In the United States, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides assistance to individuals and households experiencing food insecurity. An additional component of SNAP includes the option for eligible participants to pursue employment and training...
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Income & Self-Sufficiency Policy Forum Recap, Part 2: Policy ideation, room for improvement and the challenges ahead
How Can We Make Income More Sustainable and Equitable? While there are substantial barriers, Ms. Robert provided our audience with some positives about Colorado. Currently, Colorado ranks 2nd to Nebraska in having a high labor force participation at 69.4%, so it’s...
Income & Self-Sufficiency Policy Forum Recap, Part 1: The Self-Sufficiency Standard and barriers to self-sufficiency
At the beginning of September, CCLP hosted its second Policy Forum series event on Income and the Self-Sufficiency Standard in Colorado. We are grateful to those who were able to join us in conversation. Attendees raised important questions about the income trends as...
Talent Equity Agenda is a roadmap to promote equity in Colorado’s top jobs
CCLP selected as WINcome grantee by The Women’s Foundation of Colorado
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...
News Release: House Bill 1305 would give Coloradans a chance to compete in the workforce
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT Bob Mook [email protected] 303-573-5669, ext. 311 DENVER -- Hundreds of thousands of Coloradans whose opportunities are limited by past mistakes could see their job prospects improve under a bill being considered by Colorado...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PDF version available here. MEDIA CONTACT: Bob Mook [email protected] 303-573-5669, ext. 311 Report reveals how race, place and income determine health in Colorado DENVER - Research consistently shows a direct correlation between income, race,...
News Release: Bill paves way for responsible entry into the workforce
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 17, 2016 (PDF available here.) Bill paves way for responsible re-entry into workforce Hundreds of thousands of Coloradans whose opportunities are limited by past mistakes could see their job prospects improve under a bill being considered...