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"Kids Count" Data Reveals Racial Gaps in Poverty, Educational Opportunity, and Wellness in Colorado

Austin Cope
Sarah Hughes with the Colorado Children's Campaign presents results of the 2016-2017 "Kids Count" data to community leaders Monday

The Colorado Children's Campaign presented the resultsof the 2016-2017 Kids Count survey to local education, social service, and health and wellness leaders Monday afternoon. After their presentation, KSJD's Austin Cope spoke with a representatives from the Campaign to talk more about the results of the data.

Austin Cope is a former Morning Edition host for KSJD and now produces work on a freelance basis for the station. He grew up in Cortez and hosted a show on KSJD when he was 10 years old. After graduating from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 2010, he lived in Belgium, Ohio, Spain, northern Wyoming, and Himachal Pradesh, India before returning to the Cortez area. He has a degree in Politics from Oberlin College in Ohio.
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