Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (the Forum) is a collection of 20 federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children and families. The Forum was founded in 1994 and formally established in April 1997 under Executive Order No. 13045. The mission of the Forum is to foster coordination and collaboration and to enhance and improve consistency in the collection and reporting of federal data on children and families. Also, the Forum aims to improve the reporting and dissemination of information on the status of children and families.
The Forum's annual report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being (http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp), provides the Nation with a summary of national indicators of child well-being and monitors changes in these indicators over time. In addition to providing data in an easy-to-use, non-technical format, the purpose of the report is to stimulate discussions among policymakers and the public, exchanges between data providers and policy communities, and improvements in Federal data on children and families.
Forum Agencies:
National Science Foundation, Science Resources Statistics Division
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and
Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention
U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information
U.S. Office of Management and Budget
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