Family First Annual Rigorous Evaluation Report SFY24

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 […]

Fostering Opportunities Preliminary Success Measures for a Pay for Success Pilot Program

The report describes performance of the pilot after the first four semesters of program delivery. Per the Pay for Success contract, three are four levels of success that the Fostering Opportunities pilot could achieve. The pilot achieved the third level of success by demonstrating a greater than 10 percent improvement in the number of suspension […]

Fostering Opportunities Video

This short video shares youth and caregiver experiences in Fostering Opportunities. Program specialists, child welfare leaders, and researchers explain the program and how it works.