Our KidsFlash blog helps child advocates and policymakers stay up to date on the latest child wellbeing news around the state. In our weekly newsletter, you can find data and research on child health, early childhood learning and development, K-12 education, and more. During the legislative session, KidsFlash also serves as a resource to help track important legislation and policies affecting Colorado's kids. Get the inside scoop on the Children's Campaign's outreach efforts - including information on important fundraising and advocacy events, as well as efforts being undertaken by the It's About Kids and Circle of Friends networks. The KidsFlash blog is your connection to the resources and information you need to make a difference in the lives of Colorado's children.
Things are ramping up at the capitol slowly but surely, with one of our priority bills introduced and a press conference from the Women’s Caucus on expanding health coverage.
On Jan. 18, the Biden administration launched its website, COVIDTests.gov, which will provide four free at-home tests to every household in America that wants them.
The Colorado Children’s Campaign has signed on to a letter alongside 90 other civil rights and education organizations across the country urging our members of Congress to support a suite of school climate bills.
The approval of the report is a critical milestone for Colorado’s early childhood system, and for the children and families that will be impacted by this new vision for universal preschool.
The current patchwork system of funding data collection is jeopardizing our understanding of maternal health outcomes in our state.
Head Start and Early Head Start served more than 12,600 children and pregnant women in Colorado in 2019, though there were likely many more who qualified for the programs.
The 2022 Legislative Session has officially kicked off!
Although the decline was small, it is the first drop in the statewide graduation rate since Colorado changed the way it calculates graduation rates in 2010.