2016-06-02T14:09:53-07:00 2015-12-31 Johnson Kightlinger & Company 4999 Pearl East Circle STE 103 Boulder CO 803012654 990 2015-01-01 841550841 The Bell Policy Center BELL 3032970456 1905 Sherman Street Denver CO 80203 WADE BUCHANAN President 2016-06-02 true Mark Kightlinger CPA P00405289 3034493830 2015 2016-09-27 15:27:22Z 1053956 false false X www.bellpolicy.org X 2000 CO The Bell Policy Center makes opportunity happen by leading the debate on family economic security and driving public policy solutions that help Coloradans get ahead and stay ahead. 8 8 15 0 1175291 1049710 0 20 1851 4226 1177142 1053956 0 0 844120 779711 0 83442 191571 209127 1035691 988838 141451 65118 487335 555520 23001 26068 464334 529452 The Bell Policy Center makes opportunity happen by leading the debate on family economic security and driving public policy solutions that help Coloradans get ahead and stay ahead. false false 760301 Family Economic Security: We provide research, analysis, public education and advocacy on policies that help adults prepare for higher-paying jobs, stay in the workforce, support their families, build assets, and save for retirement. We also work to protect progress made to protect working Coloradans and secure their financial stability.Key achievements in 2015 include Leading two-generation (parents and their children together) policy solutions for family stability and success, including work on the cliff effect in Colorados Child Care Assistance Program, funding for adult education and literacy programs, support for the Colorado Preschool Program, raising the minimum wage, making the state Earned Income Tax Credit permanent, and other supports for working families. Promoting the need for and solutions to retirement security for the next generation of Coloradans. Continued success of payday lending reform recent reports indicate that Coloradans are saving more than $40 million annually in fees due to the reforms, and that of the states that still allow payday lending, Colorado has the lowest effective fees for borrowers. Protecting anti-discrimination protections in the workplace. Education and Training: We provide research, analysis, public education and advocacy to help transform postsecondary education and training in Colorado so that all families have the opportunity for academic and workforce success. Key achievements in 2015 include Publishing a brief on the importance of providing options for high school equivalency tests to meet the needs of adult students; Serving as one of very few non-institutional advocates in higher education, advocating for the needs of part-time, adult, and first-generation students. Making post-secondary education more affordable for students and their families, including advocating for increases in financial aid and a tuition policy that limits increases. Continued success of concurrent enrollment programs that allow students to gain college credit while still in high school; 22% of Colorado juniors and seniors are participating, including a significant number from communities of color. Data indicates that many of these students are the first in their families to attend college, and that their college retention rates and grade point averages outpace their peers.Aging, Health, and Fiscal Policy: We advance policies that expand access to affordable health care, begin to address our long-term care needs as a state, provide critical information on health policy topics to decision-makers and citizens, address the impact of Colorados aging demographic, and address our fiscal challenges as a state. Key achievements in 2015 include: Establishment of a Strategic Action Planning Group on Aging that is working on a long-term, comprehensive plan to address the challenges and opportunities posed by our aging population. President Wade Buchanan was appointed to the group, and we continue to support its efforts with research, outreach, and communication. Straight Talk on Health Reform, 9 articles in our series debunking misconceptions about health reform and educating the public about key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Work on options for addressing the constraints of our states constitutional and tax structure and providing resources to make the public sector more effective. 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