Sacramento County Children's Report Card

Sacramento County Children’s Report Card

Children hold our future in their hands. As a community, we hold their health, safety, education, and happiness in ours.

In September 2000, the Sacramento County Children’s Coalition, an advisory body to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, published the first edition of the Sacramento County Children’s Report Card. This objective report was published every other year between 2000 through 2011. In 2019, the Children’s Coalition identified a need to re-establish the Children’s Report Card. The Coalition concluded that the communities of Sacramento County need a comprehensive data report that describes the well-being of their children, youth, and families.

The Children’s Report Cards present findings on child, youth, and family wellness indicators in five result areas: family economic well-being, education, health and wellness, safety, and social and emotional well‐being. The Children’s Report Card serves as a trusted, centralized data source and foundation to assist leaders and advocates to:

  • Guide policy development;
  • Set goals for improvement;
  • Track change in population and living conditions;
  • Support resources and community allocations; and,
  • Promote community responsibility for positive change.

Sacramento County’s communities each have their own strengths and challenges. The challenges our communities face are complex and layered. To create effective solutions, it is important to hear and learn from the people facing these everyday struggles. Having the report informed and written by the people of Sacramento County was very important.  Community voice is valuable in making sound decisions about child and family services.

“If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to support that child’s family.”

The development of the 2022 Sacramento County Children’s Report Card was made possible by support from:

 

 

 

The Coalition is always seeking new members. Learn how to join our work by clicking this link and visiting our website.