Today marks the 9th day of the 2016 Nebraska Legislature, and this year’s short 60-day session promises to be an important session for kids and families in our state. In the coming months, the Unicameral will consider many bills impacting child well-being in the areas of child welfare, economic stability,…...
Support Voices on GivingTuesday!
GivingTuesday is a global day of charitable giving through social media interaction that encourages more meaningful gift-giving during the holiday season. With your help, we can further our mission by building strong relationships through community engagement across the state , enhancing our technology by making our Kids Count in Nebraska report digitally interactive,…...
Voices Welcomes New Executive Director
Voices for Children in Nebraska is pleased to announce that Aubrey Mancuso has been named the organization’s new Executive Director. She will replace Carolyn Rooker, who had served Voices for Children for five years following the twenty-three years of leadership by founding Executive Director, Kathy Bigsby Moore. Aubrey brings great…...
We Never Outgrow the Need for Family
This Saturday is National Adoption Day! All through November, advocates, families, and communities from across the country have celebrated the importance of adoptive families with the goal of raising awareness of barriers to adoption for children in foster care. This year’s theme is “We Never Outgrow the Need for Family,”…...
Equality Before the Law: Commentary Series Part 3, Education Indicators
This year’s Kids Count in Nebraska Report featured a commentary debuting our new Index of Race & Opportunity for Nebraska Children. This blog post is the third in a series diving into the commentary. In the first post we introduced the commentary and detailed our methodology, and last week we looked at…...