Voices for Utah Children Articles

  • 2021 Kids Count Data Book is Now Available!

    We are pleased to announce that the Annie E. Casey Foundation has released the 2021 Kids Count Data Book. Access the book today at www.aecf.org/databook Background For 15 years it has been the priority of the Utah KIDS COUNT Project to ensure that...

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

  • Happy DACA Anniversary!

    Today we are celebrating nine years of DACA by sharing more information about this program and HR6: The Dream and Promise Act. Who are Dreamers? Dreamers are immigrant youth, who entered the U.S. before their 18th birthday. This name comes from the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Abigail Pina & Ciriac Alvarez Valle
    • 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

  • American Rescue Plan: Now is the Time to Invest in Health Coverage, Care and Equity for All Kids!

    Last week the Utah Legislature accepted $1.7 billion (yes, billion) in federal COVID relief funds through the American Rescue Plan Act. Legislators have stated plans to allocate these funds towards Utah’s biggest challenges and opportunities. As a...

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

  • American Rescue Plan: Let's Invest in Full Day Kindergarten and Pre-School Expansion!

    Beginning this Summer 2021, Utah Local Education Agencies (LEAs) will be receiving approximately $615 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER) funds from the American Rescue Plan. Now is the time to use this funding to...

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

  • AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN: Let's Invest in Early Education!

    Local education authorities, the state Office of Education, and the Office of Child Care have received hundreds of millions of dollars that can and should be spent to invest in what is best for Utah’s children. We must work together to put these...

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

  • Utah Economic Benchmarking Project 2021: Utah vs Arizona

    New Economic Benchmarking Report Finds Utah Ahead of Arizona in Most Key Metrics of Economic Opportunity and Standard of Living Salt Lake City, May 6, 2021 - Voices for Utah Children released today the fourth in its series of economic benchmarking...

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

  • Senator Mitt Romney, We Urge You To Take Action On Major Immigration Reform!

    Senator Mitt Romney Washington, DC 20510 April 1, 2021 Dear Senator Mitt Romney: Last week, two major immigration bills HR6: The Dream and Promise Act and HR1603: The Farmworker Modernization Act passed the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives!...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ciriac Alvarez Valle
    • 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

  • Voices has supported and continues to support SB214 “Official Language Amendments”

    During the 2021 legislative session, Voices has supported and continues to support SB214 “Official Language Amendments” as a positive initial step forward to ensure highly impacted communities can receive the information they need. In the last days of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ciriac Alvarez Valle
    • 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

  • Tax Cut Survey

    Detailed description of the 7 tax cut options in the survey above: * Refundable means that it’s like the federal EITC – you get the credit even if it’s larger than what you owe on your income taxes, in which case you get a rebate. Non-refundable means...

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

  • 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...

    • 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

  • Children's Mental Health During COVID-19: What have we learned, where do we go from here?

    “It feels like we’re in a game of battle ship… and we’re the ships” Recently, Voices for Utah Children hosted a virtual panel discussion on children’s mental health during COVID-19. Our panel of experts came from the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric...

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

  • Amendment G Passed. Now What Happens?

    With Amendment G winning 54% of the vote this month, many of our partners and supporters have been asking us: What’s going to happen next? What changes will result from this Constitutional amendment going into effect January 1, 2021, along with the...

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

  • Measures of Child Well-Being in Utah, 2020

    INVEST IN UTAH'S KIDS - ENSURE UTAH'S FUTURE The Utah KIDS COUNT Project is built around the idea that data helps us tell the story of our communities, makes us aware of problems, and brings to the forefront a discussion of the policy solutions that...

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