As a family educator and lifelong advocate, I have long been concerned about the challenges faced by Vermonters who don’t have access to paid family and medical leave.

February 5th marked the 25th anniversary of the passage of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

Vermont ranks third in the nation for child well-being, according to the 2017 KIDS COUNT® Data Book released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Governor Shumlin has officially signed S.20 into law, establishing dental therapists in Vermont!

Voices for Vermont’s Children, an independent child policy research and advocacy non-profit, released a new report today.

Patrick Rowe: Dental therapists could boost access to dental care

Voices has long been concerned with health disparities that are masked by Vermont’s relatively good record on providing health care.

Voices for Vermont’s Children stands with the many organizations serving and giving voice to Vermonters who are being left behind by an uneven economic recovery in asking the legislature to increase investments in children and families.

We are advocating for increased access to oral health care in Vermont.

Annie Accettella of Voices for Vermont’s Children testified to the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs.

At this year’s conference we will work to uncover our connected interests, consider the concept of “intersectionality,” and commit to approaching our work in solidarity.

Testimony to the Joint Legislative Child Protection Oversight Committee

A couple years ago, back pain forced Dave Couture to leave his job in an accounting office in Vermont.

The U.S. Census Bureau released 2014 state-level poverty estimates today.  Child poverty rates in Vermont have not decreased.

This fall, we are excited once again put on the fundraiser Going the Distance for Kids!

The widening wealth gap in post-recession America should go a long way toward explaining why Vermont — and the United States — continues to see so many children living in poverty.

Dance to Red Hot Juba! Hear from Paul Cillo, President of Public Assets Institute and enjoy great food by Splash!

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.

Thousands of Vermonters go without needed dental care every single year — in 2011 and 2012, nearly 100,000 people didn’t get care.

Fifteen 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.