Dan Boyce

The current rules require at least one official government document from the first 10 years of a child's life to get what's called a delayed birth certificate.

But if a child's parents didn't register their kids for government documents, that child would never have a way to get a birth certificate or a social security number.

New rules were passed unanimously by the health board.

Applications will now allow certain more recent documents.

Colorado Legal Services Attorney Casey Sherman.

The rules go into effect on March 20th.

For NPR News, I'm Dan Boyce in Colorado Springs.

by reaching out to their landlords, for example, or their lenders or their mortgage company.

They've got a car note to explain the situation and see if those lenders will work with them.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers received a reduced paycheck last Friday.

Congress has voted to pay the military during shutdowns in previous years.

President Trump has vowed to use Defense Department funding to do that again this time around.

But it's unclear where that money would come from and if it can actually happen.

Kay is a military spouse in Colorado Springs.

She asked that we only use her first initial because she's afraid of retribution for speaking out.

Kay says her family has enough savings to miss two pay periods.

Others, she knows, aren't as lucky.

For NPR News, I'm Dan Boyce in Colorado Springs.