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Front Page News Evan Tomasi 4/21/14 Front Page News Evan Tomasi 4/21/14

Edwin Allgair: Licensed Dental Practitioners Can Help Address Dental Care Crisis in Vermont

For years, I watched people suffer in pain, contract dangerous infections, and lose their ability to chew their food and their desire to smile all from a preventable disease that as a dentist, I was trained to treat — tooth decay.

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Policy Briefs, Front Page News, Press Releases, Publications Evan Tomasi 4/1/14 Policy Briefs, Front Page News, Press Releases, Publications Evan Tomasi 4/1/14

New KIDS COUNT Report: Race for Results

New National Scorecard on Children’s Progress Shows Troubling Obstacles to Reaching Key Milestones

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Front Page News Evan Tomasi 3/11/14 Front Page News Evan Tomasi 3/11/14

VT Digger - Peter Youngbaer: Dental Access Help Could be on the Way

At our free clinic in Barre, we treat hundreds of patients from nearly 50 different towns in central Vermont.

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Front Page News Evan Tomasi 3/10/14 Front Page News Evan Tomasi 3/10/14

Women Speak out on Paid Sick Days

When Tara Scribner is sick, she can take the day off and not worry about it affecting her income.

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Front Page News, Uncategorized, Paid Sick Days Evan Tomasi 2/4/14 Front Page News, Uncategorized, Paid Sick Days Evan Tomasi 2/4/14

Time for Earned Sick Days in Vermont

In Vermont, we both celebrate the protections that the Family and Medical Leave Act provides and recognize that the law doesn’t go far enough.

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Front Page News, Press Releases, Publications Evan Tomasi 1/28/14 Front Page News, Press Releases, Publications Evan Tomasi 1/28/14

Vermont Early Reading Proficiency Scores Reflect Impact of Income Inequality

Voices for Vermont’s Children is partnering with the Annie E. Casey Foundation in the release of a new KIDS COUNT® data snapshot, Early Reading Proficiency in the United States.

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Front Page News Evan Tomasi 1/17/14 Front Page News Evan Tomasi 1/17/14

Commentary: In Support of Paid Sick Days

At Hen of the Wood, we call ourselves the Hen Family. That’s not just a figure of speech — we’re serious about building a business that supports everyone who helps make it successful.

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Front Page News Evan Tomasi 1/17/14 Front Page News Evan Tomasi 1/17/14

Childhood Poverty on the Rise in Vermont, Study Says

“Between 2007-2012, we’ve seen this increase in child poverty. Up to 15.5% of children in Vermont live in poverty right now. So that’s a 25% increase,” said Sarah Teel, Research Associate at Voices for Vermont’s Children.

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Front Page News, Publications, Press Releases Evan Tomasi 1/10/14 Front Page News, Publications, Press Releases Evan Tomasi 1/10/14

New Child Health Report Released

Voices for Vermont’s children has released its new children’s health report: The State of Our Children: KIDS COUNT in Vermont Health Report.

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Events, Front Page News Evan Tomasi 12/11/13 Events, Front Page News Evan Tomasi 12/11/13

Annual Meeting

Voices for Vermont’s Children will be having its annual meeting on Thursday, December 19th from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

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Front Page News Evan Tomasi 12/4/13 Front Page News Evan Tomasi 12/4/13

If You Missed the Call-In...

SNAP Nationwide Call-In Day was Wednesday, Dec. 4.  If you couldn’t call, here’s something else you can do to help protect SNAP benefits for the Vermont children and families who need them

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Press Coverage, Front Page News Evan Tomasi 12/2/13 Press Coverage, Front Page News Evan Tomasi 12/2/13

Times Argus: Shumlin noncommittal on Paid Sick Days

Gov. Peter Shumlin won’t say yet whether he’ll support passage of a paid sick days bill that could become a cornerstone of the progressive agenda in Montpelier next year.

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Front Page News Evan Tomasi 11/4/13 Front Page News Evan Tomasi 11/4/13

Times Argus: Child Poverty Efforts Fall Short of Goal

In 2007, state leaders created a high-profile task force and gave it a daunting challenge: Cut childhood poverty by half in 10 years.

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Front Page News Evan Tomasi 11/3/13 Front Page News Evan Tomasi 11/3/13

Vermont Needs Office of Child Advocate

On Oct. 5, the Burlington Free Press called for public accountability and oversight of our child protection system in an editorial (“DCF report needs emphasis on transparency”).

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Front Page News, Press Releases Evan Tomasi 11/1/13 Front Page News, Press Releases Evan Tomasi 11/1/13

Vermont Families See Cuts in Food Assistance Beginning in November

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program cuts will impact nearly 47 million people including 22 million children nationwide.

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Paid Sick Days, Front Page News Evan Tomasi 10/23/13 Paid Sick Days, Front Page News Evan Tomasi 10/23/13

Paid Sick Days Good for Business

Read the op-ed published in the Rutland Herald

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Front Page News, Legislative News Evan Tomasi 6/24/13 Front Page News, Legislative News Evan Tomasi 6/24/13

Voices 2013 Legislative Wrap-Up

For Voices 2013 Wrap-Up of the 2013 Legislative Session

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Events, Front Page News, National Data Book, Partners and Friends, Press Releases, Publications Evan Tomasi 6/24/13 Events, Front Page News, National Data Book, Partners and Friends, Press Releases, Publications Evan Tomasi 6/24/13

Vermont 2nd in the Nation in Child Well-being

The 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book, an annual publication of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, tracks the well-being of America’s children, ranks Vermont as 2nd in the nation for overall child well-being.

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Front Page News Evan Tomasi 12/6/12 Front Page News Evan Tomasi 12/6/12

Unemployed Youth Soars in VT and Nationwide

The rate of youth in Vermont between the ages of 16 and 24-years-old who are neither in school nor working jumped 50 percent between 2000 and 2011.

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Front Page News, Healthcare For All, Press Releases Evan Tomasi 7/11/12 Front Page News, Healthcare For All, Press Releases Evan Tomasi 7/11/12

Vermont woman honored for dental care advocacy

An article in The Bennington Banner illustrates the importance of consumer advocacy in the fight for oral health for all.

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