Debbie Kelley

2 days ago | gazette.com | Debbie Kelley

Lori Jarvis-Steinwert's last laps at her organization’s fifth annual charity walk on Saturday won’t be the end of her pursuit of mental well-being for all. Even as she steps down at the end of this month from leading the Colorado Springs office of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, she’ll continue to champion the quest for healing for people with mental distress and the families and friends who support them.

3 days ago | gazette.com | Debbie Kelley

Betty Field couldn’t believe what she heard at Tuesday’s Colorado Springs City Council meeting. The June 2 eviction order she had been served for her handicapped-accessible, low-income apartment in subsidized housing was being vacated. “My first thought after shock was ‘Working together works,’” she said.

3 days ago | gazette.com | Debbie Kelley

More Colorado children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect or court cases now have an improved chance of ending up living with a biological relative or someone else they know, as conditions of a new state law have rolled out this year. Approved by lawmakers on Sept. 1, upgrades to kinship foster care homes enable adults familiar to displaced children to care for them and receive varying levels of financial backing and hands-on support.

4 days ago | gazette.com | Debbie Kelley

Some tenants who live in federally subsidized public housing in Colorado Springs say they believe their involvement in organizing tenants’ rights groups at their apartment complexes has led to blowback from the Colorado Springs Housing Authority, including to the point of imminent eviction. “The retaliation and intimidation have been ongoing and blatant,” said Betty Field, a nearly four-year resident of Centennial Plaza Apartments, an 11-story, 99-unit building east of downtown.

4 days ago | gazette.com | Debbie Kelley

Some tenants who live in federally subsidized public housing in Colorado Springs say they believe their involvement in organizing tenants’ rights groups at their apartment complexes has led to blowback from the Colorado Springs Housing Authority, including to the point of imminent eviction. “The retaliation and intimidation have been ongoing and blatant,” said Betty Field, a nearly four-year resident of Centennial Plaza Apartments, an 11-story, 99-unit building east of downtown.