Colorado. Social welfare Colorado is top welfare state in nation - $1.43 of every $100 of personal income goes for public welfare. Colorado public expenditure council bulletin, July 18, 1958 Welfare program costs record $83 million, highest per capita investment in the nation. PM Oct 8, 1958 P-5 Post Oct 8, 1958 P-17 Aid to dependent children program: a 5 part series beginning. Post May 21, 1961 p.1,14A Aid to dependent children recipients live in slums as well as pleasant homes (3 n series of 5-) ^os May.23, 1961 P-37