By Sandy Stein, The Pueblo Chieftain THE FOURTH ANNUAL Pueblo Step-Up “Wine and Small Plates” fundraiser at the River’s Edge in early March raised $13,000 to help support health care programs and wellness services for Pueblo’s low-income children and seniors. Bechtel, The Gay and Lesbian Fund of Colorado, Centura Health/St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center, Parkview Medical [...]
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New State Scorecard on Children’s Health Care Finds Wide Geographic Disparities
Article courtesy of the Commonwealth Fund. Feb 2, 2011 Two years after the reauthorization and expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a new Commonwealth Fund state-by-state scorecard evaluating how the health care system is working for children finds that federal and state action on behalf of children has helped preserve, and even expand, [...]
Decrease Stress – A Few Quick Tips
Stress comes in all forms and affects people of all ages and all walks of life. All of us have felt stress at one point or another. Often when we’re feeling stressed out we don’t want another list of things we need to do– even if it’s a list of things to do to [...]
Pueblo StepUp 2010 Results
2010 was a year of exciting developments and results for Pueblo StepUp. We served a total of 7,374 people from across Pueblo County in FY 2010. In April of 2010, we became an official Colorado State Medical Assistance (MA) site. As an MA site our staff can determine an individual’s eligibility for Medicaid or Colorado [...]
Healthy Communities
Pueblo StepUp manages a Healthy Communities program. Healthy Communities is run by the State of Colorado and its purpose is to assist people who are eligible for Medicaid or Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) and those who are already enrolled with questions about their benefits. Healthy Communities is charged with a variety of responsibilities that [...]
What Our Partners Are Saying
The following quotes are from the partners we work with at the wellness centers. Thanks to all of our partners for being so great to work with! Freed Wellness Center StepUp has always been such a help when a child needs to get on CHP+ or Medicaid. They always have such a positive cheerful [...]
