Black and Latino children in Colorado under 18 saw the steepest drops in poverty.
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Latino and Black poverty rates in Colorado are near historic lows, but economic stability remains elusive
Black and Latino children under 18 saw the steepest drops in poverty The kitchen table, round and glass, with wooden legs, sits in a sunlit corner of Alejandra Carrera and Clemente Flores’ apartment. It is...
Source: postindependent.com
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Should I go back to college? Colorado wants you to say 'yes'
Colorado is using pandemic relief funds to help students go back to college after a decade in which far fewer Black and Latino Coloradans got their degrees.
Source: chalkbeat.org
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Boulder schools punish Black and Latino students at higher rates
Latino students at BVSD are about 3.5 times more likely to be suspended than white students. The district and parents disagree on how to address the longstanding problem.
Source: chalkbeat.org
Chasing Progress: Poverty Gap for Black and Latino Senior Citizens Grew Over Last Decade
Denver VOICE examined Denver’s poverty rate for Black and Latino seniors as part of Chasing Progress, a Colorado News Collaborative project on social, economic, and health equity among Black and Latino Coloradans. The project analyzed the Census Bureau's 5-year American Community survey data from 2010, 2015 and 2020, a period of historically long economic expansion bookended by the Great Recession and the onset of the pandemic.
Source: yellowscene.com