KIDS COUNT gives much more than 60 mea­sures of child wel­fare, encom­move­ing the quantity of chil­dren and youth are while in the sys­tem, the rates at which they enter it, their demo­graph­ic char­ac­ter­is­tics (includ­ing race and eth­nic­i­ty when avail­capable) as well as their expe­ri­ences in fos­ter care, exit­ing car