Colorado Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+)
Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) is a low-cost health insurance program for uninsured Colorado children ages 18 and under whose families earn or own too much to qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private insurance. CHP+ encourages preventive and ear...
Colorado Energy $aving Partners
In Colorado, the Energy $aving Partners (E$P) program weatherizes more than 3,200 homes every year. These households save an average of 20 percent on their monthly heating bills after the weatherization work is completed. The dollar savings alone mak...
Colorado Food Assistance Program
The Colorado Food Assistance Program assists low-income individuals and families who need assistance purchasing food. Individuals and families should apply for food stamp benefits at their local county department of social services. The program is of...
Colorado Head Start
The Head Start Program was developed in 1965 to help break the cycle of poverty by providing preschool children of low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs.
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Colorado Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) is a federally funded program administered by the Colorado Department of Human Services and is available November 1st through April 30th each year. Energy Outreach Colorado (EOC) also provides some of the f...
Colorado Medicaid
Medicaid is a program that pays for health insurance for some Coloradans who can not afford it. When state and Federal eligibility criteria are met, Medicaid covers families with children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Pe...
Colorado School Breakfast and Lunch Program
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the oldest and largest of the Child Nutrition Programs, celebrating 50 years in 1996. It is a Federally assisted meal program that provides balanced, low-cost or free lunches to thousands of children in Col...
Colorado Special Milk Program
The Colorado Special Milk Program provides milk to children in schools, child care institutions, and eligible camps that do not participate in other Federal child nutrition meal service programs. The program reimburses schools for the milk they serve...
Colorado Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
The Colorado Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and referrals to health care, at no cost, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants,...
Colorado Summer Food Service
Just as learning does not end when school lets out, neither does the need for good nutrition. Children who aren't hungry learn better, act better and feel better. The Colorado Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) helps children get the nutrition they n...
Colorado Unemployment Insurance
Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial assistance to workers unemployed through no fault of their own that meet Colorado's eligibility requirements....
Colorado Works
The Colorado Works Program serves low-income families with children by providing income assistance and supportive services to help participants become and remain self-sufficient. Colorado Works is the new program that replaced the Aid to Families wit...
