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Happy Women's Equality Day! The Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote, was certified on August 26, 1920. Each year, we commemorate...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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This op-ed by Voices for Utah Children State Priorities Partnership Director Matthew Weinstein first appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune on June 18...
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2016 Candidate Briefing Guide2016 is an important election year in Utah. The public offices on the ballot in November include the following:U.S...
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Spread the word: lawfully residing immigrant kids can enroll in CHIP and Medicaid now!As of July 1st, 2016, new legislation takes effect that...
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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...
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Voices for Utah Children is excited to be involved in several innovative new developments in early childhood education here in Utah. In April...
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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has released a new report, State Estate Taxes: A Key Tool for Broad Prosperity. The report...
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The goal of the Working Families Benchmarking Project is to identify a variety of economic trends affecting working families across Utah, and then...
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What We Learned from the 2016 Legislative SessionChildren of color in Utah face more poverty compared to non-Hispanic White children. As...
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The latest Annie E. Casey Foundation report, A Shared Sentence: the devastating toll of parental incarceration on kids, families and communities...
