During the pandemic, the Brighton Housing Authority started new programs to tutor school children and find emergency housing for victims of domestic violence
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Posted inEquity
To access housing and elder care, some older LGBTQ adults go back into the closet
What one Colorado researcher calls a “habit of silence” can have damaging impacts on older people’s physical and mental health
Posted inSocial Services
Colorado lawmakers to consider $5 million proposal to target youth homelessness after current programs fall short
On a typical day in Colorado, there are about 600 homeless children and 262 homeless young adults ages 18 to 24
Posted inPolitics and Government
Some of the 120 migrants who recently arrived in Denver planned the trip themselves through social media
City leaders are still trying to understand how and why 120 immigrants came to Denver, but they’ve ruled out the possibility that another state’s governor sent them.
Posted inEvents
Watch: Colorado Sun equity reporter discusses homeownership gap
The Colorado Sun’s equity reporter Tatiana Flowers hosted a conversation about Colorado’s Black community regarding the homeownership gap
Posted inPolitics and Government
Iranian students in Colorado feel forgotten as they watch their country unraveling from afar
As protesters demand equal women’s rights and freedom, Iranian students in Colorado are asking — will their government heed the call and will Americans stand in solidarity?
Posted inHealth
“Golden Girls” find community and safety in Western Slope shelter
Women account for about 35% of people who are homeless in Mesa County, where the wait for subsidized housing is 3 years.
Posted inSocial Services
Many Colorado foster kids don’t get behavioral health screenings as fast as they should
Data recently reviewed by state lawmakers reinforces findings from a Colorado Sun investigation that found 13% of adoptions of foster children have failed in the last decade — mainly due to behavioral issues
Posted inHousing
After fire, a Native American-inclusive tent community races to rebuild before winter
Thirty-seven people were displaced and 16 people lost everything they owned when a fire tore through a city-sanctioned tent community near Denver Health
Posted inClub Q Shooting
Club Q was opened 21 years ago to ensure Colorado Springs’ LBGTQ community would have a long-term home
“Club Q was that safe place for people to come and feel and understand that they are normal, that the way they feel is normal and there are people just like them,” owner Matthew Haynes said