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This week on The West Steps, we discuss Colorado’s eviction process with Jack Regenbogen, Deputy Executive Director at the Colorado Poverty Law Project, and Sarah Barnes, Director of Family Economic Prosperity Initiatives at the Colorado Children’s Campaign.
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A pandemic-era policy that increased the amount of money for food many Coloradans received through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is now set to end in March.
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Pregnant women and people who did not get vaccinated for COVID-19 during their pregnancies were at risk of a range of concerning health challenges related to the virus, according to a recently released observational study published in The Lancet.
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Data from the U.S. Census Bureau collected in late summer 2022 indicated that more than one-fourth of all Colorado households with children under 5 reported that their child care arrangement was disrupted at some point in the past four weeks because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations and a mid-week snow day meant that the legislature had a very short week. However, there was still a lot happening at the Capitol and for the Children’s Campaign, including our annual Speak Up for Kids day!
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Just in time for the 2023 legislative session, we are thrilled to share that Lauren Corboy has joined the Children’s Campaign team as an Early Childhood Policy Analyst! Raised in Denver, Lauren comes to us from Washington, D.C., where she spent the last seven years teaching pre-K and kindergarten.
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Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, Colorado 4-year-olds can receive at least 15 hours per week of free, voluntary preschool through the state’s new Universal Preschool (UPK) Colorado program, administered by the newly created Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC).
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The on-time high school graduation rate for Colorado students increased to 82.3% among the class of 2022, according to data released last week by the CDE. However, the data also reveal a concerning development – for the first time since 2015, the state’s overall dropout rate increased.
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Families across the country are facing continued challenges in accessing consistent, affordable child care. Extreme decreases in available programs, staff shortages, and disruptions due to the pandemic have impacted all parents.
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