Voices for Utah Children Articles

  • Comparing the Tax Cuts

    * * SEE COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF THE LEGISLATURE'S $400 MILLION TAX CUT PROPOSAL AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE * * The 2023 Legislature's annual seven-week General Session has begun! At the top of the agenda for the Governor and Legislative leadership: tax...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Weinstein
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • The best holiday gift for Utah kids this year: An improved federal Child Tax Credit

    Every December Congress meets to try to pass all the urgent items they didn't manage to get done the rest of the year. Usually the list includes tax policy changes demanded by one well-heeled special interest or another. This year is no different. At...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Weinstein
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Brackeen v. Haaland: The Case Child Welfare Advocates Should Worry About

    On November 9th, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the Brackeen v. Haaland (21-377) case.[i] The case could determine if the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), enacted by the U. S. Congress in 1978, is constitutional. Since it was enacted, ICWA has...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martín C. Muñoz
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Wait, Still No Optional Full-Day Kindergarten for Your Family?

    Labor Day weekend is in the past, the “heat dome” has cracked, and we are well on our way into the 2022-23 school year. Oh, and the majority of Utah families still have no choice when it comes to their child’s kindergarten program. Ensuring that all...

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

  • Utah Economic Benchmarking Project 2022: Utah vs Texas

    New Economic Benchmarking Report Finds Utah Ahead of Texas in Most Key Metrics of Economic Opportunity and Standard of Living Salt Lake City, August 31, 2022 - Voices for Utah Children released today the fifth in its series of economic benchmarking...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Taylor Throne
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • 100% Kids Coverage Storybook

    Families living with health insurance, and without: New storybook highlights why all Utah children need health insurance Throughout the pandemic, health insurance has been a critical lifeline for Utah families to stay healthy and avoid medical debt....

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

  • What happened to Coverage for All Kids this Session?

    This Session, one of Voices for Utah Children’s top priority bills received very little public attention despite its behind-the-scenes activity. Below we will unpack what happened, lessons we learned, and what we believe the path forward should be so...

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

  • 2022 Legislative Session: Tax Policy: Giving In Again to the Tax Cut Temptation

    The story of tax policy in the 2022 Legislative session is a tale of two tax cuts: A large, top-heavy cut to the income tax rate from 4.95% to 4.85%. How large? $164 million. How top-heavy? 63% of it goes to the top 20% of taxpayers. all of whom have...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Weinstein
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Invest in Utah's Future, Not Tax Cuts

    BROAD COALITION CALLS FOR INVESTMENT IN UTAH’S FUTURE, NOT TAX CUTS, DOCUMENTS $5.2 BILLION IN URGENT UNMET NEEDS Salt Lake City – On Monday, November 8, 2021 on the steps of the Utah Capitol, a broad and diverse coalition of advocates for the poor,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Weinstein
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • New Report on the Important Role of School-Based Health Services Across Utah!

    School Health Services Overview: Promoting Student Health, Wellness and Success Schools play a vital role in helping children and families stay healthy. Over the past year, Utah schools experienced a heightened focus on their role in promoting student...

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

  • Why is Utah Restricting Medicaid Benefits for Parents? Your Comments are (Still) Needed!

    Let's Change this Discriminatory Policy! In 2002, long before the Affordable Care Act, Utah decided to offer limited health benefits to low-income adults, who otherwise could not get health insurance. To help pay for these benefits, the state made the...

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

  • NEW BRIEF: The Future of Full-Day Kindergarten in Utah

    More than 18 months ago - right before the pandemic started to truly rock our world - we released "Three Things Utah Can Do to Ensure Right-Sized Access to Full-Day Kindergarten," a wide-ranging report on the status of full-day kindergarten (FDK)...

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

  • NEW REPORT: Covering Uninsured Kids Will Save Utah Millions Every Year

    Utah has 82,000 uninsured children, according to the most recent Census data, which means an estimated 8.3% of children in Utah do not have health insurance. Utah currently ranks 46th in the nation for insured children. When it comes to addressing this...

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

  • Good News and Bad News for Utah in New Census Report on State Education Investment

    On May 18, 2021, as it always does around this time of year, the US Census Bureau released its Annual Survey of School System Finances. This report is the authoritative source of state education finance data and rankings, including the one we are all...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Weinstein
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • The 2021 Utah Legislative Session: Was It Good For Kids?

    We appreciate the many legislators that supported bills affecting children. In summary, it WAS a good year for kids, but we still have plenty to do and we look forward to working together to #investinutahkids! Early Childhood Early childhood care and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sara Gunderson
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • The High Price of Lower Taxes

    Legislative leaders have said that 2021 should be “the year of the tax cut.” Numerous public opinion surveys show that Utahns disagree. This may come as a surprise to policymakers, who have been in the habit of handing out tax break after tax break for...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Weinstein
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Coverage for All Utah Kids: A Look at the Benefits and Estimated Costs

    When kids have health insurance, they experience many short and long-term benefits: better health outcomes, improvements in their educational achievements-- even higher wages in in adulthood. We know from a significant body of research that kids do...

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

  • Should 2021 Be "The Year of the Tax Cut"?

    Snow on the mountains, inversions in the valleys, and talk of tax cuts at the Capitol: It must be January in Utah. Reports are accumulating that the state’s political leaders are looking to make 2021 “the year of the tax cut.” But, as always with...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Weinstein
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • #InvestInUtahKids: An Agenda for Utah's New Governor and Legislature

    Salt Lake City - Voices for Utah Children released publicly today (January 6, 2021) "#InvestInUtahKids: An Agenda for Utah's New Governor and Legislature," the first major publication of our new #InvestInUtahKids initiative. Utah begins a new era in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Weinstein
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Top Five Ways to Invest in Early Childhood

    “The way we [invest in Utah] is by focusing on our kids, giving them the best opportunities, the best resources at the earliest possible time...to help them to live better, happier and less trauma-filled lives, while also saving taxpayer money by...

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