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State's child services improve over time; Florida ranks 36th in the latest National Kids Count Data Book.(B SECTION)
Children's advocate Jack Levine remembers when he used to be an afterthought in the Capitol.
"There would be five minutes left in a scheduled committee hearing, and they'd take care of all their real business and then they'd look around and say 'Well, we've got a little time. Levine, anything about kids?' "
That was 20 years ago. Times have changed, said Levine, president of the Center for Florida's Children.
Backing him up are the latest statistics in a national report that ranks states on 10 indicators of child health and well-being.
For years, Florida competed with places such as Mississippi, Louisiana and Washington, D.C., for last place in the National Kids Count Data Book, which has been compiled for the past …
