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Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Deputy Director Stephanie Geller joined What’s Up Newp for a discussion on the organization’s new report, “Newport Data in Your Backyard”, out this week that highlights improvements and declines in the economic well-being, education, health, child welfare, and safety of Newport’s children.

Read more about the report here –Rhode Island KIDS COUNT makes data local at ‘Newport Data in Your Backyard’ event

All data and information presented at Newport Data in Your Backyard is available on Rhode Island KIDS COUNT’s website: www.rikidscount.org

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...