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The Bell Policy Center is a progressive think tank that informs and promotes civic dialogue on policies to address common problems such as failing schools, inadequate employment and lack of health care for the working poor. In keeping with Chambers Family Fund’s emphasis on advancing democratic values, we partnered with the Brett Family Foundation and the Gill Foundation to provide start-up funding for The Bell Policy Center. This progressive think tank provides non-partisan guidance to help citizens and policy-makers debate issues and develop policies that positively affect all families and working adults in Colorado. The Bell Policy Center informs and promotes civic dialogue on policies to effectively address such common problems as failing schools, inadequate employment and lack of health care for the working poor. The Bell most recently published Colorado: The State of Opportunity 2005 Report (*PDF). It builds on the Bell's Cycle of Opportunity concept, tracking progress along nine gateways to opportunity from birth to retirement. The report offers research on indicators and makes recommendations to legislators and business. The Bell conducted the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) Study (*PDF), researching the perceived and actual effects over the past 10 years of TABOR legislation. This work spurred informed dialogue and led to the reform of TABOR, a complex and confusing policy and one of the most significant and far-reaching policies enacted in Colorado. The Bell published Opportunity Lost (*PDF) in 2004, studying the many and complex forces that keep working families from earning enough to get by without cutting corners or accepting public support or private charity. *PDFs require the Acrobat Reader. In Colorado there are only a handful of public policy think tanks and The Bell fills a unique niche — committed specifically to expanding opportunities for Colorado families and working adults through nonpartisan issue research and analysis. Chambers Family Fund is dedicated to increasing the capacity of The Bell to promote democratic values and open gateways to opportunity. |
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