In 2015, NCCP worked with the Colorado Center on Law & Policy to assess the impact of potential state policy reforms that included implementing Colorado’s child tax credit and earned income tax credit, introducing a free and universal prekindergarten program for four-year-olds, and initiating universal, full-day kindergarten for five-year-olds. (See the impact of these policies by using the Family Resource Simulator (FRS) and selecting ‘Colorado’ for the state drop-down menu.)
Previously, in 2007, we worked with the Women’s Foundation of Colorado to assess the benefit “cliffs” that result from existing policies and to model potential improvements to child care assistance and other programs. Results of our analysis were presented across the state.
- Three Policy Reforms to Help Low-Income Children in Colorado
Report, 2015 - The Colorado Family Resource Simulator: A Tool for Policy Modeling
Presentation at the Colorado Center on Law & Policy, 2015 - The Colorado Family Resource Simulator: A Demonstration
Presentation at the Colorado Center on Law & Policy, 2015 - Child Care in Colorado: Making Care More Affordable for Working Families
Report, 2007 - Two Steps Forward and Three Steps Back: ‘The Cliff Effect’ – Colorado’s Curious Penalty for Increased Earnings (PDF)
Report, 2007
Prepared for the Women’s Foundation of Colorado and the Women and Family Action Network Coalition - When Work Doesn’t Pay: The ‘Cliff Effect’ in Colorado (PDF)
Presentation, 2007
Meetings of the Women’s Foundation of Colorado, the Women and Family Action Network Coalition, the Economic Self-Sufficiency Funders Learning Group, and WomenGive
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