Our KidsFlash blog helps child advocates and policymakers stay up to date on the latest child well-being news from the Colorado State Capitol and around the state. Find data and research on child health, early childhood education and development, K-12 education, and more. 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 your need to make a difference in the lives of Colorado's children.
Last Friday, after five hours of deliberation and testimony, the State Human Services Board voted to increase cash assistance to low income families by 10 percent! This was the first increase in basic cash assistance in more than a decade and is a huge win for low-income families participating in the Colorado Works program.
The Trump administration has yet to reunite all of the children and parents who were separated at the border under the administration’s policy and are being held in detention centers.
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The 2018 LGBTQ health survey asks about health care, insurance coverage, and mental and behavioral health, as well as some more in-depth questions about seeking care as a transgender person.
In 2016, 23 percent of Colorado children (296,000 kids) lived in families in which no parent had regular, full-time employment. Between 2010 and 2016, the state’s percentage of children whose parents lacked secure employment fell from 29 percent.
One in five of Colorado’s youngest children is at risk of not being counted in the 2020 census, according to a new report released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. As many as 62,000 Colorado children under 5 live in communities that are considered hard to count.
Advocates calling for the reunification of families separated at the U.S. border will rally Saturday in communities throughout Colorado and the nation. We encourage you to join and demand that children are immediately reunified with their families and that this practice is stopped permanently.
In 2017, Colorado’s unemployment rate fell to 2.8 percent, making it the fifth lowest unemployment rate in the country.
