Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Resilience
Adverse childhood experiences and resilience factors influence child development and adult outcomes.

• ACEs Connection
  https://www.acesconnection.com
• Kidsdata.org (California ACEs Data)
  www.kidsdata.org/topic/95/childhood‐adversity‐and‐resilience/summary
  Essentials for Childhood Initiative: ACEs, California Update, 2011-2013 Data

California Health Interview Survey
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, funded in part by First 5 California, offers survey data via the AskCHIS query tool, AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition, Health Profiles, and special publications.
https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu

• Ask CHIS Query Tool
  https://ask.chis.ucla.edu
• Ask CHIS Neighborhood Edition
  https://askchisne.ucla.edu/

California Healthy Places Index (HPI)
The California Healthy Places Index (HPI) is a powerful mapping and data tool, developed by the Public Health Alliance of Southern California. Explore local factors that predict life expectancy and compare community conditions across the state.
https://healthyplacesindex.org/

California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
The California Child Care Resource and Referral Network compiles data about the state and 58 counties in California communities about child care supply and demand at the local, regional, and statewide level.
https://rrnetwork.org/research

California Child Welfare Indicators Project
The California Child Welfare Indicators Project is a collaborative venture between the University of California at Berkeley and the California Department of Social Services. Housed in the School of Social Welfare, the project provides policymakers, child welfare workers, researchers, and the public with direct access to customizable information on California’s entire child welfare system.
https://ccwip.berkeley.edu/

Child Care Data Reports
The California Department of Education, Early Education and Support Division, provides public information on child care and development programs. 
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/cdddata.asp

Children's Data Network
Researchers at the University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, integrate administrative data to develop applied and actionable research projects.
http://www.datanetwork.org/research/

California Early Learning Needs Assessment Reports
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) developed this tool for users to create custom reports at the county and state levels.
https://reports.elneedsassessment.org/ReportsHome.aspx

Children Now - California County Scorecard
County-level data visualizations track key indicators of child well-being across counties, over time, and by race and ethnicity.
https://scorecard.childrennow.org/

County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
The annual County Health Rankings measure vital health factors to provide a snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live, learn, work, and play. Roadmaps provide guidance and tools to understand the data, and strategies that communities can use. Project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/

County Prevention Dashboard, Office of Child Abuse Prevention, CDSS
The Office of Child Abuse Prevention at the California Department of Social Services provides this county and state level dashboard for planning prevention of child maltreatment. Content includes demographics, socioeconomic status, health, substance use, violence, service access, child welfare, racial disproportionality, and data source notes.
https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/ocap/data-dashboards

Diversitydatakids.org
Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, provides national information to identify who children are, what children need, and how to improve opportunities for all children. Includes maps of the Child Opportunity Index for metro regions of California.
http://www.diversitydatakids.org/

California Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative
The EfC Initiative addresses child maltreatment as a public health issue and raises awareness and commitment to promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships, and environments (SSNR&E) for children. Led in partnership by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the California Department of Social Service (CDSS).
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DCDIC/SACB/Pages/EssentialsforChildhood.aspx

Kids Count
The Annie E. Casey Foundation integrates multiple sources of data on children.
https://datacenter.kidscount.org/

Kidsdata.org
Kidsdata.org, a program of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, promotes the health and well-being of children in California by providing an easy to use resource that offers high-quality, wide-ranging, local data to those who work on behalf of children.
https://www.kidsdata.org/

Let's Get Healthy California - Healthy Beginnings
A healthy beginning sets the stage for health and well-being for a person’s entire life. These indicators represent important dimensions of children’s health and well-being from infancy through the teenage years.
https://letsgethealthy.ca.gov/goals/healthy-beginnings/

Maternal Infant and Health Assessment Survey
The Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program of the California Department of Public Health surveys mothers who have recently given birth in California.
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CFH/DMCAH/MIHA/Pages/Data-and-Reports.aspx

Peristats
The March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center provides access to maternal and infant health data for the United States, state, or region.
https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/Peristats.aspx

Population Data, EPI Center, California Department of Public Health
Official state population estimates and projections through 2040 published by the Department of Finance are available through this query tool at the Department of Public Health. Useful for population counts by county, year, age, sex, and race/ethnicity.
https://epicenter.cdph.ca.gov/ReportMenus/PopulationTable.aspx

State of Babies Yearbook
The yearbook compares national and state-by-state data on the well-being of infants and toddlers. Project of Zero to Three.
https://stateofbabies.org/

California Strong Start Index
The California Strong Start Index measures the resources babies have at birth across the state so supports and services can be allocated more equitably. Project of the Children's Data Network and First 5 Association of California.
httsp://www.strongstartindex.org/

United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau collects data on children through multiple surveys and the decennial census.

• Child Data Sources
  https://www.census.gov/topics/population/children.html
• CEDSCI Query Tool
  https://data.census.gov/cedsci/