2023-24 Policy Agenda
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Voices for Vermont’s Children believes in a future where every child gets to thrive. The path to that future requires bold, comprehensive, visionary solutions. As we begin our 40th year advocating for policies that improve the lives of children and youth, we’ll celebrate the progress made, and apply the lessons learned from those advances to the work that lies ahead.
During this unsettled time in the nation, with public education, bodily autonomy, voting rights and our very democracy under attack, the work of independent policy organizations like Voices is a critical resource. Our education and advocacy efforts seek to align people around something we all want - a brighter future for our kids. We believe there are adequate resources to ensure that no child goes hungry or homeless, every child can be assured a safe and supportive home environment, and families have access to the caregiving resources they need.
2024 Legislative Priorities
Investing in a better tomorrow means uniting around the need for structural change. Our policy priorities for 2024 emphasize systemic investments to address the significant racial, social, and economic disparities that still exist among Vermont's children and youth, centering youth voice in the decisions and environments that shape their lives, and clear movement toward equity and justice in our homes, schools, and communities.
The examples below are intended to illustrate Voices’ approach to a diverse landscape of critical issues in our core areas of well-being for children and families: Economic Justice, Child Safety, Health Equity, and Education Equity. Voices additionally brings a commitment to Environmental Justice and Youth Voice to bear on all of the areas we are engaged in.
Our approach to policy is multi-faceted and evolving. We urge you to explore and return to the many issues we are monitoring and actively engaged with throughout the session in our bill tracker.