Voices for Vermont’s Children is inviting partners across the state to join a collaborative effort this spring and summer focused on advancing economic security and justice for Vermont children and families.
Grounded in ensuring families can meet their basic needs, Voices Together: Collective Action for Vermont’s Youth is designed to lift up and translate the experiences of children, youth, and families into clear, actionable policy and advocacy priorities.
Celebration is one of the ingredients that powers social change. That’s why Voices for Vermont’s Children is bringing back our summer event, and we want you to be part of the fun! On June 26th, we’ll gather at Copper at Dorset in South Burlington to toast our collective advocacy efforts in the last year, honor partners’ transformative work on behalf of Vermont’s youth, and rededicate ourselves to giving our kids a solid start and a flourishing future.
H.657 is a bill that affects the 200,000 families that use services from the Department of Children and Families. A passage in the House makes equitable change closer to a lived reality for our most vulnerable communities.
As Vermont navigates a benefits crisis amid the government shutdown, the Annie E Casey Foundation’s new data snapshot report on the Supplemental Poverty Measure clearly validates that safety net programs work, and that withdrawing public investment brings serious consequences for child well-being.
There’s a moment in childbirth called transition when everything intensifies – emotions are bigger, pain is sharper, and it’s not uncommon for the person giving birth, overwhelmed with fear and exhaustion, to cry “I can’t do it!” The same dynamic plays out in social change movements. Right now, we are navigating backlash against decades of painstaking progress toward equity and justice. We are reeling from the impacts, but when it comes to our kids’ futures, we must dig deep, tap into our shared power, and deliver the world they deserve.
The 2025 legislative session was marked by uncertainty and upheaval, as lawmakers in Vermont took up sweeping proposals with lasting implications for children and youth—against a national backdrop of unprecedented attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion; as well as immigrant rights, reproductive freedom, trans rights, and disability justice, and unparalleled efforts by the Trump administration and Congress to dismantle essential federal institutions, protections, and funding streams.
