Denver Department of Social Services

Kristen and Will Stillman survived unspeakable horrors, but building a new life could be their toughest challenge

Bad Boys

Denver's Juvenile Court just turned one hundred. The next years could be rough.

Backwash

Down the Up Staircase.

Ready, Willing and Disabled

The state's treatment of the developmentally disabled isn't broken. So why does Colorado want to fix it?

Letters

Foreclosure Encounters

By the time one of these investors gets his foot inside the door, your house is as good as gone.

Letters

Hell to Pay

A child-support check promised by an ex-husband bounces, and the authorities go after the mother.

A Fight to the Death

Frank Rodriguez was sentenced to die twelve years ago. Are we there yet?

A Trust Betrayed

Ashley Gray didn't take candy from strangers. She did from her "Uncle Jon."

DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL

HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN

HOW THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPTS TO "REUNIFY" CHILDREN WITH THEIR PARENTS HURT KIDS AS MUCH AS THEY HELP THEM.

OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND

CLOSING THE HIGHLANDS BOARDING HOME PUT SOME OF DENVER'S MENTALLY ILL RESIDENTS ON THE ROAD TO A BETTER LIFE--AND LEFT OTHERS OUT IN THE COLD.LOST IN BEDLAM FOR MANY OF THE HIGHLANDS 100, DENVER'S PLAN TO RELOCATE THE MENTALLY ILL HAS BEEN A MOVE TO OBLIV

THE BOTTOM DROPS OUT

LETTERS

THE CLIENTS

KILLING TIME

A TOUCHING STORY