Count All Kids

Count All Kids is a group of child-focused organizations and allies that have joined together to ensure our nation’s children are counted in the 2020 Census

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@AECFNews Since Congress may be considering limits on this rule in the next few months, lifting up the consequences of the rule is important even after the November 2nd deadline for submitting comments passes.

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This blog summarizes media coverage of advocates across the country of the Proposed Residence Rule for the 2030 Census, along with an article co-authored by the presidents of @AECFNews & W.K. Kellogg Foundation. https://t.co/rSt7lyzwsy

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CHN has now released a comment on the impact of the proposed residence rule on children for the 2030 Census. We welcome you to use the comment as a template for your organization's comment, using the suggestions in the blog to modify your comment. https://t.co/vPxADwG0HW

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Coalition on Human Needs submitted comments to the Independent Census Scientific Committee for its fall 2026 meeting, which focused on two critical issues: the new privacy rule and the proposed residence rule for the 2030 Census. Read the comments here: https://t.co/4e6OOr3pQ2

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NEW BLOG: Prepare Now to Comment on Proposed Residence Rule for 2030 Census: It Would Make Count of Children Significantly Worse

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Here’s how advocates in Arkansas, Kentucky, and New Jersey are building trust and leveraging relationships to achieve a complete count in #Census2030 that unlocks the resources that children and families need. @AACF @KYYouth @CountAllKids https://t.co/emtb6Fp1re

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We are excited to share with you the first research we have seen documenting that state outreach activities in 2020 did improve census participation, particularly in communities where young children are at high risk of being missed. https://t.co/FZp1HtZih7

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We have updated the Child Advocate's Roadmap to 2030 to address new opportunities and challenges from the past year. It is designed to help child advocates and child serving organizations improve the Census count of young children in 2030. https://t.co/bAaTYZuoyH

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The Count All Kids steering committee is drafting a resource with recommendations for state strategies to enhance the count of young children. Your reflection on mitigating barriers to complete the census form will help inform the guide. Take the survey: https://t.co/o3rL4LGmJG

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POGO and First Focus on Children have released analyses of how Census data drives funding for children, and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights released a set of background materials on the Census such as timelines, how preparation is going, and basic facts.

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NEW BLOG: Three organizations have just released important new resources on the Census. https://t.co/3CQdReS0mR

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Members of the Count All Kids Campaign have been pressing the Census Bureau for years to test new strategies for counting young children. We believe that if they keep doing what they have been doing, the problem will just get worse. Read more: https://t.co/LBBYTi74ma

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Because the Census operational plans take years to develop, the Census Bureau needs to assess substantial and innovative methods for accurately counting young children soon in order to embed successful approaches into the 2030 Census operations.

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Today we published a brief that compares the undercount of young children in US counties with 20 factors that might contribute to such undercounts, to see which factors correlate with the undercount. Read it here: https://t.co/dLnJrw3Jal

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The one factor that seems statistically significant in the same way for both total population and young children is the percentage of adults with less than a high school degree, suggesting that improved efforts to reach households with low literacy could improve these counts.

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Our latest blog shares a summary of recent Census news. The Census Bureau has dramatically changed their plan for the 2026 Census Test. We believe the new plan is profoundly flawed and will give meaningless and potentially misleading results. https://t.co/LBBYTi74ma

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Comments to the ICSAC: https://t.co/N5ySnwDrHK

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This week, we shared comments to the Census Bureau and the Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee that call for reinstating the original Census Test plan in order to improve the count of young children.

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Comments to the Census Bureau: https://t.co/LVD772pxvy