Colorado currently administers ten Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid (HCBS) Waivers. This issue brief discusses the six waivers available to adults.
It is unclear if and to what degree Colorado has received its "fair share" of federal COVID response resources. Prior to COVID, it was also unclear if Colorado has fully leveraged both state and federal resources to support its food system. The purpose of this issue brief is to detail the current and historical acquisition of federal and state funds to support Colorado's food system. The issue brief will also highlight key opportunities for improving Colorado's ability to acquire resources in support of the state's food system.
The Consolidated Federal Programs Unit has established a system of support for schools and districts that are in need of Improvement under No Child Left Behind, called the Colorado System of School Support (CS³)
The motivation for this briefing is to examine the large inhomogeneity (step shift) in the observed temperature record at the SNOw TELemetry (SNOTEL) stations in the Intermountain West--Colorado, Utah and Wyoming--and its implications for climate, hydrology and ecological research in the region. This issue impacts the entire SNOTEL network across the 11 Western states.
