The naughty and nice list is out on this years toys. Vermont’s Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) has released its annual report, Trouble in Toyland.
Read MoreVoices would like to thank all of you who attended Voices’ and Public Assets’ annual conference Facts to Action: Getting Control of Vermont’s Budget Future.
Read More“If there’s one thing Vermonters can agree on, it’s that all children deserve the same opportunities in life,” says Carlen Finn, Executive Director of Voices for Vermont’s Children and member of the Vermont Child Poverty Council.
Read MoreNew members turn $2,000 into $4,000 to improve the well-being of Vermont’s children and youth.
Read MoreVermont fared well compared to other states in an annual report on children’s welfare and health.
Read MoreThe Annie E. Casey Foundation has released it’s 20th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, a national and state-by-state report that includes key measures and statistical trends on the condition of America’s children and families.
Read MoreThe Vermont Paid Sick Days Coalition commissioned the Center for Rural Studies at UVM to conduct a statewide telephone survey on paid sick days.
Read MoreAt a press conference on May 27, The Vermont Paid Sick Days Coalition
Read MoreVoices honored former Governor Howard Dean, MD with the Vermont KIDS COUNT Award at our annual Making A Difference for Kids event on June 12.
Read MoreIt seems like a relatively simple thing. If you get sick, you shouldn’t have to choose between safeguarding your health or getting paid.
Read More“Hard working Vermonters shouldn’t have to choose between being healthy and getting a paycheck,”
Read MoreThis isn’t your average tax protest: A group of Vermonters is urging the state to raise taxes as a way to save state programs now on the chopping block.
Read MoreJust days after the historic veto override that made same-sex marriages legal in Vermont, it was back to business as usual under Montpelier’s Golden Dome.
Read MoreKathy Kilcourse of Montpelier arrived at the building housing the Department of Taxes shortly before 10 Wednesday morning to join a small crowd declaring their willingness to pay a bit more in taxes to save state programs.
Read MorePublic investments in private-sector economic development offer the surest long-term path to prosperity for the approximately 60,000 Vermonters living in poverty, Gov. James Douglas said during a Statehouse summit Monday morning.
Read MoreAs the House Appropriations Committee dealt with its version of the state budget Monday, members of the Save Our State Coalition took to sidewalks and front steps across Vermont, urging lawmakers to oppose cuts to health care and human services proposed by the Douglas Administration.
Read MoreWPTZ produced a segment about the S.O.S. rally in Middlebury.
Read MoreA network of state and local child advocacy organizations
Read MoreGood nutrition is important for physical and mental health at all ages, but especially for children as their bodies grow and their brains develop.
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