Voices for Utah Children Articles

  • Strategies to Address High Drug Prices

    Consumer representatives to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, including Voices for Utah Children, released recommendations for policymakers to address the high prices that put medications out of reach for many families in need....

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    • Author: Questions?
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  • Utah has something to celebrate this #WomensEqualityDay

    Happy Women's Equality Day! The Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote, was certified on August 26, 1920. Each year, we commemorate this important milestone and evaluate our progress toward achieving full equality for American women....

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  • Teen Suicide Rates in Utah

    What’s Behind the Latest Kids Count Rankings? Utah’s national health ranking dropped from seventh to 27th, according to the annual 2016 Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. As has been widely reported, one of the reasons for this drop in...

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    • Author: Questions?
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  • Senator Hatch Supports Bill to Protect Foster Children

    Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is working to pass the Family First Prevention Services Act (HR.5456/S.3065), a bipartisan bill that would ensure more children can stay safely with family and out of foster care by allowing federal child welfare dollars to...

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  • Guiding Principles for Juvenile Justice Reform in Utah

    The state of Utah, with the blessing of leadership from each branch of government, has embarked on an analysis of our juvenile justice system with technical support from the Pew Public Safety Performance Project. Community-based organizations and...

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    • Author: Sara Gunderson
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • How does Utah stack up against Colorado?

    This op-ed by Voices for Utah Children State Priorities Partnership Director Matthew Weinstein first appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune on June 18, 2016. It is often said that Utah and Colorado are peer states, a pair of high-altitude economic...

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    • Author: Matthew Weinstein
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Helping Candidates Do Their Homework

    2016 Candidate Briefing Guide 2016 is an important election year in Utah. The public offices on the ballot in November include the following: U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Governor and Lt. Governor Half of the State Senate The entire Utah...

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    • Author: Questions?
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  • The wait is over!

    Spread the word: lawfully residing immigrant kids can enroll in CHIP and Medicaid now! As of July 1st, 2016, new legislation takes effect that eliminates the previously mandated 5-year waiting period before lawfully-residing immigrant children in Utah...

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    • Author: Questions?
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  • Terry Haven Celebrates Two Decades of Work with Voices for Utah Children

    Today is my 20th anniversary with Voices for Utah Children. A lot has happened over the last 20 years and I would like to take this opportunity to share some of my thoughts. To begin with, when I first started with Voices for Utah Children it was just...

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    • Author: Terry Haven
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • A Shared Services Alliance for Pre-K

    Voices for Utah Children is excited to be involved in several innovative new developments in early childhood education here in Utah. In April, Voices received a second 3-year grant from the Kellogg foundation, which will enable us to continue enhancing...

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    • Author: Sara Gunderson
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • State Estate Taxes: A Key Tool for Broad Prosperity

    The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has released a new report, State Estate Taxes: A Key Tool for Broad Prosperity. The report makes the following recommendation: As the income gap between the wealthiest Americans and those at the bottom and...

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    • Author: Questions?
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  • A Comparative Look at Utah and Colorado: Economic Opportunity

    The goal of the Working Families Benchmarking Project is to identify a variety of economic trends affecting working families across Utah, and then to examine those issues through a comparative lens, evaluating Utah’s overall progress by using a peer...

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

  • Racial and Ethnic Equity for Children in Utah

    What We Learned from the 2016 Legislative Session Children of color in Utah face more poverty compared to non-Hispanic White children. As Utah becomes a more diverse state, children are affected by significant racial and ethnic disparities. The 2016...

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    • Author: Questions?
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  • Mass Incarceration of Parents Hurts Kids

    The latest Annie E. Casey Foundation report, A Shared Sentence: the devastating toll of parental incarceration on kids, families and communities, states that “the most powerful step, by far” to protect the children of parents in the justice system “is...

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    • Author: Questions?
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  • U.S.A. reaches goal of 95% health insurance coverage for children but Utah lags behind

    In 2007, on the 10th anniversary of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and its partners committed to helping ensure that 95% of the nation’s children ages 0 to 18 had health insurance. This year the...

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    • Author: Questions?
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  • A Utah kid explains Voices for Utah Children victories for kids #loveUTgiveUT

    Love UT Give UT is Thursday, March 31 and we need your help! Donate Now Public policies affect children—but children don’t vote. At Voices for Utah Children, we raise our voices on behalf of children, informing policymakers that government can and...

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    • Author: Questions?
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  • The Magnificent Seven Children’s Health Issues in the 2016 Legislative Session

    Last year, we brought you a version of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly for our legislative overview. For this year’s health policy round-up, we’re relying on another classic Western, The Magnificent Seven, to review the seven main children’s health...

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    • Author: Terry Haven
    • Category: Updates & Blog

  • Help us keep protecting children's health with #loveUTgiveUT

    March 31, 2016 is Love UT Give UT! It’s a day for Utahns to give to the nonprofits that make Utah special. Every donation to Voices for Utah Children through Love UT Give UT gives Voices a chance to win matching grants and prizes. And you don't have to...

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    • Author: Questions?
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  • A Tale of Two Utahs: How do Urban and Rural Utah Measure Up?

    It is widely agreed that rural communities have a different set of issues than more urban communities. While all low-income families, regardless of where they live, need connections to support programs and access to economic opportunities, strategies...

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    • Author: Terry Haven
    • 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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