai
ning
cur
rent
leve
ls o
f
inve
stm
ent i
n pr
ogra
ms
and
serv
ices
that
affe
ct c
hild
ren
cann
ot b
eju
stifi
ed.
Som
e of
thes
e sa
me
fact
ors,
par
ticul
arly
the
grow
ing
dive
rsity
of t
he
stat
e's
child
pop
ulat
ion
as w
ell a
s th
e w
ide
varia
tions
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
child
ren
sugg
est t
he n
eed
for
heal
th, e
duca
tion
and
soci
al s
ervi
ce
polic
ies
that
allo
w fo
r fle
xibl
e, lo
cal r
espo
nses
. One
way
to d
o th
at is
topr
eser
ve a
nd e
xpan
d pr
ogra
ms
that
enc
oura
ge c
omm
uniti
es to
pro
vide
serv
ices
that
fit t
heir
own
need
s.
2000
Cen
sus
Brie
f #11
14
OU
R W
OR
K
Kan
sas
Act
ion
for
Chi
ldre
n is
.an
inde
pend
ent,
nonp
artis
an, c
itize
n-ba
sed
corp
orat
ion
foun
ded'
in 1
979.
We
do n
ot e
nter
into
con
trac
tsw
ith, n
or r
ecei
ve fu
ndin
g fr
om, g
over
nmen
t age
ncie
s. W
e w
ork
onbe
half
of a
ll ch
ildre
n to
ens
ure
that
thei
r ph
ysic
al a
nd e
mot
iona
l nee
dsar
e m
et, a
nd th
at th
ey b
ecom
e he
alth
y an
d co
ntrib
utin
g ad
ults
.
We
pain
t the
pic
ture
of K
ansa
s ch
ildre
n by
gat
herin
g an
d pu
bli-
cizi
ng d
ata
on c
hild
wel
l-bei
ng th
roug
h th
e K
ansa
s C
hild
ren'
s R
e'po
rtC
ard,
the
Kan
sas
KID
S C
OU
NT
Dat
a B
ook
and
spec
ial r
epor
ts.
We
adva
nce
alte
rnat
ives
by
deve
lopi
ng s
tate
pol
icy
that
is c
hild
,yo
uth
and
fam
ily fr
iend
ly. O
ver
the
year
s, p
rogr
ams
rela
ted
to e
arly
child
hood
dev
elop
men
t, te
en p
regn
ancy
, pre
vent
ive
heal
th c
are,
citiz
en's
rev
iew
boa
rds,
ser
vice
s to
chi
ldre
n in
trou
bled
fam
ilies
and
the
use
of fu
nds
from
the
lega
l set
tlem
ent w
ith to
bacc
o co
mpa
nies
have
ste
mm
ed fr
om o
ur w
ork.
We
build
the
base
of c
itize
n ad
voca
cy fo
r ch
ildre
n an
d yo
uth
byw
orki
ng w
ith c
itize
ns a
nd o
rgan
izat
ions
acr
oss
the
stat
e. W
e be
lieve
that
hun
dred
s of
citi
zens
spe
akin
g ou
t for
chi
ldre
n ca
n he
lp c
reat
eco
mm
uniti
es th
at s
uppo
rt fa
mili
es a
nd c
hild
ren.
OU
R M
ISS
ION
Kan
sas
Act
ion
for
Chi
ldre
n ad
voca
tes
for
polic
ies
and
prog
ram
s th
aten
sure
and
impr
ove
the
phys
ical
, em
otio
nal a
nd e
duca
tiona
l wel
l-be
ing
of a
ll K
ansa
s ch
ildre
n an
d yo
uth.
KA
C is
an
inde
pend
ent a
ndno
npar
tisan
on th
eir
beha
lf.
lAk
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