VOICES for Alabama’s Children released its latest Alabama Kids Count Data Book.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Improving children’s lives was the focus of VOICES for Alabama’s Children’s annual Child Advocacy Day.
“It really is important for our advocates to hear from the heads of state agencies and really get a feel for what is actually happening with them, what their concerns are, how advocates can help spread the message back to their lawmakers on the issues that that they need to be aware of, and work for ways to work together to address those issues,” said VOICES for Alabama’s Children Executive Director Rhonda Mann.
“In our narrative, we talk about counties that are actually moving the needle. In the past, a lot of times, we just focus on the rates and how people rank. And this year, we wanted to dig a little bit deeper. And so some of those counties that don’t often get mentioned are actually coming to the top,” she said. “So one instance is Greene County that showed a huge improvement in child abuse and neglect, and they ended up at the top of the list as far as counties with the most improvement.
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