Insights Archive

Insights Archive

Two damaged cars in a front-to-front collision against a black background with yellow accents. The text reads: Collision Course. Growing Medicaid Need and an Increasingly Constricted Healthcare Budget.
Collision Course: Growing Medicaid Need and an Increasingly Constricted BudgetThe reasons for Colorado’s budget crises are multifold. Yet, an undeniably significant portion of our challenges stem from growing Medicaid costs, particularly those attributable to a rapidly growing population of aging Coloradans.
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Discerning Colorado Voters Support Increased Public FundingColorado voters favored increased spending, increased taxes, and exempting local tax revenue from TABOR, showing an overall readiness to move toward funding community priorities like education, transportation, child care, health care, and other crucial programs.
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The Gap Between Public Investment & the True Cost of In-Home Care For Older AdultsCurrent public funding levels fall significantly short in adequately supporting caregivers of older adults in Colorado. Investing in both paid and unpaid care will support older adults in need of care and support those who dedicate themselves to caregiving, creating a more sustainable and effective care ecosystem.
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The Colorado Home Care Cost ModelThe Bell has developed a Home Care Cost Model for older adults, an important tool for researchers, advocates, and decision makers, as they strive to understand the implications of policy choices on the care economy, its workers, and the older Coloradans who rely upon it.
Communities Look to Ballot to Raise RevenueSeveral local governments are asking their voters to opt out of the revenue cap imposed by TABOR and redirect some of the funds from lodging taxes to address child care and affordable housing needs in these communities.
September Revenue Forecast: A Dangerously Strained BudgetThe September revenue forecast shows an increasingly constrained fiscal situation for the state of Colorado. Lawmakers will face a $921 million dollar difference between projected expenses and allowable revenue.
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A Home Care Cost Model for Older Adults: The Home Care EcosystemColorado is one of the fastest aging states, and 70 percent of older adults will need some form of direct care to help with activities of daily living. What this means is that direct care for older adults will become ever more important.
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2024 Colorado Ballot GuideThe Bell Policy Center’s 2024 ballot guide is the result of Bell staff research and analysis, providing you clear arguments in favor and against each of the statewide questions on the ballot.
Primer on Recent Property Tax ReformOver the past several years, Colorado has implemented a series of legislative actions to address rising property taxes, balancing relief efforts with the need to protect essential local services, particularly K-12 education, while introducing structural changes to stabilize future property tax revenue.
In The Know: Colorado’s Caring Workforce Tax Credit Is An Important Step ForwardCare workers in Colorado are underpaid, which has led to high turnover. HB24-1312 provides them with a refundable tax credit of $1,200.
Initiatives 50 and 108: Don't Believe the Hype about these Destructive MeasuresProponents are offering a highly manipulated picture of Colorado's property tax landscape. We deconstruct their arguments.
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Financial Empowerment Among Colorado's Informal CaregiversFinancial empowerment among caregivers is a critical issue that determines the well-being of informal caregivers in Colorado who provide care across the lifespan to the young and older Coloradans.
Historic Housing Barriers in Jefferson CountyHistoric housing barriers and systems have limited homeownership options for BIPOC families in Jeffco. Learn about what can be done to address these inequities and improve their ability to build generational wealth.
Colorado Legislature’s 2024 Housing Solutions and their Impact on JeffcoA closer look at a few important bills and possible consequences in Jefferson County as a result of several housing bills recently passed in the Colorado legislature.
Progress on Financial Empowerment in ColoradoThe Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) is making valuable progress in building the statewide infrastructure necessary to ensure the financial well-being of Colorado families and communities.
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