Voices for Utah Children Articles

  • The Reconciliation Bill is Good for Immigrant Families!

    Right now, Congress is in the process of debating and potentially passing a reconciliation bill that includes a number of provisions that are good for immigrant families. During the next couple of weeks and months, we will see several updates and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ciriac Alvarez Valle
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • American Rescue Plan: Now is the Time to Invest in Health Coverage, Care and Equity for All Kids!

    Last week the Utah Legislature accepted $1.7 billion (yes, billion) in federal COVID relief funds through the American Rescue Plan Act. Legislators have stated plans to allocate these funds towards Utah’s biggest challenges and opportunities. As a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ciriac Alvarez Valle
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • American Rescue Plan: Let's Invest in Full Day Kindergarten and Pre-School Expansion!

    Beginning this Summer 2021, Utah Local Education Agencies (LEAs) will be receiving approximately $615 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER) funds from the American Rescue Plan. Now is the time to use this funding to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Anna Thomas
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN: Let's Invest in Early Education!

    Local education authorities, the state Office of Education, and the Office of Child Care have received hundreds of millions of dollars that can and should be spent to invest in what is best for Utah’s children. We must work together to put these...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Anna Thomas
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Senator Mitt Romney, We Urge You To Take Action On Major Immigration Reform!

    Senator Mitt Romney Washington, DC 20510 April 1, 2021 Dear Senator Mitt Romney: Last week, two major immigration bills HR6: The Dream and Promise Act and HR1603: The Farmworker Modernization Act passed the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives!...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ciriac Alvarez Valle
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Children's Mental Health During COVID-19: What have we learned, where do we go from here?

    “It feels like we’re in a game of battle ship… and we’re the ships” Recently, Voices for Utah Children hosted a virtual panel discussion on children’s mental health during COVID-19. Our panel of experts came from the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jessie Mandle
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Great news, the Public Charge rule has been halted!

    Great news, the Public Charge rule has been halted! Earlier this week, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a new temporary injunction that bars the DHS Public Charge rule. What does this mean? It means that the Public...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ciriac Alvarez Valle
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • LEFT OUT: Adding Up the Cost of Excluding Undocumented Utahns from State and Federal COVID-19 Relief

    Voices for Utah Children and Comunidades Unidas Release New Report: "LEFT OUT: Adding Up the Cost of Excluding Undocumented Utahns from State and Federal COVID-19 Relief" Salt Lake City - This morning, July 28, 2020, two Utah nonprofit organizations,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ciriac Alvarez Valle
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Voices' Statement on Supreme Court's ruling regarding DACA

    “We commend the Supreme Court’s decision finding the current administrations rescission of DACA as unlawful. We fully support the diverse group of more than 700,000 young immigrants (Dreamers) who are instrumental to our society including the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Moe Hickey
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Rural Counties Need Help Counting Kids in the 2020 Census

    COVID-19 has impacted Utah in a variety of ways. One that you may not have thought of is the impact it has had on the 2020 Census. Especially in Utah’s rural areas, the pandemic has slowed response rates to this important fact-finding endeavor. But why...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Terry Haven
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • 2020 Election Guide to Issues Affecting Children

    2020 Election Issues Guide American psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner formulated the Ecological Systems Theory to explain how the inherent qualities of children and their environments interact to influence how they grow and develop. As Utah grapples...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Questions?
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • 2020 Census Video - Count the Kids!

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Terry Haven
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • National Orgs Call for Emergency Child Care Sector Relief

    Child care in Utah has always been critical to our state's economic health - and to the health, safety and well-being of the children of working families. In the current emergency situation, the preservation and support of this sector is even more...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Anna Thomas
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Make Sure Utah Counts 2020

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Terry Haven
    • Category: Updates & Blog
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