Tag: Department Of Human Services
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Despite voter approval, Colorado’s SNAP recipients unlikely to see Proposition MM benefits anytime soon
Colorado voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a tax hike on households earning at least $300,000, after being told it would not only help fund free school meals for students but also boost food assistance through the federal food stamp program. However, early indications are that the added benefits may not reach recipients of the Supplemental…
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Colorado lawmakers sign off on $10 million for food assistance as SNAP benefits are poised to run out
A panel of Colorado legislators on Thursday approved a $10 million cash infusion into food assistance for residents who are expected to lose food stamp benefits starting on Saturday amid the federal government shutdown. But state policymakers and budget staffers said they fear that the plan is riddled with “holes,” describing it as akin to…
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Northglenn transitional home for sex offenders, mentally ill sparks controversy
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Neither the state nor the City of Northglenn wants to budge in a tug of war over plans for a facility that would house dozens of registered sex offenders and mentally ill residents in a neighborhood near schools and a playground. The Mental Health Transitional Living…
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Denver mayor announces new director for ‘Newcomer Program’
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Mayor Mike Johnston announced Thursday he appointed Sarah Plastino to the newly created — and highly anticipated — director of the city’s Newcomer Program, in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by tens of thousands of immigrants coming to Colorado’s most populous city. The Newcomer Program is within the Denver Department of Human Services, which…
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Colorado legislature won’t increase state’s youth detention capacity — for now
Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee decided not to move forward with a request to increase the number of pre-trial detention spaces in the state’s juvenile delinquency system. The recommendation not to go forward by the committee’s nonpartisan staff cited ongoing conversations among legislators who sponsored legislation to decrease the capacity two years ago. But the committee…
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4 recent murders: Colorado’s troubled family court system ignores children in peril
For nearly seven months Andrea Berry had been trying to get police to take seriously her fears that her ex-husband was sexually abusing their 3-year-old daughter, Sophia, and using her in child pornography, but she was running out of options. A police commander in the town of Elizabeth, where the father lived, had bluntly told…
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Unsustainable? Colorado’s government keeps growing
Proponents of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights designed the constitutional amendment to curb government’s voracious appetite for more spending. But the state’s most recognizable tax law, which turns 30 this year, hasn’t stopped the government from growing. Not even close. Consider this: Lawmakers propose to spend $36.4 billion in the next fiscal year, an amount…
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Managed homeless camp at Park Hill church to move to city property
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The managed homeless campsite operating outside of Park Hill United Methodist Church since June will move to city property next month, the Colorado Village Collaborative announced Tuesday. The campsite, called a Safe Outdoor Space, is…
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Freestanding Colorado agency for early childhood a popular proposal
Colorado could get a new stand-alone state agency dedicated to early childhood programs if lawmakers act on a recommendation approved Tuesday by a state advisory group. The idea is to consolidate programs and services for children birth to 5 and their families in a single cabinet-level department. Currently, early childhood programs are spread among multiple…
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Colorado Springs-area children, teens suffer mentally from pandemic pressures
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Lexi Rowland’s schoolwork piled up and her friends down the block seemed like a plane trip away, a serious funk descended on the Discovery Canyon Campus High School senior. Loneliness reached in, grabbed on…