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A closer look at chronic absenteeism and truancy

We all want children to have access to opportunities to succeed through a quality education. Let’s be honest – an important component of a student’s ability to succeed in school is their attendance. In recent years, Nebraska legislators have enacted a number of bills aimed at increasing school attendance, reducing the number…...

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A Changing Nebraska: By 2050, Nebraska will be older

Last week we kicked off a blog series on this year’s Kids Count commentary, “A Changing Nebraska: How demographic shifts impact children.” We started with a look at what Nebraska looks like right now and how Nebraska’s population is expected to grow to 2050. As the state’s population changes, trends…...

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A Reminder on the Legislative Process

  As the 2014 State Legislative Session gets underway, it’s was a good time for a reminder of how the state legislative process works.  The State Legislature’s website a good resource for finding your Senator, learning more about the legislative process, or following the progress of a bill online. Our…...

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A Changing Nebraska

  This week Voices for Children was proud to release the annual Kids Count in Nebraska Report. In addition to 200+ state wide indicators of child well-being and 30 county-specific indicators, we include a commentary that dives deeper into a subject impacting Nebraska’s children. This year’s commentary was on “A Changing…...

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We’re hiring! Communications Director/Coordinator

  Love policy and data and know a thing or two about communications?  Voices for Children in Nebraska is seeking a Communications Director/Coordinator.   Title:  Communications Director/Coordinator Job Summary:    Responsible for developing and implementing a communications strategy and coordinating campaigns, publications and events sponsored by Voices for Children ranging from…...

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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…...

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Hot off the presses! The Kids Count 2013 Report

The 2013 Kids Count in Nebraska Report has arrived at our Voices for Children offices! Even though all of us here have our copies and are delightfully flipping through them already, we cannot wait to share the report with you. We will begin sharing and distributing the report at our…...

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Kids Count 2013 Report

  We’re excited to announce that the 21st edition of the Kids Count in Nebraska Report will be released January 14 and 15, 2014. The report continues our new focus on visually representing the data — think graphs, charts, and bullet points and not paragraphs of text. We will be…...

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5 scary statistics about Nebraska’s kids

In honor of Halloween, we’re counting down a few of the scariest stats we could think of related to Nebraska’s kids. 1) About 1 in 8 Nebraska Households is Food Insecure, meaning that too many Nebraska families don’t know where their next meal is coming from. 2) The percent of…...

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Ensuring the ‘Good Life’ for Nebraska kids requires adequate state revenue

On Thursday, Voices for Children in Nebraska board member Eric Nelson testified before the Tax Modernization Committee.  Here is his written testimony: Thank you Senator Hadley and Members of the Committee. My name is Eric Nelson and I am here today as a board member for Voices for Children in…...

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