The Follow-Up Project, which has suicide hotline staff call people who’ve been discharged from a hospital, is now offering free therapy through the nonprofit Second Wind Fund
Social Services
Posted inPolitics and Government
Venezuelan migrants share stories of their dangerous monthslong journey to Denver
They saw bodies — including those of children. Some were assaulted on a train, others were kidnapped. They risked run-ins with mafias and corrupt cops.
Posted inEducation
Grand Junction school board rejects on-campus health center, citing concerns over parental rights and a lawsuit
Mesa County Valley School District board votes against the health center at the new Grand Junction High School campus
Posted inHealth
Parents of kids with medical needs say they’ve been battling Medicaid over in-home nursing care for years
Colorado families with children on ventilators and using feeding tubes say they continue to receive denials from Medicaid
Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado to continue prosecuting kids as young as 10 after plan to raise age fails on legislature’s last day
The proposal to raise the juvenile prosecution age except in murder cases pitted district attorneys and police officers against state lawmakers
Posted inEquity
Two programs that kept Coloradans fed through the pandemic are shrinking. One may even shut down.
Food justice programs are scrambling to keep delivering fresh fruits and vegetables to people in need.
Posted inHealth
Colorado clinics could soon be reimbursed for linking patients to healthy food, housing services
State lawmakers want Medicaid officials to seek federal approval and begin reimbursing for work that connects patients to resources that affect overall health
Posted inEquity
Denver’s first Native American affordable housing project aims to make amends for U.S. policy
The 187-unit apartment building with a symbolic circular design will include an Indian Health Services clinic and cultural programming in Denver.
Posted inEquity
First audit of Denver’s response to unauthorized encampments finds the city is mostly — but not fully — compliant
The city appears to equitably provide services, conduct assessments and perform cleanups. But it needs to do more to ensure people have access to their belongings.
Posted inHealth
Need for mental health providers has grown more urgent in the year since Marshall fire
A philanthropy-funded program to provide free mental health support for fire survivors has served hundreds of people but has bumped up against a provider shortage. “We are struggling.”