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Fact Sheets


FACT SHEET: HB 1387 and Energy Assistance for Low-income Families

April 30, 2008
HB 1387 generates funding for low-income energy assistance through the surplus in the operating account of the severance tax trust fund. The assistance supports both short-term cash assistance programs and long-term energy efficiency programs. The bill provides $7.5 million in cash assistance and $7.5 million in long-term energy efficiency per year to low-income Colorado households.
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FACT SHEET: Feds cut critical health services with backdoor bureaucratic move; New regulations to cost Colorado $787 million over five years

March 03, 2008
Over the past year, the Bush Administration has proposed or issued nine Medicaid regulations that would cut critical health care services and cost Colorado as much as $200 million in federal funding. At a time when state budgets are already stretched too thin, and given Colorado's funding restrictions, these funding cuts and shifts in costs are difficult, if not impossible for Colorado to absorb. These changes in federal regulations will have devastating consequences for some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.
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FACT SHEET: The President\'s FY 2009 Federal Budget Proposal

February 22, 2008
The President's budget proposal, unveiled earlier this month, is more of the same: more debt, more deficit spending, more cuts to vital public services, more strain on states and local governments, and most importantly, more strain on ordinary Coloradans.
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FACT SHEET: HB 1173

February 06, 2008
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FACT SHEET: CBMS Settlement

February 06, 2008
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FACT SHEET: HB 1314-Spanish Version

September 04, 2007
Spanish-language version of CCLP\'s House Bill 1314 Fact Sheet on Department of Revenue ID requirements.
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Colorado Poverty and Income Statistics 2006

August 28, 2007
In its annual release of poverty and income statistics known as Poverty Day, the U.S. Census Bureau today released national and state by state data on overall, family, and child poverty, as well as median household income. Data comes from two survey instruments used by the Census, the Community Population Survey (CPS) and the American Community Survey (ACS). See the below tables for more detail, or go to www.census.gov for more information.
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U.S. Law Week Article: Local Immigration Laws Violate Due Process

August 09, 2007
A U.S. Law Week article addresses a ruling stating that some local immigration laws that bar \'Illegal Aliens\' from jobs or housing are preempted by existing law and violate due process.
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FACT SHEET: House Farm Bill Update

August 08, 2007
The Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute\'s analysis of the House Farm Bill.
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FACT SHEET: House and Senate SCHIP Comparison

August 07, 2007
This is an updated comparison of the House and Senate SCHIP legislation.
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Priorities for the State Children\'s Health Insurance Program

August 02, 2007
SCHIP reauthorization is an important opportunity to make needed progress toward ensuring all of America's children have health care coverage.
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Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 Fact Sheet

August 02, 2007
The DRA's rigid new documentation requirements have increased administrative and fiscal burdens to state Medicaid programs, and added significant barriers to the application and recertification process for U.S. citizens.
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Food Stamp Reauthorization Priorities

August 02, 2007
Congress should continue its efforts to reduce unnecessary paperwork, streamline eligibility rules where appropriate and invest in outreach and enrollment efforts for the Food Stamp Program. In Colorado, the Food Stamp application is 21 pages long.
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Top Five Myths about SCHIP

August 02, 2007
THE WEEK\'S TOP FIVE MYTHS REGARDING CONGRESSIONAL EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN CHILDREN\'S HEALTH COVERAGE
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SCHIP: Compare House and Senate Proposals

August 02, 2007
Compare both the House and Senator SCHIP proposals side by side.
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FACT SHEET: New Rules on State IDs and Driver\'s License Applications

July 30, 2007
This is a summary fact sheet about new Department of Revenue rules regarding State IDs and Driver\'s License Applications, effective in Colorado on August 1, 2007.
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New DMV Rules for Driver\'s License and ID Applications

July 30, 2007
These are the new DMV rules regarding State IDs and Driver\'s License Applications, effective in Colorado on August 1, 2007.
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FACT SHEET: Lawful Presence Rule Summary

July 30, 2007
This is a fact sheet regarding the new rules for proving Lawful Presence in Colorado.
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House Bill 07-1302 Increase Colorado\'s Statutory Reserve

March 01, 2007
Outlines the basics of Representative Bernie Buescher\'s bill to increase the statutory reserve from the current 4 percent level to 8 percent and why the Fiscal Policy Institute supports this bill. It\'s time Colorado took some steps to create a \"Colorado kind of rainy day fund.\"
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Tax Credits for Working Families

April 04, 2005
A concise grid that outlines the federal and state tax credits that help working families. Includes information about the earned income tax credit and child care credits.
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TABOR Fact Sheet

December 01, 2004
Just the basics of Colorado\'s tax and expenditure limit know as TABOR or the Taxpayers Bill of Rights.
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TABOR and the Six Percent General Fund Appropriations Limit

March 01, 2002
A simple grid that shows the difference between the TABOR limit and the Arveschoug-Bird (six percent) limit.
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