Editor's note: This is this first in a series of blog and multimedia postings entitled Lived Experience. The project highlights how Coloradans benefit from policy and advocacy efforts led by CCLP and its partners. For anyone, a 30th birthday marks a major milestone in...
Congress must extend unemployment insurance benefits
This is the last week the nearly 240,000 Coloradans who are on or currently applying for unemployment insurance will receive an expanded $600-a-week benefit. Officially known as Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC), this benefit was designed to ensure the...
2020 Legislative Wrap-Up: A difficult, short and productive session
Back in January, Colorado Center on Law and Policy teed up the 2020 legislative session with a Capitol Preview luncheon that featured panel discussions and about 120 participants mingling optimistically about the year ahead. We also rolled out an ambitious agenda for...
Homelessness is a case study for societal ills
(Editor’s note: Don Burnes is the co-founder of the Burnes Center for Poverty Research at CCLP. He has studied and wrote about poverty and homelessness throughout his career). Much has been written about the national scourge of homelessness. There have been various...
Legislative Update: May 2020
It seems the word “unprecedented” is used so often in the COVID-19 era that it’s become the new precedent in all walks of life -- and this year’s Colorado General Assembly is certainly no exception. Lawmakers returned to the Capitol on May 26, divided by plexiglass...
What to expect if you become unemployed
Few events strike more anxiety and uncertainty than the prospect of unemployment – especially during a pandemic outbreak that’s already fraught with anxiety and uncertainty. If the fear of contracting the coronavirus doesn’t make you nervous, the thought of losing...
Recursos sobre la COVID-19 para familias inmigrantes
Mientras que nos enfrentamos a la rápida propagación de la enfermedad COVID-19 y sus efectos en nuestra economía, hay una cosa que está clara: estamos juntos en esto. Y eso incluye a todos los residentes de Colorado, tanto los que nacieron aquí como los que vienen de...
COVID-19 resources for immigrant families
As we face the rapid spread of COVID-19 and its effect on our economy, one thing is clear: we are all in this together. This includes Coloradans who were born in other countries but who call this state their home. To Colorado’s immigrants -- whether you had access to...
Advocates, federal and state officials take action during the coronavirus outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak is an existential threat to the health and financial security of all Americans, but for people who were facing poverty before the pandemic proliferated, the threat is even more urgent. That’s why Colorado Center on Law and Policy and our...
Resources for Coloradans facing poverty while preparing for the coronavirus
As Coloradans prepare for the spread of the coronavirus, sorting through the barrage of information emails can be difficult to manage. As a baseline, we encourage our readers to follow the guidelines provided by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment...