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2024 Legislative Session Highlights
We celebrate the passage of two pieces of legislation this session that exemplify our commitment to evidence use and…
12 June 2024
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2024 Legislative Session Highlights
We celebrate the passage of two pieces of legislation this session that exemplify our commitment to evidence use and…
12 June 2024
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Spotlight on External Research Partner: Dr. Phil Pendergast
“In academia, we often get stuck in an intellectual trap of doing evaluation for the sake of doing it…
12 June 2024
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Spotlight on External Research Partner: Yumiko Dougherty
As the former Director of Strategy for the Colorado Department of Human Services and then the Colorado Behavioral Health…
15 May 2024
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Growing Capacity to Achieve the Governor’s Wildly Important Goals
The Colorado Lab is working with Governor Polis’s Office of Operations to build agency capacity to achieve the administration’s…
15 May 2024
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Family First Evidence-Building Hub Updates
Colorado’s Five-Year Family First Prevention Services Plan (Colorado’s Plan) promotes use of evidence-based programs and services in child welfare…
15 May 2024
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Colorado Lab Presents at CHoSEN Forum
We were pleased to present at the spring forum for the Colorado Hospitals Substance Exposed Newborn (CHoSEN) Quality Improvement Collaborative. The…
15 May 2024
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New Workforce Development Evidence-Building Hub
The Colorado Lab has launched a Workforce Development Evidence-Building Hub. The new Hub is a partnership with the Colorado…
12 April 2024
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EBDM: Philanthropy Learning Community
The Colorado Lab is working with Philanthropy Colorado and state philanthropic leaders to determine how funders can best support…
12 April 2024
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Plans of Safe Care Pilot: Visit to San Luis Valley
Pictured above: Plans of Safe Care Pilot Team members (Illuminate Colorado, the Colorado Lab, and the Kempe Center) meet…
12 April 2024
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Early Childhood Evaluation Hub: Synthesis of Initial Evidence
A new Colorado Lab brief offers a bird’s eye view of findings from multiple evaluations underway for stimulus-funded strategies…
09 April 2024
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Interdisciplinary Representation for Parents Improves Outcomes in Complex Child Welfare Cases
The Office of Respondent Parents’ Counsel (ORPC) issued a press release sharing findings of an independent evaluation conducted by…
12 March 2024
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Updated Glossary! Evidence-Based Decision Making
New terms have been added to the Evidence-Based Decision Making (EBDM) Glossary. This resource provides terms that promote a…
12 March 2024
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Simplify Language: Colorado Lab & CDEC Learning
State agency and research partners recently joined us for a workshop on simplifying language. Building on a wealth of…
12 March 2024
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Evidence-Based Decision Making: Cue Cards Equip Legislators to Advance EBDM
Colorado policymakers have two new resources for use during the legislative session. “Cue cards”’ were developed by the Colorado…
05 March 2024