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.
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Universal Preschool Program Theory of Change
This high-level theory of change displays key assumptions, strategies, outcomes, and end goals for Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program.
Family First Annual Rigorous Evaluation Report SFY23
Delivered in May each year, this report details rigorous evaluation efforts underway, including a summary of evidence to date, for programs and services currently in Colorado’s Family First evidence-building pipeline. The report can be used by the CDHS Office of Children, Youth, and Families (OCYF) team, Child Welfare Prevention Task Group, policymakers, and legislators, to […]
Young Adults with Lived Foster Care Experience Who Later Experience Houselessness: An Exploratory Latent Class Analysis
A journal article with the results of the same Denver Metro area study as the 2021 report. The information in this resource is tailored for an academic audience.