working families

On the first day of this year's legislative session, Senators John Morse and John Kefalas introduced the Working Families Opportunity Act as Senate Bill 1. That first-bill status reflects the importance that lawmakers place in helping low- and moderate-income families still struggling as we emerge from the Great Recession.

Family Care Act of 2013

House Bill 13-1222

Kathleen Hallgren, Public Policy Fellow, Bell Policy Center

Testimony to the House Health, Insurance and Environment Committee

February 28, 2013

Thank you for the opportunity to address this committee.

Senate Bill 12-134

Testimony to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Robert Semro, policy analyst

February 16, 2012

My name is Robert Semro, and I am a policy analyst with the Bell Policy Center. The Bell is a non-partisan, non-profit research and policy organization dedicated to expanding opportunity for all Coloradans.

House Bill 12-1138

Testimony to the House State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee
Lizzy Stephan, Colorado College Fellow
February 15, 2012

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. My name is Lizzy Stephan, and I am a fellow at The Bell Policy Center. The Bell Policy Center is a non-partisan, non-profit research and policy organization dedicated to expanding opportunity for all Coloradoans.

HB 05-1232: Concerning the Earned Income Tax Credit, by Spiros Protopsaltis to the House Finance Committee, Feb. 17, 2005

"By making the Colorado EITC permanent and increasing its amount, working families will receive meaningful support in making ends meet, and at the same time you will provide a much-needed fiscal stimulus to our economy."

This report by the Bell Policy Center finds that, even before the current economic downturn, our state's poor and low-income working families were struggling and falling behind.

In 2004, the Bell Policy Center produced Opportunity Lost, When Hard Work Isn't Enough for Colorado's Families, a review of economic indicators and a status report on the state's poor and low-income working families.

In an update to that report, the Bell finds that working poor and low-income families now fare worse on many of the same indicators examined in our 2004 report.

Colorado's working poor families are headed in the wrong direction – down the economic ladder.

A new report by the Bell Policy Center finds that, even before the economic downturn, our state's poor and low-income working families were struggling and falling behind.

In 2004, the Bell Policy Center produced Opportunity Lost, When Hard Work Isn't Enough for Colorado's Families, a review of economic indicators and a status report on the state's poor and low-income working families.