RENO, NEV. — The Children’s Advocacy Alliance unveiled the 2025 Nevada Child and Family Data Book at a special breakfast event on Thursday, highlighting the state’s ongoing challenges in child well-being. Nevada ranks 47th overall across various categories, a position it has held consistently since 2018, except for 2020 and 2021 when it ranked 46th and 45th, respectively.
Tara Raines, Deputy Director of the Children’s Advocacy Alliance, emphasized the importance of the data. “We come together as a community to talk about the data, to talk about what’s happening with our children and families in Nevada,” she said. The alliance collaborates with several organizations statewide and works directly with “Kids Count,” a national effort by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to track child well-being indicators.
Raines explained that the data book provides insights into early childhood education, child welfare, and health, which are crucial for understanding the community’s health and Nevada’s future. “There’s basic information like population demographics, but there’s also information about juvenile justice involvement, about school attendance, insurgency and what that means for our community and what means for future,” she said…