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Voices for America’s Children
A network of state and local child advocacy organizations
Click here for newest national KIDS COUNT data report. See the status of children nationlly and state-by-state.
One Vermont
A coalition working to improve Vermonters’ lives by building strong public structures
As of July 2007, Vermont extended services to 18 to 22-year-olds who were in the custody of the state.
Publications
Voices conducts research and writes issue briefs and reports covering a range of public policy topics that impact vulnerable children and families. We also distribute the National KIDS COUNT data book in Vermont, a publication of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which illuminates the status of America’s children and assesses trends in their well-being.
Analyzing Health Care Reform’s Impact on Working Households: A New Methodology
Published December 18, 2006This analysis looks at the effects Vermont’s health care policy decisions have on the “effective income” Vermont’s low-income working families. As policymakers search for solutions to stem the rapidly increasing health insurance costs and ensure that all Vermonters have access…
Continue reading Analyzing Health Care Reform’s Impact on Working Households: A New MethodologyA Citizen’s Guide to the CLA: Vermont’s Common Level of Appraisal Adjustment for School Taxes
Published March 18, 2006An 8-page booklet explaining how the CLA adjustment helps to make the property tax system more fair. This booklet also describes how school taxes can go up even when a town’s school budget doesn’t. Read it here
Continue reading A Citizen’s Guide to the CLA: Vermont’s Common Level of Appraisal Adjustment for School TaxesA Citizen’s Guide to School Funding: Vermont’s Act 68
Published February 18, 2006An understandable 24-page guide to Vermont’s school funding system. This booklet also describes how to pay school taxes based on income, and how to calculate homestead tax rates. Read it here
Continue reading A Citizen’s Guide to School Funding: Vermont’s Act 68