On-line Data Analysis Tools

OASIS, Online Analytical Statistical Information System
Users can use online analysis tools to query a number of variables, including:  Population, morbidity and mortality, maternal/child health, infant death, and many others.

Kids Count, Annie E. Casey Foundations
KIDS COUNT is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children. Information collected includes, but is not limited to, employment, education, health, poverty and youth risk factors (including substance abuse).

Fostering Court Improvement
Fostering Court Improvement is a US national service organization that aspires to help states open new, collaborative dialog of all stakeholders in their child welfare system through the use of data and data analysis. While there are many approaches to data collection, reporting and analysis, Fostering Court Improvement is particularly interested in using existing data sources, currently available in every state, as a platform for quantitative discussions of juvenile courts, their performance, and their contribution to the overall health report of child welfare in the state.

Reports Available for Download

GADEC Needs Assessment
The goal of this needs assessment is to provide baseline data on the prevalence of child endangerment due to substance production, use and sales.  This report uses state agency databases that contain data on children and adults who use and abuse substances. 

Georgia Department of Education
The Georgia Student Health Survey II (GSHS II) is an anonymous survey created by the State of Georgia’s Department of Education. The survey was administered between March 13th and May 1st 2006 to 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th graders in Georgia public schools. Surveys were administered in school computer labs. The survey was developed to gather information on youth risk behaviors, student perceptions of school climate and school safety, drug use, and nutrition. GSHS II data will be collected annually to provide longitudinal data regarding youth behaviors.

Protective Services Data Systems Annual Reports
The Georgia General Assembly established a child abuse information system in 1990 to collect data on child maltreatment. Each county Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) enters data into the system. PSDS collects data on all relevant information except names of perpetrators. The Georgia Supreme Court has determined that keeping names is unconstitutional. PSDS provides the information for this annual report and for the reporting required by Federal/State regulations, laws and program expectations.