Tag: Hunger Free Colorado
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Colorado voters to decide fate of additional funding for school meals program, SNAP
Two statewide ballot measures are up for voter approval early next month, the aim of which is to raise additional funds for free school meals program and help pay for the federal food stamp program. Both Propositions LL and MM are tied to the Healthy School Meals for All program, which voters approved in 2022.…
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Denver Health to host suicide prevention program | HEALTHY BITES
Denver Health will host a suicide prevention program at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the outside main entrance to the Federico F. Peña Southwest Family Health Center at 1339 S. Federal Blvd. in Denver. September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness month. Colorado has among the highest suicide rates in the nation. In 2020, the suicide rate…
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Over 100 Colorado nonprofits back Prop FF for free school meals
More than 100 nonprofit organizations signed on in support of a ballot measure seeking to provide free meals to all public school students in Colorado. Proposition FF, dubbed Healthy School Meals for All, would cap state income tax deductions for those with annual adjusted gross incomes of $300,000 or more, using the money to provide…