This report investigates perspectives on digital equity challenges, and explores ways to expand digital inclusion and literacy in Colorado. Prepared for the Office of the Future of Work, Colorado Department of Labor and Employement (CDLE).
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Self-Sufficiency Standard for Colorado 2022
Prepared every few years for CCLP 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 on family composition in each of Colorado's 64 counties.
Overlooked and Undercounted 2022
Based on the 2019 data, this edition of "Overlooked and Undercounted" reveals which Colorado families were struggling to make ends meet -- even before the start of the pandemic.
Barriers, Errors & Due Process Denied: A Review of Colorado’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Administrative Hearing Process
From October 2020 to February 2022, Colorado Center on Law and Policy (CCLP) conducted research on SNAP disputes and the processes and outcomes of the administrative hearing process in Colorado. CCLP staff combed through over two thousand pages of 2019 hearing decisions, analyzed state and federal data, and heard directly from Coloradans who experienced challenges with their SNAP benefits and the administrative hearing process firsthand. CCLP found that many SNAP beneficiaries encounter problems but do not successfully access hearings, and when they do, lose their hearings at rates that are much higher than national averages. Beneficiaries reported difficulty navigating the appeal process, a finding that was unsurprising given the technical and dense information provided to beneficiaries in notices and on websites. Vanishingly few beneficiaries have legal representation, and some who had limited English proficiency appeared without the benefit of trained interpreters.
Ready for work after COVID-19
How can our workforce development systems prepare Coloradans for a post-COVID economy? This report by Laura Ware & Charles Brennan was sponsored by a grant from the ECMC Foundation.
Budget Cuts and Health Access
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,...
Self-Sufficiency Standard for Colorado 2018
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...
Facing Eviction Alone: A Study of Evictions in Denver, 2014-2016
Amid Colorado’s growing affordable-housing crisis, there are roughly 850 evictions filed with courts every week across the state. According to data compiled by the Colorado Judicial Branch and Denver County Court, there were at least 44,000 evictions filed...
Overlooked and Undercounted: Struggling to Make Ends Meet in Colorado
This eye-opening report from 2007 illustrates how many families were caught in a "policy gap" where they earned too much to qualify for governmental work support programs, but too little to support their families. [button newwindow="yes"...
Health care affordability and Colorado’s low wage workers: a look at Medicaid recipients in Colorado
With the Trump Administration now allowing states to implement work requirements for Medicaid recipients, take a look at this comprehensive breakdown of the work and employment realities for Medicaid recipients in Colorado. [button newwindow="yes"...