Grantee Stories

The Colorado Trust awarded $25,000 in grants to recognize nonprofits in Southwestern Colorado working to improve health and well-being in their communities.

By Chris Armijo, The Colorado Trust The Colorado Trust’s new grant strategy focuses on building the health equity advocacy field.

In the remote ranching community of Craig, the safety-net clinic used to be open just two days a month. An extension of the local hospital, the clinic was struggling and rarely saw children. The Northwest Colorado Health took over the clinic and successfully mounted a massive effort to win designation as a Federally Qualified Health Center in 2008. Now the Northwest Colorado Community Health Center boasts a full-time staff of medical and behavioral health experts and is open five days a week.

For three decades, providers at Advanced Pediatrics have been committed to caring for all children, whether they have private insurance or depend on public programs like Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+).

Safe2Tell has proven to be a winning community engagement strategy that brings together students, school administrators and staff, law enforcement officials, and health and human services agencies to prevent violence and promote safety on school campuses and in communities across Colorado.

The quality of child care provided by Lill Leroux in Commerce City has increased tremendously as a result of training she received from Qualistar Early Learning.

Author and ethicist Harriet A. Washington detailed the medical profession’s role in the abuse of African-Americans, and suggested reforms, in the latest presentation of The Trust’s Health Equity Learning Series.

A report on the prosperity, education and health of Colorado children finds that they are suffering from the effects of deliberate policies and practices, new and old.

A move by Denver Public Schools to restrict the practice of suspending and expelling very young kids is supported by evidence that harsh discipline weighs heaviest on children of color.

A new study describes the factors that influence Coloradans' ability to pay for health coverage. Kristen Castor, a participant in the study, shares her story of struggling to pay for quality health care.