Indiana’s latest Kids Count report shows progress for Hoosier children, but leaders say challenges remain, especially in health and mental health. The Indiana Youth Institute, a nonprofit focused on ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Every year, the Indiana Youth Institute releases its KIDS COUNT Data Book, giving us a look at how Indiana kids are doing. In 2026, Indiana ranks 25th nationally in overall child ...

Indiana’s 25th-place ranking in overall child well-being is the kind of number that invites two equally unhelpful reactions: self-congratulation or despair. We should resist both. There is real ...

This year's kids count report was just released. It measured trends on education, health and more. To talk about the results, Director of Kids Count Anne Kuhnen joined Local 4 Live.