Colorado Department Of Human Services (CDHS)

There were 407 unaccompanied immigrant children placed with sponsors in Colorado from October through May, plus 75 refugee children in the state foster care system. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jennifer Brown and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

Most kids who are eligible for the program are automatically enrolled, but there are an estimated 67,000 who are not and missed meals last summer. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jennifer Brown and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

After years of study, two bills sailing through the legislature this year would change regulations to prevent troubled kids from running. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jennifer Brown and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law last week which creates a new state agency to mange behavioral health services.

Scott Kindel lives in Louisville, Colorado with his wife and 2-year-old son. He began drinking at 12 before moving on to his mom's prescription pain pills…

A chorus of voices fills a Denver call center, coming from the rows of soldier-like operators in cubicles.“Colorado support line. This is Caroline,” a…

Police officer Tash Petsas and clinician Alan Marschke patrol the streets of Longmont, waiting for another call from dispatch about a guy named John. They…

Human trafficking impacts all people -- but it’s more common in Colorado than many other states. The 93 cases reported in 2015, of which more than…

Because of a state accounting error, 41 Colorado counties have to pay back $7.1 million.For years the Colorado Department of Human Services overpaid…

Earlier in May a majority of state lawmakers signed a letter to the governor expressing concerns over what they said are disturbing issues within the…