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A network of state and local child advocacy organizations
One Vermont
A coalition working to improve Vermonters’ lives by building strong public structures
Babies with low birth weight—under 5.5 pounds—are at risk of respiratory conditions, cognitive and developmental delays, and long-term conditions. In Vermont and nationwide, this problem has been increasing steadily. The Healthy Vermonters 2010 objective is to reduce the percentage to 5.0%. In 2007, the Vermont average was 6.2%.
Luncheon focuses on child welfare
Published April 29, 2009National policy experts, legislators, foster parents, adoptive parents, service providers, state agency staff, and child advocates gathered on April 28th to discuss new federal legislation and the future of foster care, guardianship, and child welfare in Vermont.
For more information, see Voices’ summary and analysis of recent reforms of the state child welfare policy and the juvenile judicial system. For information on the federal “Fostering Connections to Succes and Increasing Adoptions Act,” see the Center for Law and Social Policy’s resource page.