Colorado’s 2021 Legislative Session just ended. Learn more about CCLP’s legislative priorities here.
This eight-page document reflects the effectiveness and hard work of our staff, Board of Directors and community partners throughout 2019-20. It includes an overview on our progress in issues pertaining to food, health, housing and income, measurable results...
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...
This 10-page analysis shows how proposed cuts to the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing's budget will likely have adverse effects on Coloradans’ ability to access health care -- particularly in rural parts of the state. The report was published on June 5,...
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 eight-page document highlights the Colorado Center on Law and Policies achievements for 2018-19. It includes a statement of financial activity and a complete list of funders. [button newwindow="yes"...
Colorado is in the midst of developing an affordable public health insurance option, with the Division of Insurance and the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing directed to come up with a proposal by November, 2019. The process is the result of the passage...
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...
At a cursory glance, Colorado has much to celebrate in terms of low unemployment and poverty levels, but scratching the surface of the data reveals troubling trends fraught with wage stagnation and disparities. CCLP produces the State of Working Colorado every year to...
Prepared every few years for Colorado Center on Law and Policy by the Center for Women’s Welfare at the University of Washington, the Self-Sufficiency Standard calculates how much income a family must earn to meet basic needs without public or private assistance based...