New Publications
Utah Children's Budget Report 2019
Children’s Budget Report Finds Utah's Education Budget Fell Last Year, Even Before Accounting for Enrollment Growth Voices for Utah Children, the state’s leading children’s policy advocacy organization, released its biennial Children’s Budget Report on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at the…
Healthy Moms = Healthy Kids
For Printable Version Maternal Mental Health Support Flyer For 30 years now, Voices for Utah Children has called on our state, federal and local leaders to put children’s needs first. But the work is not done. The children of 30…
2018 Measures of Child Well-Being in Utah
For over two decades, Measures of Child Well-Being in Utah has served as the go-to resource for data on the well-being of kids in Utah. This year’s report brings new data on safe communities and offers our most comprehensive and…
Utah KIDS COUNT Data Links Publication, February 2018
A Tale of Four Cities: A demographic Look at Ogden, Provo, St. George, and Salt Lake City. This Data Link compares four of Utahs major cities. Gathering and analyzing data is the first step in making informed policy decisions. Using…
Utah Economic Benchmarking Project 2017
New Economic Benchmarking Report Finds Utah Ahead on Some, Behind on Other Key Metrics of Economic Opportunity and Standard of Living ONE IMPORTANT LESSON: UTAH WORKS HARDER, MINNESOTA WORKS SMARTER Salt Lake City, November 13, 2017 - Voices…
Utah KIDS COUNT Data Links Publication, October 2017
As a complement to the new Race for Results publication recently released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Utah KIDS COUNT Project also updated our 2015 comparison of Hispanic and non-Hispanic white children in Utah. In the most recent…
2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book
2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book: State Trends in Child Well-Being By the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Project 2017 Utah KIDS COUNT Data Book: Measures of Child Well-Being in Utah, 2017
Medicaid Per Capita Caps Significantly Reduce Funding Available for Children in Utah: Reduced Funding Leads to Reductions in Services, Fewer People Covered--or Both
Under Congress’ current health care proposal, Utah would see significant funding reductions for children enrolled in Medicaid. The American Health Care Act (AHCA) passed the House in early May and is currently being considered by the Senate. The AHCA proposes…
Racial and Ethnic Equity for Children in Utah
A Look at the 2017 Legislative Session and What It Means for the Year Ahead • Children of color and immigrant children in Utah face more poverty compared to White children. As Utah becomes a more diverse state, these…
