Tag: Suicide Hotline
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Colorado suicide hotline officials claim discrepancies in answering rate stats
More than 1,000 Coloradans take their own lives every year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. These growing numbers rank the state as the sixth-highest suicide rate in the country. Between April and May, the Colorado suicide prevention hotline received more than 11,200 calls with 22% going unanswered, according to…
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Proposal to add suicide hotlines to college student IDs advances
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In Colorado, suicide is the leading cause of death for teenagers and young adults. Lawmakers want to help address this with one small change. If passed, House Bill 1007 would require higher education institutions to print the numbers of suicide hotlines on the back of…
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INSIGHTS | Lawmakers are quietly reshaping Colorado justice
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Beneath the big headlines of this legislative session — drilling fights, full-day kindergarten, sex ed and the red-flag gun bill — is an undercurrent of deep political and social change for Colorado. Quietly, bills large and small are being hammered out in Denver to reshape…
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INSIGHTS | Colorado changes with women in power
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On March 7, the day before International Women’s Day, Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera was talking on the phone about a way Colorado girls could improve their place in the world from their home computer. Hundreds of Colorado 9th through 12th graders will compete for scholarships…