Promoting public policy that enhances the lives of children and youth in Vermont.

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Voices for America’s Children

A network of state and local child advocacy organizations

www.voices.org

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One Vermont

A coalition working to improve Vermonters’ lives by building strong public structures

www.onevermont.org

About Us

The mission of the Voices for Vermont’s Children is to promote public policy that enhances the lives of children and youth in Vermont.

Established in 1983, Voices for Vermont’s Children (formerly Vermont Children’s Forum) began as an informal alliance of human service and education advocates  concerned about the status of children and youth in Vermont.

VOICES has evolved into a statewide membership organization of several hundred individuals and organizations. Membership dues and contributions support our advocacy, outreach and community organizing on behalf of Vermont’s children and youth.

Voices addresses the full spectrum of child, youth and family issues – from child care and access to health care coverage for children and youth to juvenile justice and   child welfare. Voices for Vermont’s Children works on behalf of children and youth by:

  • Advocating during the Vermont Legislative session;
  • Organizing and working in state and regional coalitions;
  • Providing up-to-date information, policy briefs and fact sheets on issues important to children and youth
  • Co-sponsoring workshops, trainings and conferences; and
  • Publishing Vermont KIDS COUNT child and family data reports.

Legislative Agenda

“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.”

-Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States of America

Voices for Vermont’s Children’s 2010 Legislative Agenda includes:

  • Child Nutrition
  • Child Protection and…

Contact Us

Voices for Vermont’s Children
PO Box 261
Montpelier,VT 05601

802-229-6377
802-229-4929 (fax)

vtkids@voicesforvtkids.org

Staff & Board

Staff

Carlen Finn, Executive Director
carlenf@voicesforvtkids.org

Nicole Mace, Research Coordinator
nicolem@voicesforvtkids.org

S. Beth Nolan, Outreach Coordinator
sbnolan@voicesforvtkids.org

Barbara Postman, Policy Coordinator
bpostman@voicesforvtkids.org

Sheila Reed, Legislative & Community Advocacy Coordinator
sreed@voicesforvtkids.org

Deborah Wetmore, Project Coordinator
debw@voicesforvtkids.org

Board

Susan Titterton, President
Morrisville

Sharon Fortune, Vice President
Elmore

Kim Keiser,Treasurer
Moretown

Frederika French, Secretary
Hyde Park

Michael Belenky
Cabot

Kim Bruno, M.D.
Morrisville

Dave Connor
Montpelier

Ann Traverso Moore
Wheelock

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