Count All Kids

Our latest blog shares a summary of recent happenings around the Census. 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.

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A Grave Setback and Wasted Opportunity - Count All Kids For years, the Count All Kids Campaign has been lifting up the need to test new strategies for counting young children. The Census Bureau’s own data shows that the count of young children has been getting steadily worse since 1980 even as the count of adults has improved. Dr. William O’Hare’s ...

Coalition on Human Needs submitted testimony on what we know about the undercount of young children and what states can do to ameliorate it to a Massachusetts Senate Hearing on undercounts and overcounts in the census on December 8, 2025. It may be a useful model for other legislative hearings in the states:

State Testimony on Count All Kids - Count All Kids CHN submitted this testimony on what we know about the undercount of young children and what states can do to ameliorate it to a Massachusetts Senate Hearing on undercounts and overcounts in the census on December 8, 2025. It may be a useful model for other legislative hearings in the states. Photo....