In his commentary on paid sick days, Rep. Don Turner cited findings from the Joint Fiscal Office’s analysis of the impact of establishing a minimum standard of paid sick days for working Vermonters.
Read MoreThousands of Vermonters go without needed dental care every single year — in 2011 and 2012, nearly 100,000 people didn’t get care.
Read MoreFifteen years ago this spring, Surgeon General David Satcher issued a call to action to address what he called America’s “silent epidemic”–the growing incidence of dental disease in this country.
Read MoreThis commentary is by Michelle Fay, who is director of the Vermont Paid Sick Days Campaign and a former state representative from St. Johnsbury.
Read MoreThis commentary is by Dr. Peter Galbraith, who practiced dentistry in Vermont, served as a public health official in New York, Connecticut and Vermont, and was an adviser to several federal agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration. He lives in South Burlington.
Read MoreOfficial Poverty Measure Fails to Provide an Accurate Assessment of Anti-Poverty Programs
Read MoreEvery year the Annie E. Casey Foundation releases a Kids Count report that shows how many American children are living in poverty, using those numbers to advocate for anti-poverty programs such as food stamps, housing subsidies and heating assistance.
Read MoreAdvocates and lawmakers are hoping the House version of an earned sick-time bill will sway skeptics and tip the scales in their favor.
Read MoreA large coalition of health and consumer groups is backing a plan to improve access to dental care for thousands of Vermonters.
Read MoreFor the third consecutive year, lawmakers at the Statehouse are considering a proposal to require that virtually every job in Vermont come with sick leave benefits – or some other form of paid time off.
Read MoreState officials, advocates and providers agree that not enough low-income Vermonters are getting in to see a dentist, but a fight is brewing in the Legislature about how to change that.
Read MoreLast year a bill to license dental practitioners, who could perform oral health services at a dentist’s discretion, was derailed, but lawmakers in the House and Senate have reintroduced it this year.
Read MoreTis the season for candy canes, hot chocolate, and other sugary holiday treats, but there is some sobering news on the dental front in Vermont, with Bennington County not being exempt.
Read MoreContact us at amyb@voicesforvtkids.org to view a copy of the report to Governor Shumlin.
Read MoreThe Annie E. Casey Foundation’s new KIDS COUNT policy report, The First Eight Years: Giving Kids a Foundation for Lifetime Success, sends a clear message that to meet the needs of kids, we need to focus on three goals
Read MoreVoices for Vermont’s Children celebrates the release of the special 25th edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book.
Read MoreVermont kept its No. 2 national ranking in the well-being of the state’s children, ranking highly on education, family and community factors, according to statistics compiled by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Read MoreAshley Moore worked twenty to 30 hours a week in restaurants to pay her way through the University of Vermont before graduating in May.
Read MoreVermont’s Department for Children and Families has come under intense scrutiny following the death in February of 2-year-old Dezirae Sheldon.
Read MoreWatch Dr. Steve Arthur, Director of the Office of Oral Health, discuss how the lack of access to dental care has a negative impact on Vermonters.
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