Voices for Utah Children Articles

  • My Internship Reflection | Liliana Tapia Bolanos

    Utah’s Latinx Community Has Been Heavily Hit By the COVID-19 Pandemic and this is what it means to me. It is no question that the Latinx community has been hit heavily by the COVID-19 pandemic all over the nation. There is a fear that exists in the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Liliana Bolaños
    • 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

  • Let's Just Say It: Child Care is School, and School is Child Care.

    For years, advocates (like me) have avoided mentioning the fact – at least, in the presence of legislators – that Utah families rely on school not just for education, but also for reliable and high quality child care. Similarly, until very recently,...

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

  • Childhood Obesity, Social Determinants and COVID-19

    Part 2 in a series on Utah's new KIDS COUNT childhood obesity indicator In the context of COVID-19, it is especially critical to highlight the underlying structural and systemic indicators behind Utah’s childhood obesity rates. The COVID-19 crisis has...

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

  • What the New KIDS COUNT Childhood Obesity Indicator Can Tell Us About Utah Children’s Well-Being…and What It Cannot

    Part 1 in a series on Utah's new KIDS COUNT childhood obesity indicator The annual KIDS COUNT report now includes a new measure of childhood obesity. This new indicator looks at the percent of teens ages 10 to 17 who are overweight or obese. Utah...

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

  • Investing in Early Care and Education Professionals Will Strengthen Utah Child Care

    Utah leaders should be investing in child care professionals through paid training and educational opportunities, refundable tax credits for people who provide care and learning opportunities directly to young children, and other direct incentives that...

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

  • It’s Time for the Child-Centered Child Care System that Utah Families Deserve

    For too many years, child are policy – in Utah and nationally – has been shaped primarily by economic and political forces. These forces have shaped our perceptions of early care and education: “People need childcare because they should be working....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Anna Thomas
    • 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

  • There’s No “Re-Opening” Utah Without More Child Care 

    Child care is arguably one of the biggest areas of economic weakness exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic crisis. For Utah, a new and better approach is necessary and within reach. Even before the pandemic forced statewide shutdowns in...

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

  • What Does the Coronavirus Mean for Families’ Access to Health Care?

    A Look at How Utah Programs are Responding to the Coronavirus and Additional Actions Needed (UPDATED with new information about CHIP!) From prenatal care to childhood vaccinations, the Coronavirus is disrupting access to health care for countless Utah...

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

  • 2020 Census Video - Count the Kids!

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Make Sure Utah Counts 2020

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Terry Haven
    • 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

  • Voices for Utah Children Opposes New Trump Administration Block Grant Guidance

    Today the Trump Administration released new Medicaid block grant options for states. We have seen previous attempts to block grant Medicaid; we continue to oppose this radical restructuring to the Medicaid program. The majority of Utah Medicaid...

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