Voices for Children in Nebraska

Voices for Children in Nebraska

Telling the whole story of children's

Health, Education, Safety and Economic Stability.

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    • History
    • Staff
    • Board of Directors
    • Directions
    • Annual Report
    • Comments
  • Issue Areas
    • Health
    • Education
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    • Economic Stability
  • Projects
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    • Infographics
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  • Legislative
    • State Policy Agenda 2013
    • federal
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    • 2013 Spotlight Gala
    • 2012 Gala Photos

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Voices for Children: The Lifelong Impact of Poverty

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Individual Development Accounts

All Nebraska families deserve the opportunity to live “the good life,” but for many years, policies that encourage families to build & sustain assets as a means of financial security have left lower income families out.  New ways to help families build assets have demonstrated success and are a potential tool in helping more families [...]

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Time for a change: Locking youth up in Nebraska

In Nebraska we pride ourselves on having built the good life for our kids and families. Nebraskans can be proud of having made wise investments that have helped our state, children, and families weather recent tough times better than most. Unfortunately, when it comes to juvenile justice, we have a lot more work to do [...]

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Kids Count in Nebraska 2012 Report

The 20th annual Kids Count in Nebraska Report continues to provide pertinent information on the well-being of all children in areas of health, education, safety and economic stability and features a commentary on the Nebraska child welfare system. The report has a new look and a new focus on visual representation of the data — think graphs, [...]

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Cutting Our Future: How Budget Cuts Affect Nebraska’s kids

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” We all know that preventing something bad from happening is better than fixing a problem after it starts.  Time and time again, best practices and research show that intervening early in the lives of vulnerable children can prevent problems from getting bigger and costing more [...]

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Voices for Children: The Lifelong Impact of Poverty

April 8, 2013

About Voices for Children in Nebraska

July 17, 2011

Voices for Children: Racial Disparities

July 17, 2011

Voices for Children: Health

July 17, 2011

Voices for Children: Housing

July 17, 2011

Voices for Children: Snap

July 17, 2011

Voices for Children: Child Care Subsidies fixed

July 17, 2011

Voices for Children: EITC

July 17, 2011

Voices for Children: The Cliff Effect

July 17, 2011

Spotlight Video Series: Poverty Despite Work

July 17, 2011

Spotlight Video Series: Health Care Outreach

March 28, 2012

Spotlight Video Series: Health Care Exchanges

March 21, 2012

Spotlight Video Series: Health Care Reform to Date

March 14, 2012

Spotlight Video Series: State Wards

February 29, 2012

Spotlight Video Series: Ideal Behavioral Health System

February 15, 2012

Spotlight Video Series: Early Intervention

February 8, 2012

Healthy babies are worth the investment

February 7, 2012

Spotlight Video Series: Prenatal Care

February 1, 2012

Spotlight Video Series: Prenatal Care

January 25, 2012

Spotlight Video Series: Improving Medicaid and Kids Connection

January 18, 2012
Spotlight Video Series: English Language Learners

Spotlight Video Series: English Language Learners

May 23, 2012

Spotlight Video Series: Nutrition

May 16, 2012
Spotlight Video Series: Health and Education

Spotlight Video Series: Health and Education

May 9, 2012
Spotlight Video Series: Child Savings for Higher Ed

Spotlight Video Series: Child Savings for Higher Ed

May 2, 2012
Spotlight Video Series: Reading to Learn

Spotlight Video Series: Reading to Learn

April 25, 2012
Spotlight Video Series: Quality of Child Care

Spotlight Video Series: Quality of Child Care

April 18, 2012

Spotlight Video Series: Early Learning Environments

April 11, 2012

Spotlight Video Series: Education

April 4, 2012

About Voices for Children in Nebraska

July 17, 2011

Spotlight on YRTCs

September 5, 2012

Spotlight on Juvenile Detention

August 29, 2012

Spotlight on Juvenile Detention

August 22, 2012

Spotlight on Juvenile Detention

August 15, 2012

Spotlight on Juvenile Detention

August 8, 2012

Spotlight Video Series: Juvenile Resources in Rural Communities

December 28, 2011

Spotlight Video Series: Rehabilitation vs. Detention

December 21, 2011

Our child welfare and juvenile justice systems

December 20, 2011

Spotlight Video Series: Children in the Adult System

December 14, 2011

Spotlight Video Series: Adolescent Brain Development

December 7, 2011

Recent Posts

  • The sequester’s impact in Nebraska, Part 7: What’s next
  • Take action to support affordable child care!
  • Farm Bill Cuts to SNAP is Not the Answer to Eradicating Child Hunger, Obesity, and Poverty
  • Shout out: Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands, Readers to Leaders
  • The sequester’s impact in Nebraska, Part 6: Economic Stability

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