Health
Keeping kids healthy through physical activity, regular checkups and nutritious foods helps them grow strong, feel good about themselves and assists in their ability to learn. Following are links to information that help parents teach kids great habits from an early age:
Colorado Kids' Outdoor Bill of Rights
Executive summary: Across the country, and throughout Colorado, youth are spending more time seated in front of televisions, computers, and video games and less time enjoying the outdoors. As a result,youth are “plugged into” televisions, video games, computers, and other electronic devices and disconnected from the natural world. This divide threatens children’s education,physical, and mental health, and hinders tomorrow’s leaders’ ability to understand andprotect Colorado’s resources.To download the Bill of Rights, click here. For more information see Lt. Gov., Barbara O'Briens web site.
Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) is low-cost health insurance for Colorado's uninsured children and pregnant women. CHP+ is public health insurance for children and pregnant women who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, but cannot afford private health insurance.
You can download an application by clicking here.
Colorado’s Child Passenger Safety Law: Changes effective August 1, 2010