Public investment in people and infrastructure is the best short- and long-term strategy for Vermont–a way to help pull us out of the current recession and build a state that provides prosperity for all Vermonters.

Vermont Public Radio covers the release of the 2009 American Community Survey, noting that the Vermonters hardest hit by the recession are young children.

Vermont’s future economic prosperity threatened by persistent child poverty

Voices will hold its fifth annual conference with Public Assets Institute on Sept. 30 at the Capitol Plaza in Montpelier.

The Brattleboro Reformer covers the release of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book.

Vermont ranks third nationally in overall child health and well-being in the 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the 21st annual state-by-state study on the well-being of America’s children, published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Voices’ 2010 KIDS COUNT Report Challenging Poverty: Supporting Families in Difficult Times highlights indicators of child poverty and family economic hardship

The Times Argus covers the release of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s report on the importance of early literacy

Reading proficiency by the end of third grade is a critical benchmark in a child’s educational development.

On April 8, 2010, the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and Rutland Herald newspapers ran Voices’ critique of the controversial Challenges for Change legislation regarding human services.

On April 2, 2010, Montpelier’s Times Argus newspaper ran Voices’ critique of the controversial Challenges for Change legislation regarding education.

Voices’ policy brief builds upon our Bridging the Gap finding that because many out-of-school factors directly influence academic achievement, schools alone cannot address the problem of poverty and inequitable educational outcomes.

As a society, it is our job to ensure that the future is in good hands.

On Tuesday, May 4, American Flatbread in Burlington will host a Benefit Bake on behalf of Voices for Vermont’s Children.

Over the weekend of March 13-14, the Brattleboro Reformer and the Burlington Free Press published an opinion piece written by Randy George, owner of the Red Hen Baking Company, a small Vermont business.

Bridging the Gap, Voices’ report documenting the poverty-based achievement gap in Vermont and recommending a two-pronged approach to eliminating it:

Voices’ Executive Director Carlen Finn calls for temporary tax increases to make sure we get through this tough economic time without making it harder on the children and families

Vermonters Say Enough is Enough: Stop Balancing the Budget on the Backs of the Most Vulnerable of Us

In his 1947 inaugural address, Vermont Governor Ernest Gibson said, “The very existence of civilization as we know it depends upon our youth securing the very best education that it is in our power to give.”