Kristi Arellano Joins the Colorado Health Institute as Managing Director of Marketing and Communications

DENVER — Kristi Arellano, formerly the communications director of the Boettcher Foundation and business editor at The Denver Post, has joined the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) as managing director of marketing and communications. In her new role, she will help CHI advance its mission of improving health for all Coloradans by providing evidence-based analysis about health and health policy. 

CHI Identifies the Risks and Reach of Colorado’s Early Childhood Mental Health Investments

Parts of Colorado are more at risk when it comes to early childhood mental health (ECMH) needs. And some of those high-risk areas, which include southern Colorado and Adams County, are not getting a proportionally high level of services and funding compared with other parts of the state, according to new research from the Colorado Health Institute (CHI).

Colorado Health Institute Announces Funding from NextFifty Initiative

 

The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) has been chosen as one of the grant recipients from NextFifty Initiative, a Denver-based nonprofit foundation dedicated to funding innovative, mission-driven initiatives that improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers. The funded project is called Measuring and Addressing Community Capacity for Aging.

Busy Day in Health Policy: New Blogs by CHI

The health policy news is coming fast today.

Seema Verna, the Trump administration's head of Medicaid, released new guidance to allow states to require certain Medicaid recipients to prove they are working before they can get benefits.

And Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered his eighth and final State of the State Address to the legislature.

CHI covers both developments in new blogs.

Click here for Teresa's Manocchio's look at the Medicaid change in Colorado.