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KIDS COUNT Data Book

  • Northwest Indiana veterans are being connected with job opportunities, thanks to federal investment and support from elected officials. We’ll be joined by James Rodriguez the U.S. Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS). The newly released 2024 KIDS COUNT Data Book finds the well-being of Indiana youth is better this year than last year. Indiana Youth Institute President and CEO Tami Silverman joins us to discuss child well-being in Indiana. But up first, the breeding season in cats is practically year-round, running as early as February. We bring back our conversation with Kelly Carey, founder of Silver Stray Social an organization focused on animal wellness in Northwest Indiana. All of that on this edition of Regionally Speaking.
  • Book authors Alex Mar and Joshua Page detail their latest books. The 2023 Kids Count Data book reveals child well-being in Indiana. June 23, 2023 is International Widows Day.
  • Interest rates continue to climb, the 2022 Kids Count Data Book and the "Trump Effect" on the 2022 Midterm election.
  • Indiana Youth Institute President and CEO Tami Silverman speaks with Lakeshore Public Radio's Dee Dotson about the Annie E. Casey Foundations 2022 National Kids Count Data Book.
  • Today: We begin with a conversation with Lauren Radusin and Ellen Kapitan, members of the South Shore Roller Girls roller derby team. The team is…
  • Today: Tami Silverman, the president and CEO of Indiana Youth Institute, joins us to talk about the 2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book, broken down by counties.…