Voices for Utah Children Articles

  • Love Utah children? Participate in #loveUTgiveUT! #LeaveYourMark

    Love Utah Give Utah is once again underway. Love UT Give UT is a 24 hour online event that encourages everyone to be a philanthropist and contribute to Utah’s nonprofits through a single online giving platform. It’s one extraordinary day to support the...

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

  • Tax Reform and Utah's Most Vulnerable Populations

    Open Letter to the Utah Legislature February 23, 2017 Dear Senators and Representatives: We, the undersigned organizations, urge you to consider the impact of any tax reform proposal on Utah’s most vulnerable populations. We wish to make two important...

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

  • The Utah Intergenerational Poverty Work and Self-sufficiency Tax Credit

    Voices for Utah Children Supports HB 294, the Utah Intergenerational Poverty Work and Self-sufficiency Tax Credit. HB 294 strengthens Utah’s groundbreaking Intergenerational Poverty (IGP) initiative with an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Twenty-six...

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

  • Let's end racial disparities in Utah's juvenile justice system.

    Like most juvenile justice systems across the country, Utah's juvenile justice system could do more to produce the outcomes that we all want for our kids and communities. Our system should be restructured to more effectively ensure that as many kids as...

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

  • Pocket Cards for Utah Lawmakers

    The basic premise of KIDS COUNT is that in order to affect good policy change for kids you must have good data on their well-being. In addition, to be the most effective, the data needs to be geographically relevant to the users. For many years, the...

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

  • Planned pregnancies are healthier pregnancies.

    New factsheets by the University of Utah School of Medicine describe two policy solutions that would help Utah families obtain healthcare they need to plan and space their pregnancies in order to better achieve the best health outcomes for the mother...

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

  • Lawmakers should fund the Baby Watch Early Intervention Program

    Comprehensive Early Intervention Services minimize the impact of disabilities for infants and toddlers improving lifelong outcomes for children, families and communities. Without additional funding for direct service staff, the opportunity to improve...

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

  • Lincoln Nehring Chosen as Insurance Consumer Representative

    Lincoln Nehring, president and CEO of Voices for Utah Children, has been selected by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) as a 2017 consumer liaison representative. Consumer representatives provide guidance about the perspectives...

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

  • In Support of Medicaid Standards for Children

    Why We Care About Medicaid “EPSDT” Benefits and So Should You While threats to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may seem the most imminent in our current political landscape, Medicaid is also under attack. Congress and the new administration are...

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

  • Block grants or per capita caps would undermine the Medicaid program.

    Changes to Medicaid’s financing structure through a block grant or per capita cap would create large shortfalls in state funding. These would inevitably lead to limits placed on the program, such as a reduction in benefits or fewer children covered....

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

  • Healthy Teeth = Healthy Kids!

    Oral Health Care for Children and Families Tooth decay is the top preventable disease for kids. When kids experience poor oral health, their school attendance and grades are likely to suffer. Kids experiencing dental pain cannot concentrate in school...

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    • Author: Questions?
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Preserve and Protect Health Coverage for Utah Children and Families

    Medicaid, CHIP (the Children’s Health Insurance Program) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) form the foundation of children’s health coverage. These programs are deeply connected to one another and our overall state safety net system. Federal and state...

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

  • A reflection of who we are

    This op-ed by Tess Davis, Senior Policy Analyst at Voices for Utah Children, was originally published at the Deseret News on November 21, 2016. I am deeply troubled by much of the behavior being reported around the country in the wake of the...

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

  • Creating a Targeted State Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

    The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) lifts 60,000 Utahns out of poverty each year, half of them children, by letting low-income families keep more of what they earn. EITC helps working families make ends meet. EITC keeps families working. EITC...

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

  • Restoring Investment in Children

    In January 2015, the Utah Foundation reported that Utah’s overall tax burden, including all state and local taxes and fees, had fallen to its lowest level in at least 20 years: “Over the past several years, tax cuts have reduced Utah’s annual revenues...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Weinstein
    • 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

  • Tell Senator Hatch Not to Repeal the ACA Without Replacing It #ProtectOurCare #CareNotChaos

    Repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will cause 273,000 Utahns to lose their health insurance by 2019, new Urban Institute estimates show. Congress plans to move quickly in January to repeal much of the health reform law without enacting a...

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    • Author: Questions?
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Does your family benefit from the ACA, Medicaid or CHIP health coverage? We want to talk to you.

    Your story makes a difference. The new administration and Congress are considering proposals that could harm Utahns enrolled in health coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid or CHIP. Are you a parent who is enrolled in one of these...

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    • Author: Questions?
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Support 12-Month Continuous Eligibility for Utah Kids with Medicaid

    Utah FAQ’s What is 12-month continuous eligibility for children on Medicaid? Continuous eligibility is a state option that allows children, up through age 18, to maintain Medicaid coverage throughout the year, even if families experience a change in...

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    • Author: Questions?
    • Category: Updates & Blog
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