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October 2018

Georgia has the seventh highest rate of uninsured children in the country. The problem is especially severe in low-income communities. The report from Voices of Georgia’s Children shows 80 percent of Georgia children who were eligible for medicaid or Peachcare in 2016 weren’t enrolled. Dr. Erica Fener Sitkoff, Executive Director of Voices, sat down with host of […]

Voices for Georgia’s Children has launched an inaugural podcast series — Challenges for Children – focused on barriers to health care for children. In April 2018, the Voices for Georgia’s Children team set out to find out why so many of their state’s children were being left behind. Team members traveled to Whitfield, Dougherty, Effingham, and Lamar counties […]

More than 80 percent of uninsured Georgia children were eligible for coverage in government health insurance programs in 2016, but were not enrolled, a new report says. Several barriers to enrollment and medical services can prevent kids from getting the care they need, said the report, from the advocacy group Voices for Georgia’s Children. Read […]

For the past eight years, the first week of October has been known as Georgia Pre-K Week.  Georgia’s Pre-K Program was started in 1992 by Governor Zell Miller. The lottery-funded program served 750 four-year-olds in the state. Georgia Pre-K is a voluntary, free program available to all of Georgia’s four-year-olds, regardless of parental income. Now, […]

Juvenile Court Presiding Judge LeRoy Burke III was named winner of a 2018 Big Voice for Children Award for his efforts at effective prevention and early intervention efforts to make a long-term difference in kids’ lives. The award from the Voices for Georgia’s Children recognized Burke’s leadership role at the Juvenile Court to spearhead a […]

Atlanta, Ga. – Voices for Georgia’s Children, the state’s only comprehensive statewide child advocacy and policy organization, is launching a new podcast series, Challenges for Children, and supplemental report, Barriers to Healthcare for Georgia’s Children, which outlines steps to reduce the challenges Georgians are facing. In April 2018, the Voices team set out to find […]