About Child Trends

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  • Child Trends Incorporated in NYC, with Nicholas Zill, Ph.D. (LINK) as Executive Director.

  • Child Trends moves to Washington.

  • Kristin Anderson Moore, Ph.D. (LINK) becomes Executive Director.

    Research on fertility and teen sex and pregnancy becomes its first area of research. Child Trends publishes its first edition of the annual Facts At A Glance (LINK TO PAGE), a newsletter highlighting national data on teen pregnancy, childbearing, and sexual behavior

  • Indicators of child and family well-being released

    Develops the first of three statistical reports (1987 and 1989) on children for the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, the only reports on indicators of child and family well-being released by the federal government at that time

  • Adds child supplements to ongoing research surveys.

    Child Trends adds child supplements to ongoing research surveys, such as the National Health Interview Survey and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, which had not previously included measures on children.

  • Kris Moore succeeds Nick Zill as executive director.

  • DataBank Web site Goes Live

    The Child Trends DataBank Web site (LINK) goes live, with comprehensive information about 80 indicators of child well-being

  • Carol Emig, MPP (LINK) becomes President.

  • The 26th edition of Facts At A Glance is published.

    Child Trends is 30 years old!

  • Fostering Connections and State Child Welfare are added to Web site

    Fostering ConnectionsChild Trends adds two more research tools to its Web site: the Fostering Connections…(LINK) and State Child Welfare… (LINK). Child Trends has added nine research areas (LINK) and # staff since 1981. The Board of Directors (LINK) BLAH BLAH