More than 150 Advocates Call for a National Commission on Children
On Tuesday, Feb. 12, the Colorado Children’s Campaign and more than 150 other organizations called on Congress and President Obama to create a new National Commission on Children to ensure the safety...
View Article2013 KIDS COUNT in Colorado! Report Released Today
Child advocates from around the state helped the Colorado Children’s Campaign and Gov. Hickenlooper release the 2013 edition of KIDS COUNT in Colorado! today. The report was unveiled at a press...
View ArticleKidsFlash Fast Fact – May 10, 2013
In 2011, 5 percent of all Colorado kids received basic cash assistance through the Colorado Works/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Colorado Works/TANF assists low-income families...
View ArticleAn Introduction to TANF in Colorado During the Recession Report Released
The Children’s Campaign released a report in April explaining changes in funding levels for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant during the recession, one of the more...
View ArticleWomen’s Foundation of Colorado Examines the Well-Being of Women and Girls in...
The Women’s Foundation of Colorado, in partnership with the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, released the 2013 Status of Women and Girls in Colorado report this week that analyzes the well-being...
View ArticleNational KIDS COUNT Data Book Ranks Colorado 21st in Child Well-Being
Colorado moved up one spot to 21st among states in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book, released earlier this week. The report shows that while Colorado made gains in child health...
View ArticleNewly Released Census Data Show Colorado’s High Rate of Child Poverty...
Colorado’s child poverty rate was higher in 2012 than during the worst years of the Great Recession, according to data from the American Community Survey released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau....
View ArticleFast Fact – Aug. 28, 2014
In 2012, 17 percent of all school-aged children in Colorado (ages 5 to 17) were living in poverty—defined as about $23,000 in annual income for a family of four. Moffat 2 School District in Saguache...
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Colorado’s Child Poverty Rate Declines for the First Time Since 2008; Small...
The U.S. Census Bureau’s annual release of American Community Survey data on Thursday held some positive news for Colorado kids and child advocates. Colorado’s child poverty rate fell to 16.9 percent...
View ArticleCensus Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure Finds Public Programs Kept...
Public benefits kept more than 8 million American children out of poverty in 2013, according to a report released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. The report uses an experimental poverty measure...
View ArticleCPR Explores Child Poverty in Colorado
Colorado Public Radio aired a story this week that illustrates poverty from a child’s perspective. The article highlights the fears, stresses, hopes and dreams of three Colorado kids living in poverty....
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New County-Level Child Poverty Estimates Released
Data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau show that child poverty rates declined in many counties across the state in 2013, mirroring the statewide decline in child poverty reported earlier...
View ArticleFast Fact – Jan. 16, 2015
In 2013, 17 percent of children under 18 in Colorado were living in poverty, defined as an annual income no more than $23,550 for a family of four. Between 2012 and 2013, the percent of children living...
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