A state committee recommended a rate increase, but autism therapy providers say several agencies have already shut their doors
Social Services
Posted inHousing
Experiment to pay Denver’s homeless has reached $5 million and 846 people
Six months in, there are not yet concrete results in the yearlong study, but organizers report that the payments have been life altering for some
Posted inSocial Services
One-third of teens in Colorado juvenile corrections held for an average of 20 extra days because there’s no place to go
A 2021 state law set up a review system to figure out how to decrease the length of time juveniles are held in detention
Posted inEquity
Landlord twice sued by tenants in Aurora faces resident uprising at separate complex in Lakewood
People living in the Reed Apartments just west of Sloan Lake are getting help from a rising tenant advocacy group fighting for their landlord to fix problems with heat, plumbing and pest infestations
Posted inEquity
Tiny homes starting to be a big-deal solution for people priced out of Colorado’s housing market
New state law puts tiny homes on the same regulatory foundation as other manufactured housing, opening the door to let people live in them long term
Posted inHealth
Hundreds languish in jails as Colorado’s state-run mental health hospitals can’t find enough nurses
The state is offering $14,000 signing bonuses and $5,000 retention bonuses in its quest to hire 260 nurses in Pueblo and Fort Logan
Posted inSocial Services
Lawmakers aim to reform Colorado’s child welfare system with series of summer hearings
The 11-member committee wants to address long-standing problems with sweeping legislation instead of piecemeal bills
Posted inHealth
A new family therapy program in Colorado will meet you wherever you are — even if that’s Costco
An in-home mental health program for kids that began in January has served 200 people in 20 Colorado counties and has plans to expand
Posted inHealth
The hidden loneliness epidemic endangers Coloradans, especially older adults
Loneliness and isolation pose health risks as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day and costs the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. Surgeon General says
Posted inHealth
Colorado to get more mental health bed options, new hospital amid “near crisis”
A new 144-bed behavioral health hospital is coming to Westminster and dozens of state grants aim to boost capacity for mental health