Considering Ft. Lyon as a Home for the Homeless

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There’s broad agreement at the state capitol that more needs to be done to help Colorado’s homeless and mentally ill. There’s also agreement that southeastern Colorado could use some economic development. But a proposal by Governor John Hickenlooper to do both in one project isn’t getting much traction. CPR Health Reporter Eric Whitney looks [...]

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EPC Changes Approach to Some Youth Services

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The El Paso County Department of Human Services is changing its practice to try and reduce the number of young people in care outside the home, or congregate care. KRCC’s Eliza Densmore reports.

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Addressing Child Fatalities

On February 22, 2012 By

The Colorado Department of Human Services is asking state lawmakers to help the agency become more transparent and accountable to the public. The head of the department testified before lawmakers yesterday about the number of children who die after having contact with the child welfare system. Bente Birkeland has more from the state capitol.

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Western Skies: February 2012, “Social Services”

On February 5, 2012 By

As the economy continues to sputter, more people are finding they need assistance making ends meet. This month, we’re taking a look at some of the programs, organizations, and issues facing the Pikes Peak region with a look at social services.

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Syrian Troops Target Key Rebel-Held Town
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Qusair is a strategically important town that lies between Homs, where the Syrian uprising began two years ago, and the Lebanese border. If President Bashar Assad’s troops – reportedly backed by Hezbollah fighters — regain the town, they would control an important route from the coast to the capital, Damascus.
 

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Young Kenyans Build Mobile Apps For Local Use
May 19, 2013 | NPR · College students and recent graduates crammed the top floor of a tech hub in Nairobi for a competition built around the theme “Solutions for the Next Billion Mobile Users.” Africa has more than 600 million mobile phone users (approximately 11 percent of the global total) – and the number is growing.
 

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Two Excerpts You Should Read From Obama’s Morehouse Speech
May 19, 2013 | NPR · President Obama delivered a rare, very personal speech during the commencement ceremony at the historically black college.
 

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Decades Later And Across An Ocean, A Novel Gets Its Due
May 19, 2013 | NPR · John Williams’ Stoner sold just 2,000 copies when it was originally published in 1965. It’s now acknowledged as a classic work, is a best-seller across Europe and the No. 1 novel in the Netherlands.
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The Movie Katie Aselton Has ‘Seen A Million Times’
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Actor-director Katie Aselton could watch Kathryn Bigelow’s Point Break a million times. “It totally scoops you up and takes you for a ride,” she says.
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Unacceptable Anger From ‘The Woman Upstairs’
May 19, 2013 | NPR · “Women’s anger is very scary to people,” author Claire Messud says. Her new novel, The Woman Upstairs, features a seething main character, a young woman whose anger is unsettling.
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First Listen: Mount Kimbie, ‘Cold Spring Fault Less Youth’
May 19, 2013 | NPR · The British beat-makers shed their electronics in pursuit of a sound designed to translate live. For their second album, Mount Kimbie’s Dominic Maker and Kai Campos even trot out languid vocal performances and a real live drum kit, while still sounding like themselves in the process.
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First Listen: Tricky, ‘False Idols’
May 19, 2013 | NPR · The producer’s best album since the mid-’90s, False Idols is one of 2013′s biggest surprises so far. His signature mix of menace and seduction still sounds contemporary after Tricky’s more than 20 years in (and out of) the spotlight.
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First Listen: Laura Marling, ‘Once I Was An Eagle’
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Marling’s songs dig well beyond the everyday, with each sung in a wise, dusky, brooding voice that always seems in control of its surroundings. The U.K. folksinger’s fourth album, Once I Was an Eagle, takes a remarkable journey over the course of 16 hypnotic, subtly inventive songs.
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