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Michelle Marquez holds on to her son Zechariah Marquez, 6 months, as she looks around the store room at Bannock Youth and Family Center in Denver, Colorado on Nov. 4. The Bannock Youth and Family Center is a Volunteers of America program that provides housing for teens and young mothers. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post)

Volunteers of America program helps homeless, young parents

October 5, 2020 at 11:15 a.m.

The "rapid housing" program, which has 12 families currently enrolled, pays a person's apartment deposit, plus the first three months rent. After three months, the portion of the rent paid...

Colorado’s status as healthiest state under threat, research finds

December 8, 2016 at 12:54 p.m.

About half of a person's health and well-being is determined by the "lottery of life," and in Colorado, the gap between the wealthy and the poor continues to widen.

Coloradans already inquiring about new medical aid in dying law; could take effect by end of month

December 9, 2016 at 8:25 a.m.

The law, passed by a two-thirds, one-third split Nov. 8, goes into effect as soon as Gov. John Hickenlooper certifies the election results, which is expected within the next 10...

Arapahoe, Douglas counties to audit local board that manages funding for disabilities

December 6, 2016 at 3:18 p.m.

The audit will focus on about $150 million in mil levy dollars the two counties have raised for Developmental Pathways since voters approved the levy in 2001.

Colorado physicians contend with new aid-in-dying law, whether or not they approve

January 2, 2017 at 4:32 p.m.

According to a Colorado Medical Society survey of its membership earlier this year, 56 percent of doctors are in favor of medical aid in dying, while 35 percent are opposed...

People walk past a market on East Colfax Avenue.

Average life expectancy in Denver can vary a decade depending on neighborhood

December 14, 2016 at 5:34 p.m.

The average life expectancy in Washington Park is 84 years -- an 11-year difference from Valverde. Belcaro, Marston and Stapleton residents can expect to live until 83 or 84, but...

Man caves no longer just an in-home sanctuary, but an away-from-home storage unit

November 18, 2016 at 3:34 p.m.

From the outside, they look like oversized storage space, large enough to fit at least one motor home, but open the garage door and find a male-centered retreat filled with...

Kendra Heuer was raped at University of Colorado when she was a freshmen

CU Boulder sexual assault survivor says she’s revealing her identity to help other young women

November 16, 2016 at 10:24 p.m.

For the last two years and throughout the trial, Kendra Heuer remained anonymous. Last week, she revealed her identity to People magazine and then told her story to The Denver...

Kids Matthew Wiland, Alexander Duke, Diana Rosales, Jennifer Abrego, and Mia Gonzalez-Barrios, right, all 5, dress up in different costumes during play time in the kindergarten class of Jenny Magee at University Hill Elementary School on October 25, 2016 in BOULDER, Colorado. Boulder Valley Schools have made an unprecedented effort to train teachers from every school about incorporating LGBTQ learning into all classrooms from kindergarten through 12th grade. Kindergarten teachers such as Magee have learned how to introduce topics such as a child having "two mommies". This is a partnership between CU and BVSD.

Boulder Valley schools leading way in training teachers for LGBTQ culture change

November 13, 2016 at 11:38 a.m.

Boulder Valley School District is a pioneer nationally in training educators to help gay, transgender and gender-nonconforming kids feel comfortable at school and to incorporate LGBTQ issues into everyday learning.

Supporters cheer as they find out that Prop 106, a measure has passed which would allow terminally ill patients to take life-ending, doctor-prescribed sleeping medication, during a watch party November 8, 2016 at the Westin.

Colorado passes medical aid in dying, joining five other states

November 9, 2016 at 11:40 a.m.

Proposition 106 on the Colorado ballot is modeled after Oregon's "Death with Dignity Act." It would allow terminally ill patients to take life-ending, doctor-prescribed sleeping medication.

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