Colorado SunFest 2026 panel: Basic income programs in Denver and beyond
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“Colorado SunFest 2026 is a daylong event bringing Coloradans together to discuss what makes A Better Colorado.”
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— Berthoud is a statutory town located in Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado, United States. The town population was 10,332 at the 2020 United States census with 10,071 residing in Larimer County and 2…
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— Boulder is a home rule city that is the county seat of, and the most populous municipality in, Boulder County, Colorado, United States. With a population of 108,250 at the 2020 census, it is the 12th-…
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— Colorado Springs is the home rule city that is the county seat of, and the most populous city in, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The city had a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15…
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“The panel 'Basic Income Programs in Denver and Beyond' is hosted by the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy at The University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School.”
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— Denver ( DEN-vər) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Officially a consolidated city and county, it is located in the South Platte River valley on the western edge o…
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— The Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) was introduced in 1967 to identify young children, up to age six, with developmental problems. A revised version, Denver II, was released in 1992 to prov…
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— Guild, formerly known as Guild Education, is a private company headquartered in Denver, Colorado that is employed by Fortune 1000 companies to manage their education assistance benefits. Guild facilit…
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“The Denver Basic Income Project is an intervention targeting homelessness.”
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— Universal basic income in Canada refers to the debate and trials with basic income, negative income tax and related welfare systems in Canada. The debate goes back to the 1930s when the social credit …
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— Universal basic income and negative income tax, which is a related system, has been debated in the United States since the 1960s, and to a smaller extent also before that. During the 1960s and 1970s a…
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— Universal basic income pilots are smaller-scale preliminary experiments which are carried out on selected members of the relevant population to assess the feasibility, costs and effects of the full-sc…
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“Naazneen H. Barma is the founding director of the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School.”
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“Daniel Brisson is a professor of social work and director of the Center for Housing and Homelessness Research at the University of Denver.”
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“Kaitlyn Sims is an assistant professor of public policy at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs.”
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“Scott Wasserman is a principal of Thinking Forward LLC and has over 20 years of professional experience in Colorado.”
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“The panel 'Basic Income Programs in Denver and Beyond' is one of 11 conversations scheduled for Colorado SunFest 2026.”
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“The fourth annual Colorado SunFest is scheduled for Friday, May 1, 2026, at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs on the University of Denver campus.”
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“Dean Baquet is the keynote speaker for Colorado SunFest 2026.”
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