Voices for Utah Children Articles
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Children Facing Deportation Alone: The Crisis We Cannot Ignore
Every year, thousands of children make the perilous journey to the United States alone, seeking safety and refuge. These children, known as unaccompanied minors, arrive at our borders without a parent or legal guardian. Many are fleeing violence, gang...
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- Author: Liliana Bolaños
- Category: Updates & Blog
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SB 221: Stand Up for Safe Child Care
Utah lawmakers could do many things to alleviate the child care crisis families are facing. In fact, there are 33 expert-recommended ones right here, thanks to the state’s newest child care solutions study. Endangering kids' safety by lowering...
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- Author: Moana 'Ulu'ave
- Category: Updates & Blog
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What Happened With Child Care During the 2025 Legislative Session?
This 2025 session, supporting families with young children remained a top policy priority of Voices for Utah Children. The urgent need to address families' critical child care needs remained at the forefront of our advocacy efforts. This session was...
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- Author: Jenna Williams
- Category: Updates & Blog
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What Happened With Child Care During the 2024 Legislative Session?
As we entered the 2024 session, supporting families with young children remained a top policy priority of Voices for Utah Children. At the forefront of our advocacy efforts is the urgent need to address the critical child care needs of these families....
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- Author: Jenna Williams
- Category: Updates & Blog
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FAQs on HB 153: Child Care Revisions
Representative Susan Pulsipher’s HB 153: Child Care Revisions narrowly passed the Utah State Legislature on February 28, 2024, and was signed by the Governor on March 14, 2024. Initially proposed as a child tax credit expansion initiative, HB 153 has...
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- Author: Anna Thomas
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Oppose HB 153: Child Care Revisions - Protect Kids in Care!
Representative Susan Pulsipher’s HB 153 was initially aimed at providing tax relief for families with young children through an expanded state child tax credit. Originally, the bill aimed to extend the child tax credit eligibility from ages one to...
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- Author: Jenna Williams
- Category: Updates & Blog
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It’s Official: Access to Licensed Child Care Statewide is Really Bad (and Getting Worse)
We know that Utah’s child care crisis is bad, and is going to get worse. New data helps illustrate exactly how bad the situation is, in each county across the state. Next week Voices for Utah Children will release a report titled, “Mapping Care for...
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- Author: Jenna Williams
- Category: Updates & Blog
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What Happened with Child Care During the 2023 Legislative Session?
Child care certainly received its fair share of discussion this legislative session, but did anything really happen? The short answer is kinda. Here’s what happened. Funding Requests During the session, Voices for Utah Children teamed up with parents,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Jenna Williams
- Category: Updates & Blog
