Governor Douglas presented his 2010 budget address to the legislature Thursday, January 22nd.

A day after Gov. Jim Douglas called for a wide-ranging round of cuts to the state budget, advocates for groups ranging from children’s services to land conservation said Friday those cuts would be devastating and need to be avoided.

Over the next few months, Voices will release links to webpages, fact sheets and issue briefs about Vermont’s children and youth, some of the important programs serving them, and the circumstances that make it difficult for many to thrive and reach their full potential.

Rescissions already in effect

Vermont ranks 10th in the nation in a new state-by-state study on the well-being of America’s children.

The House decreased the Governor’s increase of Medicaid and VHAP premiums by half in the budget bill (H.891) that recently passed the House.

Our state government put together a list of cuts that targets our poor, our elderly, our children, those with mental illness, and those with disabilities to a far greater degree than the rest of the population.

This analysis looks at the effects Vermont’s health care policy decisions have on the “effective income” Vermont’s low-income working families.

An 8-page booklet explaining how the CLA adjustment helps to make the property tax system more fair.

An understandable 24-page guide to Vermont’s school funding system.