UT: Family/Father Issues
UT program aims to help first responders through horsemanship
A new program in Utah wants to help first responders learn to recognize and work through their traumatic life events through horsemanship. This …
Report examines UT child-care crisis
A new report found licensed child care programs in Utah are only able to serve about 36% of all children younger than 6 whose parents are working…
Survey: Social Emotional Development a Top Priority for Parents
A new survey finds a majority of parents of children younger than six in Utah and across the country rated social emotional development the most impor…
UT Excels in Child Well-Being, But Parents Struggle with Child Care Costs
Utah ranks second in the country for overall child well-being, moving up from last year's fourth-place ranking in the annual Kids Count Data Book…
UT Pilot Program Aims to Support Grieving Kids
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox joined the Children's Collaborative for Healing and Support last week to announce a pilot program in the state designed to …
Report: UT Sees Child Population Increase Despite National Decline
A new report found the population of children recorded in 2020 was 1.1 million fewer than in 2010. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation…
UT Group Urges Congress to Reinstate Child Tax Credit Payments
When families began receiving expanded Child Tax Credit payments during the pandemic, the extra family income lifted almost four-million children out …
SCOTUS to Hear Constitutional Challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act
A case before the U.S. Supreme Court has Native Americans in Utah and other states concerned the outcome could revive the centuries-old practice of …
Ogden Legislator Leads Push to Eliminate Utah's Food Tax
OGDEN, Utah - Utah is one of only a handful of states that taxes food, but one state legislator says taxing groceries should become a thing of the …
Infrastructure Plan to Include Paid Family Leave for Utah, U.S.
SALT LAKE CITY - President Joe Biden says he will include a federal paid leave program as part of his multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure plan to reb…
COVID Pandemic Brings Stress, Health Issues to Utah Kids, Families
PROVO, Utah -- The COVID-19 pandemic and its side-effects - job loss, poverty, hunger and the threat of homelessness - have hit Americans hard in 2020…
Pushback for Bill to Decriminalize Polygamy in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY -- Efforts to decriminalize polygamy in Utah are getting international attention, but opponents say it could make life worse for …