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On December 6, 2018, Governor Herbert released his budget recommendations for the next fiscal year (2020). The budget is based on a consensus...
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Voices for Utah Children is dedicated to increasing coverage and care for all Utah kids. With this comes the responsibility to rethink how our...
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If you would like to read this blog post offline, please scroll to the bottom to download a copy of the PDF version!During the third week of...
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Patricia and her family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah when she was fifteen after living in Texas for a couple of years. She attended West High...
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Karina is a Dreamer who was born in Puebla, Mexico. Her family immigrated to the U.S. when she was twelve years old. She is now eighteen, a...
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Why it’s happening and what we can do to counter the trendA new report finds that Utah’s uninsured rate for children is increasing. In fact, the...
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Medicaid Expansion is Officially State Law! A brief look at what’s ahead as we gear up for the April 1st enrollment date…The Utah Decides...
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This Annie E. Casey Foundation brief, which utilizes the most comprehensive data set ever collected across all 50 states, fills in key details...
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As has been pointed out to me recently, I have worked off and on for Voices for Utah Children in each decade of its existence. I have had the...
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Utah Education Funding: What Are the Facts?As Utah begins voting on a non-binding ballot question regarding a possible tax increase to finance...
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Cristina and her four children live in West Jordan, Utah. She shared her story with us about her family and how Medicaid has been able to help her...
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Angela and her family are one example of how both Medicaid and CHIP can have positive impacts on families after so much misfortune:Angela has...
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The Utah KIDS COUNT Project’s annual data release, Measures of Child Well-Being in Utah, provides timely, accurate, and accessible data on how kids...
