Kids Integrated Data System

The Kids Integrated Data System (KIDS) represents a dynamic partnership between the City of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, the School District of Philadelphia, and the William Penn Foundation. Their mission is to develop, utilize, and sustain an integrated, archival administrative database for cutting-edge community planning, program evaluation, and research purposes to benefit children and youth in Philadelphia.

The KIDS System includes longitudinal, administrative records from across all relevant municipal agencies that are charged with the promoting the well-being of Philadelphia's children and youth. Since the first approved KIDS project in 2004 this system has served as a dynamic resource for change in the City of Philadelphia, transforming the means by which population-based research is directly informing the decisions of local policymakers.

For more information about KIDS, contact Dr. Heather Rouse, KIDS Research Director at rouseh@gse.upenn.edu.