The percentage of Coloradans who said they struggled to afford housing and rent has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels after temporary support expired, while the share reporting mental health challen…
Nathan Hanna, food recovery specialist at We Don’t Waste, organizes donated food onto pallets to be sent out to clients on October 24, 2022. in Denver, Colorado. More Colorado residents reported food insecurity in 2023 than in 2021, as pandemic aid expired and grocery prices rose.
But that number may not reflect the current situation, since the surveys came in between March and September, and included only a few months when the state was removing residents from Medicaid, said Sara Schmitt, president and CEO of the Colorado Health Institute.. Colorado started removing residents in May if the state Medicaid program couldn’t verify their eligibility and they didn’t return paperwork proving they qualified.
Coloradans’ mental health also was worse than before the pandemic, with 26.2% reporting they had poor mental health on eight or more days in the previous month, said Lindsey Whittington, data and analysis manager at the Colorado Health Institute.
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