The Hub worked with evaluation teams to publish evidence-building briefs for the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.
Resources
Post Type Description
State-Funded Grant Programs: Guidance for Legislators in Bill Drafting
This guide details how lawmakers can use the statutory process for authorizing new or reauthorizing existing state-funded grant programs to improve the collection and application of data to affect meaningful change.
Perinatal Substance Use Coordinated Care and Support Pilot: A Community-Based Approach to Plans of Safe Care (Implementation Learnings Brief: Year One)
This brief summarizes learning and design insights from year one of implementation of the Plan of Safe Care Pilot in the San Luis Valley.
ECE Workforce Data Analysis Brief: Proposed Metrics
This brief recommends process updates to improve the quality of Professional Development Information System (PDIS) for measuring the workforce over time. Proposed workforce metrics include workforce growth and retention (for all workers and specific roles), as well as retention of new workers.
ECE Workforce Data Analysis Brief: Retention, Growth, and SNAP and CCCAP Participation
This brief explores the 12-month retention and growth rates the center-based ECE workforce by key characteristics. It also investigates participation in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and CCCAP among center-based ECE workers active in 2021–2022.
ECE Workforce Data Analysis Brief: Wages
This brief explores median, annualized wages and number of jobs for ECE workers with a Social Security Number (SSN) who could be matched to a wage record for their employer in 2022-2023.
improving Health and Housing Outcomes through a Simulation and Economic Model (iHOUSE)
Effectiveness of the Alternative Responsive Pilot: Initial Outcomes – Policy Brief
Policy brief that summarizes pilot reach, implementation, and impact data on the effectiveness of the Alternative Response pilot in year one.
Crossover Youth: Informing an Approach to Routine and Replicable Data
Report on how how to approach generating data on court case type for youth in out-of-home care.
A Community Guide to Linking Administrative Data
This community guide details a framework to inform state and local agencies on how to generate sustainable and replicable estimates of youth homelessness. The guide provides information on how to approach linking administrative data across systems to more rigorously estimate the prevalence of youth who have experienced homelessness.