Health

A Healthy Foundation for All Utah Kids to Thrive

Children and families need access to affordable, quality, health care. Health insurance provides a critical foundation for kids, so they can stay healthy, manage health conditions or problems, perform better in school, be active and thrive. ALL Utah kids should have access to health insurance. 

Unfortunately, too many Utah children do not have access to health coverage. Utah has:

• One of the highest rates of uninsured children in the nation, 82,000 children (8%).
• The highest rate of uninsured Hispanic/ Latinx children in the nation (19%).
• The highest rate of children currently eligible for health insurance, but not enrolled. 

To address these problems, Voices for Utah Children works to strengthen health care access for families. Utah parents are working hard every day to make sure their kids are healthy, we need to make sure our healthcare policies are working for them.  

How do we do we reach 100% coverage and care for Utah kids?

• Protect the foundational coverage that CHIP and Medicaid provides 
• Connect Kids to Coverage! Improve children’s ability to access affordable, high-quality care 
• Support Parent Coverage! It is critical for kids.
• Cover All Kids! Remove all barriers to coverage.

Together we can help all kids be healthy and reach their full potential! Join our coalition of over 25 organizations who endorsed our 100% Kids Coverage Campaign to ensure all children in Utah have access to care! Click hear to sign on to our campaign today.

• Alliance for a Better Utah
• Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City
• Centro de la Familia de Utah
• Centro Cívico Mexicano
• Coalition of Religious Communities
• Community Health Connect
• Community Health Workers Section -UPHA
• Comunidades Unidas
• Consulate of Mexico in Salt Lake City
• Crossroads Urban Center
• Family Healthcare in St. George
• Friends of the Children - Utah
• Granite Education Foundation
• Holy Cross Ministries
• International Rescue Committee
• Kids Who Count
• Neighborhood House
• Neighborworks Salt Lake
• NW Salt Lake Rotary Club
• OCA Asian Pacific Islander American Advocates Utah (OCA UTAH)
• People’s Health Clinic
• Primary Children’s Hospital
• Root for Kids
• Salt Lake City Mayor's Office
• Salt Lake County Mayor's Office for New Americans
• Smart Smiles School-Based Oral Health Program (Denticare Management)
• The University of Utah Health Plans
• Utah Health Policy Project
• Utah Dental Hygienists' Association
• Utah Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics
• University Health Communities Clinics
• YWCA of Utah