American Rescue Plan Provides Relief to Help CO Recover

July 1, 2021

For over a year state employees have been fighting the coronavirus and providing the critical services we need to get past this global health crisis. Debi Macias, a Health Care Technician at the Pueblo Regional Center, shares what it’s been like working through the COVID pandemic and how disinvesting in public services has impacted her work serving Colorado’s most vulnerable citizens.

For over a year state employees have been fighting the coronavirus and providing the critical services we need to get past this global health crisis. Finally, federal stimulus money is on the way to help Colorado and our communities recover. The American Rescue Plan also provides a path for us to reinvest in the public services that have been underfunded for decades.

Investing in state services will improve the lives of all Coloradans, especially those of us providing essential services to our communities. Debi Macias, a Health Care Technician at the Pueblo Regional Center, shares what it’s been like working through the COVID pandemic and how disinvesting in public services has impacted her work serving Colorado’s most vulnerable citizens.

Read why Debi thinks it’s important now more than ever to invest in state services:
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/opinion/opinion-reinvest-relief-funds-in-state-employees-services/article_85de7ca8-d586-11eb-b80d-ff2ee6b55196.html