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Controversial sweeps of unauthorized homeless encampments in Denver have ramped up in recent months.
The Hillside neighborhood in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Photo by Joe Mahoney / Special to The Colorado Trust
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posted: June 3, 2021
The mandated quarantines and isolations sought to save lives. But prolonged confinement undermined years of work to make Colorado’s prisons less traumatic for incarcerated people.
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posted: May 26, 2021
It’s been more than a year since many children and young adults in detention facilities across the state have seen their families, and education and other in-person services have been slow to start back up.
In our latest advocacy funding strategy, The Trust is supporting the work of organizing people in communities experiencing the most inequities, and building policy infrastructure with and between grassroots and grasstops organizations.
The Trust partners with people and organizations across Colorado that are working to make positive changes in their communities. We provide funding and other resources so that all people have the power to make decisions that improve their lives and the lives of their neighbors.
The Colorado Trust funds an intensive 18-month education and leadership training program and curriculum in communities throughout Colorado to address the most difficult health equity issues.
Funding Areas
Community
Partnerships
People are building power by coming together to transform unjust conditions in their communities for themselves and their neighbors.
Health
Policy & Advocacy
The Trust supports organizations advocating for policies that allow all Coloradans to lead healthy, productive lives.
Health Equity
Learning Series
The Health Equity Learning Series increases knowledge and awareness of health equity through presentations from experts discussing factors that increase disparities and solutions that advance health equity.
Community Leaders
in Health Equity
With this 18-month leadership training program, participants build their capacity and power to improve their communities.
Health
Data & Information
Sound research, data and evidence help shape policies and systems that work for all Coloradans.
Health Equity
Investments
We provide one-time or time-limited loans for organizations or programs that align with our vision for thriving, just communities.