The State of Vermont’s Children
Challenging Poverty:
Supporting Children and Families
in Diffi cult Times
A Vermont KIDS COUNT Report
May 2010
Voices
for Vermont’s Children
Promoting public policy that enhances the lives of children and youth in Vermont
Voices for Vermont’s Children
Challenging Poverty: Supporting Children and Families in Diffi cult Times
PO Box 261, Montpelier, VT 05601
802-229-6377 • vtkids@voicesforvtkids.org • www.voicesforvtkids.org
Board of Directors
Susan Titterton
President
Sharon Fortune
Vice President
Kim Keiser
Treasurer
Frederika French
Secretary
Michael Belenky
Kim Bruno, M.D.
Dave Connor
Ann Traverso Moore
Floyd Nease
Jane Pincus
Kate Piper, Esq.
Ann Seibert
K.C. Whiteley
Staff
Carlen Finn
Executive Director
Nicole L. Mace
Research Coordinator
S. Beth Nolan
Outreach Coordinator
Barbara Postman
Policy Coordinator
Sheila Reed
Legislative & Community
Advocacy Coordinator
Deborah Wetmore
Project Coordinator
Acknowledgements
This report was funded by The Annie
E. Casey Foundation. We thank them
for their support but acknowledge that
the fi ndings presented in this report are
those of Voices for Vermont’s Children
alone, and do not necessarily refl ect the
opinions of the Foundation.
Special thanks to:
Sam Gilbert
The Vermont Child Poverty Council
Cheryl Barrows, Vermont Department
of Education
Angus Chaney, Vermont Offi ce of
Economic Opportunity
Michelle Chau, National Center
for Children in Poverty, Mailman
School of Public Health, Columbia
University
Sarah Robinson, Vermont Campaign
to End Childhood Hunger
Angela Smith-Dieng, Vermont
Campaign to End Childhood Hunger
Credits
Data Collection and Analysis
Nicole L. Mace
Writer
Nicole L. Mace
Voices
for Vermont’s Children
Voices
for Vermont’s Children
Promoting public policy that enhances the lives of children and youth in Vermont
Voices for Vermont’s Children
A Vermont KIDS COUNT Report - May 2010
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