America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007

Acknowledgments

This report reflects the commitment of the members of the Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. The report was written by the staff of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, including: Shara Godiwalla, Director; Tavia Simmons and Lynda Laughlin, U.S. Census Bureau; Susan Lukacs and Gloria Simpson, National Center for Health Statistics; Stephen Provasnik, National Center for Education Statistics; Daniel Axelrad and Sandra Duque, Environmental Protection Agency; Barry Steffen, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Katrina Baum and Wendy Lin-Kelly, Bureau of Justice Statistics; Marsha Lopez, National Institute on Drug Abuse; Naomi Goldstein, Seth Chamberlain, and Susan Jekielek, Administration for Children and Families; Mark Nord, Economic Research Service; Teri Morisi, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Eve Mo'scicki and Karen Bourdon, National Institute of Mental Health; and Qian Li, Cynthia Knighton, and James Singleton, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Valuable contributions to the revising of the 10th anniversary edition of the report were made by Jennifer Madans, Susan Lukacs, and Shara Godiwalla, National Center for Health Statistics; Michael Flynn and Sandra Duque, Environmental Protection Agency; Valena Plisko, National Center for Education Statistics; Robert Kominski, U.S. Census Bureau; Thomas Feucht, National Institute of Justice; and Denise Dougherty, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

In addition to the report authors, active members of the Reporting Committee who guided development of the report included Laura Chadwick, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Health and Human Services; Richard Bavier, Office of Management and Budget; Christine Hager and Michael Kogan, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration; and Carrie Mulford, National Institute of Justice.

Other staff members of the Forum agencies provided data, developed indicators, or wrote parts of the report. They include Hyon Shin, Rose Kreider, Linda Mayberry, Tallese Johnson, and Bernadette Proctor, U.S. Census Bureau; Hector Rodriquez, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Peter Basiotis, Mark Lino, and Andrea Carlson, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion; Chris Chapman, National Center for Education Statistics; Lois Fingerhut, Debra Brody, Robin Cohen, Cathy Duran, Donna Hoyert, T.J. Mathews, Cynthia Ogden, Patricia Pastor, and Stephanie Ventura, National Center for Health Statistics; and Devon Payne-Sturges, Tracey Woodruff, Alison Freeman, David Mintz, Elizabeth Corr, and Lee Kyle, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

In addition, Tajuana Bates, Kevin Bianco, Heather Block, Kristin Douglas, Elina Hartwell, Daniel Princiotta, Rebecca Schofield, Alison Slade, Jed Tank, and Jason Wrobel of the American Institutes for Research assisted Forum staff in producing the report.