Contact us at amyb@voicesforvtkids.org to view a copy of the report to Governor Shumlin.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s new KIDS COUNT policy report, The First Eight Years: Giving Kids a Foundation for Lifetime Success, sends a clear message that to meet the needs of kids, we need to focus on three goals

In the 2013-2014 school year, 40.7% of students received meals categorized as free or reduced-price.

Poverty undermines children’s healthy development and has lasting effects on children’s physical and social-emotional health.

While the total population of Vermont has grown to an estimated 626,630, our child population has fallen since the 2000 Census count of 147,523 to an estimated 122,701 kids in 2013.

Between 2000 and 2010, the rate of pregnant women in Vermont receiving early prenatal care ranged between 80 and 85 percent.

Voices for Vermont’s Children celebrates the release of the special 25th edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book.

Vermont kept its No. 2 national ranking in the well-being of the state’s children, ranking highly on education, family and community factors, according to statistics compiled by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Ashley Moore worked twenty to 30 hours a week in restaurants to pay her way through the University of Vermont before graduating in May.

Vermont’s Department for Children and Families has come under intense scrutiny following the death in February of 2-year-old Dezirae Sheldon.

Watch Dr. Steve Arthur, Director of the Office of Oral Health, discuss how the lack of access to dental care has a negative impact on Vermonters.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

“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.

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