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Overlooked and undercounted: Struggling to make ends meet in Colorado

The breadth and depth of our findings indicate that structural and societal solutions are needed. Many families are caught in a "policy gap" where they earn too much to quality for governmental work support programs but too little to support their families.

Families with children are more likely to have insufficient income for their basic needs, and families with very young children are particularly likely to have insufficient income.

While families with less education are more likely to have inadequate income, race and gender are more important predictors of inadequate income than is educational level. For example, white men with high school degrees are more likely to have adequate income than women of color with a bachelor's degree or higher.

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