Establishing a Baseline: Substance Use and Infant and Maternal Mortality
A new study, Phase One Supplemental: Maternal & Infant Mortality in the First Year of Life, builds on last spring’s initial study focused on the risk of infant removal by child welfare shortly after a birth event due to a referral of substance exposure. The supplemental study establishes a baseline understanding of infant and maternal mortality outcomes for families in Colorado involved in child welfare and impacted by perinatal substance use.
Cost Analysis: Colorado Community Response Program
Connecting families with concrete resources that meet basic needs and support economic well-being can lower stress and help parents to create long-term stability for their family. The Colorado Community Response (CCR) program is using this approach to reduce incidents of child neglect and abuse.
Colorado Shines Professional Development Information System
The Colorado Lab supported the Colorado Department of Human Services Office of Early Childhood in their rebuild of the new Professional Development Information System for early childhood professionals.
Investigating Allegations of Child Abuse and Neglect
View a brief video about the Colorado Lab-supported study of a collaborative approach to investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect.