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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,…...

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Nebraska kids and families: So much to be thankful for

  In our day to day tireless efforts to improve child well-being and build pathways to opportunity for all children, it is so easy to get bogged down by what our state is not doing right. We are constantly looking at data and research on how our policies harm children…...

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Shop with a Purpose this Holiday Season

As the holiday season approaches, many of us begin to strategize our gift purchasing for family and friends. Whether it’s framing a sneaky question about what a family member wants for Christmas, or monitoring a friend’s Pinterest board for gift ideas, we start looking around for the perfect gift. For…...

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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…...

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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,”…...

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Making Nebraska’s Schools Hunger Free

As Thanksgiving approaches, we look forward to celebrating the holiday with our families, around a table of everyone’s favorite dishes. But what happens for families that struggle to put food on the table during difficult times? As the poverty rate for Nebraska families remains high, so does food insecurity: according…...

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Voices for Children Testimony on LR 181

  Earlier today, Voices for Children Economic Stability and Health Policy Coordinator Aubrey Mancuso testified on LR 181, an interim study to examine Nebraska’s workforce, especially in high need areas, and support personal responsibility and professional growth for all Nebraskans.  Voices for Children testified on the need to ensure that…...

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November is National Adoption Month!

November is National Adoption Month! We decided to kick off the month by looking at some state facts and policies that tell us more about how to strengthen adoption as a permanency option for children in our state foster care system. Be sure to click the infographic for a closer…...

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5 Scariest Nebraska Kid and Family Stats

  All of Nebraska’s children deserve the opportunity to grow up to be happy, healthy, successful adults. Our state does many things right, and there is no doubt that our’s is a great state to be a kid. But despite our many successes as a state, there are things we…...

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YJAM Series: A Tale of Five Houses

On Halloween, we take our children trick or treating from house to house in the neighborhood, but at the end of the night, we come back to our own home to snuggle in, telling ghost stories over a cup of hot cider and a full bag of candy. All too…...

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