This memorandum provides an executive summary of the various Executive Orders issued during the declared disaster emergency related to the presence of COVID-19 in Colorado.
In May 2021, the Colorado Resiliency Office (CRO) conducted the 2021 Resiliency Planning in Colorado Survey. This survey is a follow-up to the 2019 Resilience Planning in Colorado's Local Governments Survey Report, which provides a baseline for understanding the resilience-related needs of municipalities and counties in Colorado. The CRO collects data every two years to better understand how communities continue to plan for and implement resiliency activities, so that the CRO can continue to develop and provide resources in response to changing local government needs and priorities.
This memorandum provides an executive summary of the various Executive Orders issued during the declared disaster emergency related to the presence of COVID-19 in Colorado.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted almost every aspect of society, including the criminal justice system, leaving crowded courts, prisons and jails especially susceptible to the outbreak. This memorandum provides an overview of how prisons in Colorado are reacting to this public health emergency.
The federal-state system of unemployment insurance (UI) in the US, designed to protect laid-off workers, is coming under pressure for an overhaul following the pandemic. Using the US Department of Labor's Quarterly UI Data Summary, this report will outline a number of facets pertaining to Colorado's own UI experience since 1980.
Colorado has had one of the highest suicide rates in the nation, being among the ten states with the highest suicide rates for the past eight consecutive years. This report presents the most current available suicide mortality data among Colorado veterans of the US Armed Forces from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. This report features demographics, injury specifics, contributing circumstances, and toxicology findings associated with suicide deaths. The purpose of this report is to increase awareness of suicide as an important public health issue, and to highlight the disparities in suicide risks between civilian and veteran populations. Additionally, this report can be used to inform ongoing prevention efforts and contribute to reducing suicide in Colorado.
The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on health care delivery in Colorado has been far-reaching. In response to these impacts, the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (Department) made a series of changes to its telemedicine policies to ensure continued access to services or members enrolled in Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid program). These changes, made through rule and federal disaster authority, expanded the permissible modes of telemedicine to include audio only and the providers eligible for reimbursement.
