Roughly 240,000 unemployed Coloradans face a significant reduction in income when the Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (or PUC) elapses in late July. The federally funded benefit -- which provides a $600 weekly benefit to supplement unemployment insurance -- helped...
Over 1.2 million Coloradans rely on Medicaid or Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) for comprehensive health services that foster child development, help adults maintain employment, deliver needed mental health and substance use treatments and keep people with disabilities...
This policy paper, prepared by staff members Charles Brennan, Michelle Webster & Claire Sheridan, delves into the deep issues of economic inequality that permeates our state, but also proposes a solution: expanding Colorado's existing Earned Income Tax Credit...
Advocates across Colorado are interested in improving access to health coverage and care for Colorado’s immigrant populations. One barrier to improving access is state legislation referred to as House Bill 06-1023 (HB 1023). HB 1023 requires state and local government...
Health First Colorado, Colorado’s Medicaid program, is a public health insurance program that pays for necessary health care services for low-income Coloradans and those living with disabilities. By investing in health care services and supports, Health First Colorado...
This is a statement composed by CCLP's Health Program Director Elisabeth Arenales that focuses on ensuring the Rocky Mountain HMO is fairly valued through the conversion process and that the foundation receiving the proceeds of the conversion receives the full value...
This brief critiques a study produced by Eric Fruits, an economist hired by the Common Sense Policy Roundtable, a conservative and business-aligned organization in Colorado. Fruits’ study, “Impacts of Increasing Colorado’s Minimum Wage,” makes a variety of claims...