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El Paso County Health Data Highlights Differences Among Military, Nonmilitary Households
Catch up on some of the latest research from the Colorado Health Access Survey. CHI analysts shared their findings on Coloradans' experiences with telemedicine, reproductive health access, substance use treatment, and oral health.
Colorado legislators in 2024 made substantial progress in reducing childhood poverty. The legislature dedicated nearly $700 million to a program that allows families with low and medium incomes to claim a new tax credit of up to $3,200 per child. Supporters say the initiative could bring about a major reduction in child poverty in the state. But that wasn’t all that happened in the 2024 session.
A sense of belonging is important to people’s mental health, physical health, and place in society. But measuring a sense of belonging is difficult. We worked with Over Zero to adapt the national Belonging Barometer survey for Colorado. Learn all about the data and a new funding effort called Belonging Colorado in this webinar.
Belonging Colorado, a special fund at The Denver Foundation, represents a new effort to bring Coloradans together and to build social capital across lines of difference. The team behind Belonging Colorado aims to catalyze greater belonging and inclusion across our state so that Coloradans and Colorado communities can thrive.
Coloradans Forgoing Needed Care Due to Discomfort Talking with Health Professionals, Cost, Stigma
Colorado legislators tackled a host of health issues in 2024, from poverty to alcohol abuse to gun violence and more. Marianne Goodland of Colorado Politics and Bente Birkeland of Colorado Public Radio participated in a panel discussion following CHI's overview of health and social policy news from the 2024 session.