Youth homelessness is a big problem in Colorado. But in rural areas, where resources are scarce, social stigma heightened and transportation limited, kids struggle more to get help.

There鈥檚 an ongoing legal battle between the ACLU of Colorado and the City of Boulder over the city's so-called camping ban. Today on In The NoCo, we talk to a former unhoused person who withdrew her name from that lawsuit.

Colorado kids are missing a lot of school. Rates of chronic absenteeism across the state have been rising for years. Districts across Northern Colorado are scrambling to get these students back in class.