As a trusted source of expertise and data about children in Colorado, the Colorado Children’s Campaign is frequently cited in news stories statewide, increasing the visibility of issues affecting the health, education, and wellbeing of children in Colorado. Please read through the following articles to learn more about important issues affecting Colorado children.
Fewer children in Weld County are living in poverty than have in many years, which is a sign of recovery from the Great Recession, according to the annual “Kids Count in Colorado!” report.
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Congress just let expire federal funding for a program that provides low-cost health insurance to 9 million children, at least 75,000 of whom live in Colorado.
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The Senate Finance Committee passed a bill co-sponsored by Colorado’s U.S. senators — Sen. Michael Bennet and Sen. Cory Gardner — to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP.
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Congress allowed the Children’s Health Insurance Program to expire at the end of September. Unless action is taken soon, cuts will begin to be made.
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The number of Colorado kids without health insurance hit an all-time low of four percent last year, according to new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.
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Although the strategies we are using to cultivate early childhood innovation are new for us, GCI has always been open to testing new approaches to solving problems, including incubating some of Denver’s most influential nonprofits like the Colorado Children’s Campaign, the Denver Preschool Program and the Urban Land Conservancy.
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