January 31, 2012 To: Education Committee From: Aubrey Mancuso, Policy Coordinator RE: Support for LB 1090 to provide one-time grant funding for Summer Food Programs...
Assets and Opportunity in Nebraska
Today, the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) released their comprehensive assesment of wealth, poverty, and financial security in the United States. CFED looks at how states, including Nebraska, are doing with regard to these measures. Nebraska ranked 17 overall. Nebraska continues to have low unemployment and a strong homeownership rate…...
Gaining perspective on the Governor’s Tax Cut
Cutting taxes limits Nebraska’s ability to fund important programs aimed at helping our children get the best possible start in life. To give us a little perspective, here are 10 policy changes that benefit kids from before birth through their teen years, sized relative to Governor Heineman’s proposed tax cuts.…...
Neutral Testimony on LB 961
Voices for Children is neutral on the proposal to return child welfare case management to the state. It doesn’t matter to a child who their caseworker works for and a change back would be yet another transfer their already unstable lives. January 26, 2012 From: Carolyn D. Rooker, Executive DirectorTo:…...
Opposition to LB 970 – Governor’s tax cut proposal
Voices for Children testified in opposition to the Governor’s tax cut proposals. In addition to our written testimony below, we shared an infographic to illustrate the amount of the cut for families at different income levels: No real relief for Nebraskans January 26, 2011 To: Revenue Committee From: Aubrey Mancuso,…...
