In the News

2011

• Early childhood education key to a better future (Viva Colorado, Dec. 21, 2011)
• Children of color to make up majority of Colorado's under-18 population by 2021 (Denver Post, Dec. 15, 2011)
• Anticipan cambios sociales en Colorado debido al aumento de la población inmigrante (EFE, Dec. 15, 2011)
• Scant attention paid to children’s issues in campaign (Summit County Voice, Dec. 13, 2011)
• D.C.'s Best Kept Billion-Dollar Secret (Health Policy Solutions, Nov. 2, 2011)
• Colorado Children's Campaign speakers urge action against poverty (Denver Post, October 27, 2011)
• Colorado Children's Campaign says state's children becoming both more hungry and obese (Westword, October 27, 2011)
• Poverty’s bottom line hits waistline too (Ed News Colorado, October 27, 2011)
• Report detailing childhood poverty levels to be presented in Granby (Sky Hi Daily News, Oct. 13, 2011)
• Griego: Time to make sure schools' count day counts for something more (Denver Post, October 6, 2011)
• Greeley continues to be a state leader in poverty levels (Greeley Tribune, September 21, 2011)
• Health Care Reform Act Funds Expand Services In Denver Public Schools (CBS4, September 16, 2011)
• For Colorado's kids, effects of economic downturn far-reaching (Summit Daily News, September 8, 2011)
• Helping Improve The Lives Of Colorado Children (KJCT8, Aug. 30, 2011)
• Rough Being A Kid (Wet Mountain Tribune, August 25, 2011)
• Report: Economy taking toll on Colorado kids (Colorado Springs Gazette, Aug. 16, 2011)
• Gov. vetoes health care premiums for poor (Pueblo Chieftain, June 1, 2011)
• State near bottom in school funding (Durango Herald, May 28, 2011)
• Children suffer in recession (Pueblo Chieftain, May 24, 2011)
• Dip in number of Colorado home-schoolers may be linked to surge in online enrollment (Denver Post, May 20, 2011)
• Bleak Reading Performance Stats Spur Push to Teach Early (Denver Post, May 19, 2011)
• Senate Bill 213 blocks access to CHP+ (Denver Post Opinion by Chris Watney, Len Dryer and Steve Federico, May 4, 2011)
• The importance of physical education (Denver Post Opinion by Chris Watney, March 22, 2011)
• Children in Colorado are not recession-proof (The Colorado Statesman, March 18, 2011)
• Opinion: Colorado children at risk for poverty, obesity and hunger (Health Policy Solutions, March 16, 2011)
• Report Finds Colorado Children Heavily Impacted by Recession (Colorado Trust blog, March 15, 2011)
• Thriving children: A strong education will strengthen all (Durango Herald, Mar. 15, 2011)
• Local survey: A grim count (Pueblo Chieftain, March 11, 2011)
• Recession's Impact on Colorado Children (KRCC, March 11, 2011)
• Economic slowdown hurts state's kids (Pueblo Chieftain, March 11, 2011)
• La Plata County children lack health-care help (Durango Herald, March 11, 2011)
• Recession hitting Colorado kids hard (Education News Colorado, Mar. 10, 2011)
• Colorado Children's Campaign Report Shows More Kids Falling Into Poverty (Huffington Post, March 10, 2011)
• Report: Recession sends more Colorado kids into deep poverty (Colorado Springs Gazette, March 10, 2011)
• More Colorado kids slipping into poverty, report says (Denver Post, March 10, 2011)
• Teen Pregnancies in Weld Dropping Despite Poverty Rates Increasing (Greeley Tribune, March 10, 2011)
• Quality of life in decline for Colorado kids (Health Policy Solutions, March 10, 2011)