Voices for Utah Children Articles
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Was this year's legislative session good for kids? We answer this and more in our 2025 Legislative Recap! In this latest brief, we break down what happened during the legislative session, what we accomplished alongside our partners, and why staying...
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- Author: Anna Thomas
- Category: Updates & Blog
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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)...
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- Author: Anna Thomas
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Utah KIDS COUNT Data Links Publication, July 2021
Utah is seeing an ever-increasing proportion of our parents in the workforce. This Data Link provides data on families and working parents by county and provides policy recommendations in the workplace. Utah Kids Count Data Links: July 2021
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- Author: Martín C. Muñoz
- Category: Updates & Blog
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Analysis of Retirement Tax Credit Proposals Before the 2021 Utah Legislature
The Utah Legislature is considering including $40-$50 million of retiree tax credits in a package of tax cuts this session. But an important question has arisen as to whether these credits are actually designed properly to help the people that the...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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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...
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- Author: Terry Haven
- Category: Updates & Blog
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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...
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- Author: Matthew Weinstein
- Category: Updates & Blog
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New KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot "Children Living in High Poverty, Low-Opportunity Neighborhoods"
Utah Shows Slight Improvement in the Number of Children Living inConcentrated Poverty Native American children in Utah are twice as likely as children in the U.S. to live in concentrated poverty. Salt Lake City, UT — The percentage of children in Utah...
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- Author: Terry Haven
- Category: Updates & Blog
