Tag: Federal Funds
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Parents making waves to protect Colorado kids | Jimmy Sengenberger
For too long, school districts and state government have failed Colorado’s kids. Enter the parents — making waves from the ballot box to the federal Department of Education. The department’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) found Jefferson County Schools in violation of Title IX, which bars sex-based discrimination in federally funded schools. OCR found Jeffco permitted “male students to…
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Denver Health, UCHealth halt gender transition services for minors following Trump order
Under the threat of losing significant funding, two of metro Denver’s biggest hospitals have halted their gender transition services for minors to comply with an order from the Trump administration, which described such programs as the irreversible “chemical and surgical mutilation” of children. The move by Denver Health and UCHealth is the latest indication of…
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Children’s Hospital Colorado stops providing puberty blockers, hormonal treatment for gender transitions
Following the move by two of metro Denver’s biggest hospital groups, Children’s Hospital Colorado also decided to halt gender transition services for minors to comply with an order from the Trump administration. Specifically, the hospital said it would no longer offer puberty blockers and hormonal treatment to patients. Instead, the hospital said it would now only…
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Trump’s immigration orders put Denver’s federal dollars at risk
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Colorado’s most populous city faces the risk of losing hundreds of millions of federal dollars under a slew of directives that President Donald Trump issued as part of his campaign to crack down on illegal immigration, a crisis that has spilled over from the border into America’s interior cities. In an executive order, Trump outlined…
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Colorado awarded $245M for cost savings from state health insurance programs
This is the largest amount of federal pass-through funding Colorado has received
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Colorado to receive over $170 million to bring high-speed internet to 18,000 households
The U.S. Department of the Treasury approved Colorado’s plan to invest $170.8 million of federal funds to expand broadband infrastructure, bringing high-speed internet access to 18,000 households and businesses throughout the state. This investment comes two months after Colorado released an ambitious plan to close the state’s digital divide, connecting 99% of Colorado households to…
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Colorado to improve food stamp customer service with $500,000 federal grant
The Colorado Department of Human Services was awarded $517,961 on Thursday to improve efficiency in the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, provides monthly benefits to help low-income households purchase food. With this grant, Colorado plans to build an interactive voice response system that SNAP customers can talk…
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Colorado receives $5.1 million federal investment to address wildfires
A federal department invested over $5.1 million in Colorado to help the state fight and prevent devastating wildfires. In Colorado, record-breaking wildfires have become more and more common in recent years. At the end of December, Colorado suffered its most destructive wildfire in state history, when the Marshall fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in…
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$100 million boost for Colorado’s child care industry on its way to governor’s desk
Gov. Jared Polis will soon get the opportunity to consider legislation to invest around $100 million into Colorado’s child care industry after the state legislature passed the bill on Tuesday. If signed into law, Senate Bill 213 would use $50 million of economic recovery and relief money and another possible $50 million in federal funds…
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City Council to vote on spending 30% of federal relief funds on service restoration
The Denver City Council is set to vote on the first distribution of the $308 million in federal funds granted to Denver through the American Rescue Plan Act to assist with COVID-19 recovery. The council finance committee approved a plan Tuesday that would allocate 30% of the $308 million to the restoration and supplementation of…