Child care is the largest expense in the budget for families with young children. In 2012, full time care in a child care center for an infant in Nebraska cost an average of $ 7,747 per year. The child care subsidy program helps low-income working parents afford child care and…...
Kids Count in Nebraska Report 2013
The 21st annual Kids Count in Nebraska Report continues to highlight data in each of Voices for Children’s four issues areas – Health, Education, Safety, and Economic Stability – with over 200 indicators of how children in our state are doing and 30 county-level indicators. We have continued with…...
Progress has been made, so let’s stay the course
There are two key objectives at the core of any child welfare system: preventing child abuse and neglect by strengthening families and responding quickly, but thoughtfully, to reports of child maltreatment in order to minimize trauma. Last month, the Foster Care Review Office released its 2013 Annual Report, which…...
Foster care reimbursement rate
Responsibility for the care and safety of children rests primarily with biological or adoptive parents. However, sometimes concerns about abuse and neglect arise removing children from their homes is the best way to keep them safe. Studies show that where children are placed is directly related to the outcomes children…...
College Savings Issue Brief
Postsecondary education and training is now more important than ever for individual success and societal progress. Investments in higher education provide significant returns in employment levels, financial earnings, tax revenues, health, upward mobility, and overall well-being. Current projections indicate that demand for educated workers in Nebraska is projected to…...
Kids for Cash has lessons for Nebraska
It’s not every day that the juvenile justice system makes national news. But just a few years ago, a scandal rocked Luzerne County Pennsylvania: judges had accepted nearly $2.6 million from private, for-profit juvenile facilities. Now known as the “Kids for Cash” scandal, this incident created shockwaves across the entire…...
