Report: Tennessee sees decline in most measures of child well-being

By: Anita Wadhwani

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: June 18, 2026

Words: 226

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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Tennessee experienced a sharp decline in measures of child well-being in recent years, according to a state-by-state assessment of federal economic, educational, census and health data analyzed yearly by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

The foundation’s “2026 Kids Count Data Book” examined a series of metrics to determine how children fared, overall, in every state in the nation. Its latest data, from 2024, found kids were worse off since 2019 not only in Tennessee, …

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