Voices for Utah Children Issue Briefs
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Brief examines the damage done to students by way of chronic absenteeism from school, and how absenteeism and its effects are two-generation problems ...
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This brief studies the development of a multi-intervention 2Gen strategy to help single, first-time pregnant mothers in Salt Lake County. The three pr...
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This brief highlights the benefits of the federal and state Earned-Income Tax Credits as levers for lifting families out of poverty.
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This brief describes the origins and work of the state’s Intergeneration Poverty Commission and Intergenerational Poverty Advisory Committee.
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This brief expounds on the benefits of expanded Medicaid coverage for low-income adults. Among the benefits discussed is better health coverage for pa...