Meals on Wheels Delivers a Little Warmth & Big Results
Meals on Wheels has proven its worth for decades, saving taxpayers millions a year in nursing home costs by helping older Americans stay at home as they age.
Testimony: Support Extending Income Tax Credits for Child Care
Over time, Colorado has consistently been rated as a state where child care was least affordable for families. On average, in 2016 it cost $11,000 per year for a 4-year-old and nearly $15,000 for an infant in full-time, center-based child care.
Small Loans Fuel Big Dreams
“Some people don’t want to give you an opportunity. You have to build your own bridges.”
Testimony: Support SB17-118 Greater Transparency on Private Occupational Schools
The bottom line is this: Coloradans need postsecondary training and credentials to enter or stay in the middle class.
2017 Opportunity Handbook
In an effort to inform effort to expand opportunity in Colorado, we have compiled a report focusing on some of the important levers to economic mobility.
A Bridge to Opportunity
A first-generation American, who lived as a child in Denver’s Westwood public housing projects, Randy Ho could have taken two very different roads.
Examples of Ideas That Work
Ideas that Work allows us to tell the stories of Coloradans who come together to tackle problems that can’t be solved by individuals alone.
Highlights from 2016
In 2016, we made some great strides for opportunity in Colorado. Here is what we're most proud of.
Report: Solutions to Retirement Crisis
America faces a retirement crisis, as a substantial number of working families are not saving enough to meet their needs in retirement.
Fair Lending for a Thriving Colorado Comment on Payday Lending Rule
Some coalition members submitted the following letter in response to the CFPB's proposed rule on payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost installment loans.
