Updates & Blog
- Details
- Written by: Liliana Bolaños
- Read Time: 3 mins
Utah’s Latinx Community Has Been Heavily Hit By the COVID-19 Pandemic and this is what it means to me.It is no question that the Latinx community...
- Details
- Read Time: 2 mins
A few weeks ago we released a statement about the Trump Administration’s Public Charge being halted. Unfortunately, a judge from the 2nd...
- Details
- Written by: Ciriac Alvarez Valle
- Read Time: 2 mins
Great news, the Public Charge rule has been halted!Earlier this week, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued...
- Details
- Written by: Anna Thomas
- Read Time: 4 mins
While racial and ethnic disparities in the system have always been part of the reform conversation, equitable treatment and representation of all...
- Details
- Written by: Ciriac Alvarez Valle
- Read Time: 5 mins
Voices for Utah Children and Comunidades Unidas Release New Report:"LEFT OUT: Adding Up the Cost of Excluding Undocumented Utahns from State and...
- Details
- Written by: Anna Thomas
- Read Time: 8 mins
For years, advocates (like me) have avoided mentioning the fact – at least, in the presence of legislators – that Utah families rely on school not...
- Details
- Written by: Terry Haven
- Read Time: 1 min
Part 2 in a series on Utah's new KIDS COUNT childhood obesity indicatorIn the context of COVID-19, it is especially critical to highlight the...
- Details
- Written by: Terry Haven
- Read Time: 8 mins
Part 1 in a series on Utah's new KIDS COUNT childhood obesity indicatorThe annual KIDS COUNT report now includes a new measure of childhood...
- Details
- Written by: Terry Haven
- Read Time: 1 min
The Annie E. Casey Foundation 2020 KIDS COUNT Profile
- Details
- Written by: Moe Hickey
- Read Time: 1 min
“We commend the Supreme Court’s decision finding the current administrations rescission of DACA as unlawful. We fully support the diverse group of...
- Details
- Written by: Anna Thomas
- Read Time: 7 mins
Utah leaders should be investing in child care professionals through paid training and educational opportunities, refundable tax credits for people...
- Details
- Written by: Moe Hickey
- Read Time: 2 mins
We all want what’s best for our children. We want them to be happy and healthy and have everything they need to succeed in...
- Details
- Written by: Anna Thomas
- Read Time: 4 mins
For too many years, child are policy – in Utah and nationally – has been shaped primarily by economic and political forces. These forces have...
