Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
Linda O'Neal, Executive Director

KIDS COUNT CLIKS. A searchable database of information on the well-being of children is available on the Annie E. Casey KIDS COUNT website at http://www.aecf.org/cgi-bin/cliks.cgi. Users may generate their own reports from this data.

Previous Publications

• KIDS COUNT The State of the Child in Tennessee 2011. Released June 6, 2012.


• KIDS COUNT The State of the Child in Tennessee 2010. Released August 10, 2011.


• KIDS COUNT The State of the Child in Tennessee 2009. Released Nov. 11, 2010.


• KIDS COUNT The State of the Child in Tennessee 2008. Released Oct. 6, 2009.


• Opportunity for All Children in Tennessee: KIDS COUNT The State of the Child in Tennessee. Released May 22, 2008.


• Blueprint for the Success of Tennessee’s Children: KIDS COUNT The State of the Child in Tennessee. Released June 26, 2007.


• KIDS COUNT: The State of the Child in Tennessee 2005 Released August 10, 2006.


• KIDS COUNT: The State of the Child in Tennessee 2004 Released Nov 1, 2005.


• KIDS COUNT: The State of the Child in Tennessee 2003 Released July 7, 2004.


• The Rural South: Listening to Families in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee Released March 2, 2004.


• KIDS COUNT: State of the Child in Tennessee 2002 Released May 1, 2003


• KIDS COUNT: State of the Child in Tennessee 2001 Released May 1, 2002


• KIDS COUNT: State of the Child in Tennessee 2000 Released Oct. 4, 2000.


• Tennessee and Its Children: Unmet Needs, a special report on the ill effects of underfunding programs for children, is available.


• KIDS COUNT: State of the Child in Tennessee 1999 is available.

KIDS COUNT: The State of the Child in Tennessee is an annual data book that tracks the status of children by analyzing state level statistical indicators of child well-being using social, educational, economic, and health data.

The Tennessee KIDS COUNT Project is part of a national network of state KIDS COUNT projects that provide detailed county-by-county data on the condition of children. Funded in part by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Tennessee KIDS COUNT: The State of the Child in Tennessee provides the best available data on over 70 indicators of well-being.