In the News

2012

• Investments in Colorado Children Sliding (News Channel 5, Dec. 21, 2012)
• Colorado's spending on programs to protect kids from abuse drops (Denver Post, Dec. 18, 2012)
• Brief: Spending on kids squeezed (EdNews Colorado, Dec. 18, 2012)
• School finance reform plans take shape (EdNews Colorado, Dec. 18, 2012)
• No job, no school: Thousands of young Coloradans "disconnected" (Public News Service, Dec. 4, 2012)
• St. Vrain school kids benefit from all-day preschool, kindergarten (Denver Post, Dec. 2, 2012)
• Childhood experiences ‘smoking gun’ for school success, lifelong health (Health Policy Solutions, Oct. 5, 2012)
• Promoting healthy food for a better education (Summit Daily News, Oct. 2, 2012)
• La Plata County kids are hanging in there (Durango Herald, Oct. 1, 2012)
• Teen mothers on the rise, poverty sustains in Valley (Valley Courier, Sep. 28, 2012)
• School funding proposal fleshed out (EdNews Colorado, Aug. 7, 2012)
• Report: 1 in 10 Colorado teens abused drugs (Daily Sentinel, July 26, 2012)
• KIDS COUNT report ranks Colorado 22nd in child well-being survey (Northern Colorado 5, July 25, 2012)
• Child well-being: Colorado ranks 22nd in the nation (KOAA, July 25, 2012)
• Colorado middle of the road for child well-being (Community Radio for Northern Colorado, July 25, 2012)
• National campaign to improve third-grade reading launches in Denver (Denver Westword, July 3, 2012)
• Supreme Court upholds all key provisions of health care act (Denver Post, June 28, 2012)
• Kids' well-being ranks low (Pueblo Cheiftain, June 21, 2012)
• Preventing childhood obesity in Summit (Summit Daily News, June 18, 2012)
• Can Schools Have Reform AND Money? (Colorado Public Radio, Apr. 2, 2012)
• Dolls populate Capitol, reminder to count kids first (Colorado Statesman, Mar. 30, 2012)
• Round-Up: Gov. bans prescribed burns; Kids Count Survey shows Pueblo County lags; CS Council gives initial approval to cameras (KRCC, Mar. 29, 2012)
• 2012 Kids Count In Colorado Report: Child Poverty Rates At A Standstill (Huffington Post, Mar. 29, 2012)
• Our Silent Minority (Wet Mountain Tribune, Mar. 29, 2012)
• Pueblo children lag behind peers (Pueblo Chieftain, Mar. 28, 2012)
• Report: Kids thrive in Douglas County; El Paso County in middle of pack (Colorado Springs Gazette, Mar. 27, 2012)
• Boulder, Broomfield counties rank high for child well-being (Mar. 27, 2012)
• La Plata County kids lack health care (Durango Herald, Mar. 27, 2012)
• Bienestar infantil en Colorado (Univision, Mar. 27, 2012)
• Message of Kids Count report: Place matters…a lot (Health Policy Solutions, Mar. 27, 2012)
• The Importance of Place: New 'Kids Count' Report Finds Location Matters (KUNC, Mar. 27, 2012)
• Kids’ well-being varies across counties (Education News Colorado, Mar. 27, 2012)
• Report analyzes status of Colorado children (9News, Mar. 27, 2012)
• Group studying Colorado's school-funding system to share findings Monday (Denver Post, Mar. 18, 2012)
• Group calls for school finance reform (Education News Colorado, Mar. 18, 2012)
• Commentary: Quality is the next phase in reform (Education News Colorado guest opinion coauthored by Chris Watney, Mar. 12, 2012)
• Letter to Editor: Group working to provide health care for all kids (Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Feb. 28, 2012)
• I Speak for the Children! (Lorax-Inspired Advocating) (Imagination Soup, Feb. 27, 2012)
• Pobreza Infantil (Child Poverty) (Univision/KCEC News, Feb. 23, 2012)
• Colorado's percentage of kids living in severe poverty soars (Denver Post, Feb. 23, 2012)
• More Colorado kids in high-poverty areas (Education News Colorado, Feb. 23, 2012)
• Advocates speak up for kids’ health (Littleton Independent, Feb. 14, 2012)
• City of Aspen wins grant for kids health (Aspen Times, Feb. 8. 2012)
• Grants flow for youth services in state (Pueblo Chieftain, Feb. 2, 2012)
• More of Colorado’s children insured (Colorado Public News, Jan. 28, 2012)
• Colorado places in middle of pack in child-welfare report (Denver Post, Jan. 18, 2012)
• Opinion: State wins $26.1 million for improved health care for kids (Health Policy Solutions, Jan. 11, 2012)
• Children's programs in trouble throughout Colo. (Summit Daily News, Jan. 6, 2012)