Thank you to the Health and Human Services Committee and Senator Conrad for taking the time to assess the impact of the new ACCESS Nebraska System on clients and community based organizations. In general, Voices for Children in Nebraska believes that the use of new technology is important to improving…...
Assessing ACCESSNebraska
On Monday, Voices for Children partnered with other organizations to host the first in a series of “listening sessions” on ACCESSNebraska. ACCESSNebraska is the state’s new way of providing public benefits like food stamps, Medicaid, and child care subsidies. In 2010, the state changed from a model of providing benefits with an…...
With more kids in poverty, it’s time for action
Holy smokes. Remember last week when we promised a more in-depth look at poverty data from the U.S. Census Bureau? Well, today, those data were released, and the look we promised isn’t going to be a very happy one. While the Omaha World-Herald led with a story touting Nebraska’s income growth, the takeaway here…...
Almost One in Five Nebraska Children Living in Poverty
We are diving into the data working on some charts and graphs with the newly released American Community Survey Data for later today. In the meantime, here is the press release we sent to the media this morning: 9/22/2011 CONTACT: Aubrey Mancuso, Economic Policy Coordinator Phone: (402) 597-3100 Email: amancuso@voicesforchildren.com…...
More children losing health insurance
It’s slightly nerdy to be saying this, but here in the Voices for Children research department, we’ve been looking forward to today’s release of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS) for awhile now. Today isn’t just a great excuse to make some charts and graphs, though. It’s also…...
