Families should be able to achieve financial security through hard work and we should ensure that policies support working families. Financially secure parents can provide their children with adequate housing, child care, health care, food and transportation. As a state, one of the best ways that we can improve childhood…...
Voices for Children Supports LB 598
Click Here to Read Voices for Children’s Entire LB 598 Testimony This afternoon, Voices for Children Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Policy Coordinator Juliet Summers testified in favor of LB 598, which would change requirements regardings treatment and segregation of mentally ill inmates. Voices for Children in Nebraska supports…...
Voices for Children Supports LB 441
Click here to Read Voices for Children’s Entire LB 441 Testimony This afternoon, Voices for Children Child Welfare Policy Associate Julia Tse testified in support of LB 441, which would change the Bridge to Independence Program to add requirements for a child’s final court hearing before guardianship is terminated, and…...
Voices for Children Supports LB 335
Click Here to Read Voices for Children’s full testimony on LB 335 This afternoon, Voices for Children Economic Stability and Health Coordinator Aubrey Mancuso testified in favor of LB 335, which would create an inter-generational poverty task force. For over two decades, Voices for Children in Nebraska has sought…...
How Do State Tax Revenue Changes Affect Nebraskan Families?
Tax revenue pays for a number of critical services throughout Nebraska including public parks, roads, schools, and social services. When considering making tax cuts, as suggested in LB 357 this 104th legislative season, it is important to ensure that the revenue lost from tax cuts does not result in…...
Kids Count Commentary Series Part 2: Supporting Working Families – Poverty and Family Bottom Line
On January 29th, Voices for Children released the 22nd annual Kids Count in Nebraska Report. This year’s report is our biggest and most comprehensive edition to date. Every year in the Kids Count report, we include a timely commentary providing a deeper look at an issue important to the work we do…...
