Chaffee Cares News Today

Salida resident Mitchel Kinsey has gone from “disabled to abled,” courtesy of Nancy Fox, Rick Fox, Molly Bischoff, Chaffee County Public Health and Chaffee Cares.

Bringing Everyone Together through the Crisis of Housing, or BETCH, is trying to address rising housing costs in Chaffee County through rental subsidies and construction of a self-sustaining campground.

Chaffee Cares, a local nonprofit that “strives to fill in the gaps where other programs are limited or unable to help,” received a financial boost Thursday in the form of

Chaffee Cares, a local nonprofit that “strives to fill in the gaps where other programs are limited or unable to help,” received a financial boost Thursday in the form of

Christmas comes once a year. But what happens when kids, adults and families need help at other times?