While Colorado has made progress towards strengthening women’s economic security, women around the state continue to face challenges, discrimination and violence, according to a new report. Authored by Colorado Center on Law and Policy for the Women’s Foundation of...
Charles Brennan
Charles serves as CCLP's Deputy Director of Research, using data and research to support our efforts to stand with diverse communities across Colorado in the fight against poverty. Staff page ›
Articles by Charles Brennan
Congress must extend unemployment insurance benefits
This is the last week the nearly 240,000 Coloradans who are on or currently applying for unemployment insurance will receive an expanded $600-a-week benefit. Officially known as Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC), this benefit was designed to ensure the...
Poverty decreased statewide, but increased in parts of Colorado
You may have missed it with the end-of-the-year hustle and bustle, but the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest county-level estimates for 2018 on Dec. 19, 2019. The data, which provides a socio-economic snapshot of the state and its counties, allows us to see how...
Advocacy Alert: HUD Rule Would Terminate Housing Assistance to American Citizens
Tens of thousands of American citizens and permanent residents including up to 500 Colorado families would lose their housing assistance if a new rule recently proposed by the Trump Administration goes into effect – putting their health and financial security in...