Point: Meghan Dollar
Colorado is amid an affordable housing crisis, and our workforce can no longer afford to live in the communities where they are employed. Colorado has a growing number of cost-burdened households in urban and rural areas.
In a recent survey conducted by the Colorado Municipal League, our members described the supply of housing as âinsufficient,â âunattainable,â or âin disrepair,â while they described the need as âcritical,â âsignificant,â and âdesperate.â Fifty-seven percent of municipalities rated a lack of affordable housing in the community as a major or moderate fiscal challenge. Affordable housing was the highest rated fiscal challenge of those listed in the survey.
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Colorado lawmakers consider bill to protect the private information of public health workers
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill to protect the private information of public health department workers.
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DENVER â In normal times, public health departments operate in the background of daily life.
The departments help run food programs, deal with air and water quality, make sure restaurants are following health precautions and more.
But these arenât normal times. For nearly a year, the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent health orders have changed daily life in the state â from wearing masks to limits on gatherings.
New website pulls data from federal, state and private data resources to better inform decision-making
The Colorado School of Public Health recently launched a new website that provides detailed, county-level data tied to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. The Colorado Population Data Dashboard is designed to help local public health agencies (LPHAs), county commissioners, community leaders, and the general public make more informed short- and long-term decisions about protecting public health.
The website provides health and economic data for each Colorado county. The data categories include:
COVID-19 surveillance indicators, including past 7-day positivity, case, test, hospitalization, and death rates
Demographics, including age, ethnicity, and race