Voices for Utah Children Articles

  • How Will The Coronavirus Impact Immigrants In Our State?

    The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our communities in so many ways. Unfortunately, for many immigrant families this has disproportionately created more obstacles in their lives. Mixed-status and undocumented immigrants were largely left out of the...

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

  • How Will the Coronavirus Recession Impact Utah?

    HOW WILL THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AFFECT UTAH’S ECONOMY? HOW WILL RECENT FEDERAL ACTIONS HELP? WHAT DOES UTAH NEED TO DO NEXT? As Americans hunker down in their homes to avoid catching the coronavirus, and as Governors across the nation ban...

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

  • Voices for Utah Children Statement: COVID-19 and How the State Of Utah Should Protect Families

    On March 11, 2020, Governor Gary Herbert took the necessary step of declaring a state of emergency in Utah in order to address the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As the state moves forward with immediate activity to address the health implications of...

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

  • Let’s Keep All Families Covered: New Report Finds Number of Uninsured Latino Children in Utah on the Rise

    Let’s Keep All Families Covered: New Report Finds Number of Uninsured Latino Children in Utah on the Rise 2020 Utah Legislature Made Strides to Help All Children Stay Covered Decades of progress improving health coverage rates for Latino children has...

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

  • Utah Legislature Funds to Keep Kids Covered!

    Voices for Utah Children celebrates the Legislature's support to Keep Utah Kids Covered and fund 12-month continuous eligibility for children on Medicaid, age 0-5. We want to express our gratitude and many thanks to Senator Luz Escamilla and to...

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

  • Three Things Utah Can Do to Ensure Right-Sized Access to Full-Day Kindergarten

    Parents want it. Kids benefit from it. Educators believe in it. So why don't Utah families have more access to full-day kindergarten? Our new report, "Three Things Utah Can Do to Ensure Right-Sized Access to Full-Day Kindergarten," explores the...

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

  • Utah Tax Incidence History: 1995 - 2018

    Utah Tax Incidence History 1995 - 2018 Utah is in the midst of the most intense debate over taxes that our state has seen in many years. In December the Legislature passed a major tax restructuring package following a year of public hearings and...

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

  • Legislature Passes Tax Package Including Revenue Losses, Grocery Tax (and Credit), EITC

    Last night, December 12, 2019, the Utah Legislature passed a tax restructuring package in a special legislative session. Voices for Utah Children was very involved in this process over the course of the year. We attended the Tax Restructuring and...

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

  • Tax Restructuring Process Picks Up Speed -- October 28, 2019 Update

    Tax Restructuring Process Picks Up Speed Last week (October 22, 2019) the Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force (TRETF) adopted its co-chairs’ proposal as its working document, passing a motion to produce draft legislation based on it for...

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

  • Tax Reform Policy Positions

    Voices for Utah Children Tax Reform Policy Positions September 2019 The mission of Voices for Utah Children is to make Utah a place where all children thrive. We start with one basic question: "Is it good for kids?" We believe that every child deserves...

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

  • Good News for Juvenile Justice Reformers, from the 2019 Legislative Session

    Fans of juvenile justice reform have a lot to be happy about, with regards to the recently concluded legislative session. Thanks to the hard work of many committed elected officials, reform-minded public administrators and community-based advocates,...

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

  • 2019 Utah Legislative Session Update

    2019 Utah Legislative Session Update The 2019 Legislative session is in the books. The beginning of the Session was dominated by a disappointing rollback of voter-approved Prop 3, which will cover fewer families and create additional barriers to care....

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

  • 100% Kids Covered: Karina the Dreamer

    Karina is a Dreamer who was born in Puebla, Mexico. Her family immigrated to the U.S. when she was twelve years old. She is now eighteen, a first-year student at Salt Lake Community College, and is studying to become a Physician Assistant. I was able...

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

  • Racial and Ethnic Equity for Children in Utah

    A Look at the 2017 Legislative Session and What It Means for the Year Ahead • Children of color and immigrant children in Utah face more poverty compared to White children. As Utah becomes a more diverse state, these growing racial and ethnic...

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

  • Wins for Kids during the 2017 Utah Legislative Session

    Early Childhood Wins for new moms and babies including much-needed funding support for Early Intervention Services/Baby Watch (Sen. Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, SB 2) and SB 135 which will strengthen statewide, evidence-based home visiting programs...

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

  • We'll count down the 2017 Utah Legislative Session with daily data about Utah kids.

    During the 2017 Legislative session, Utah lawmakers will be making decisions daily that will affect our state’s children and their families. At Voices for Utah Children, we know it’s important to make sure that decision makers have up-to-date,...

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

  • Increase Availability of Full-Day Kindergarten for Utah Children

    The percentage of kindergarteners enrolled in full-day programs has nearly tripled since the late 1970s, jumping from 28 percent to 77 percent nationwide between 1977 and 2013. Although full-day kindergarten enrollment in the West is the lowest in the...

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

  • 2016 Utah Legislative Session

    The 2016 Utah Legislative Session is underway January 25-March 10. Learn more about issues affecting children that will be addressed during this session: Tax and Budget Issues Creating a State Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) End the Earmarks Restoring...

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