By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Colorado lost the largest number of people to suicide in state history last year —1,058 — and the state once again ranks among the worst in the U.S. for high suicide rates.
By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Some of the young people used haunting phrases to talk about their thoughts of suicide.
They spoke of “erasing” themselves rather than living with the struggles of coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) and facing rejection as a result.
By Diane Carman
Jeannie Ritter has insisted for years that when it comes to grappling with tough public policy issues, “all roads lead to mental health.”
By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
The number of children living in highly concentrated areas of poverty in Colorado has more than quadrupled since 2000, according to the 2015 KIDS COUNT report released Monday by the Colorado Children’s Campaign.
By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
A bill that would allocate $5 million in taxpayer funds to provide IUDs for low-income teens and young women in Colorado moved through its first House committee Tuesday, garnering the vote of one unlikely supporter — an El Paso County Republican.
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