This info sheet provides an overview of CDEC’s stimulus-funded strategies, organized by outcome areas within CDEC’s strategic plan. It provides example stimulus strategies within each outcome area to show how stimulus funds are helping achieve CDEC objectives.
Resources
Post Type Description
Stimulus Synthesis of Evidence to Date
This brief synthesizes findings from evaluation of nearly 20 stimulus-funded strategies within CDEC. Findings are organized by outcome areas within CDEC’s strategic goals: access & quality, workforce development, and family strengthening. Findings can be used by CDEC and funding recipients to improve implementation of stimulus-funded activities and by legislators to inform funding and policy decisions […]
Family Strengthening Evaluation One-Pager
This one-pager provides an overview of evaluation efforts for the stimulus-funded family strengthening strategies: Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and Imagination Library of Colorado. The Colorado Lab is leading this evaluation in alignment with the Early Childhood Stimulus Evaluation Hub.
CIRCLE Evidence-Building Brief
This brief provides an overview of early insights from evaluation of the stimulus-funded Community Innovation and Resilience for Care and Learning Equity (CIRCLE) Grant program. Marzano Research is leading this evaluation under coordination of the Early Childhood Stimulus Evaluation Hub. CDEC, policymakers, and legislators can use this brief to inform stimulus strategy implementation, funding decisions, […]
Early Literacy: Imagination Library of Colorado Evidence-Building Brief
This brief provides an overview of early insights from evaluation of the stimulus-funded Imagination Library of Colorado program. The Colorado Lab is leading this evaluation in alignment with the Early Childhood Stimulus Evaluation Hub. CDEC, policymakers, and legislators can use this brief to inform stimulus strategy implementation, funding decisions, and future evidence-building efforts.
Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Evidence-Building Brief
This brief provides an overview of early insights from evaluation of the stimulus-funded Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation program. The Colorado Lab is leading this evaluation in alignment with the Early Childhood Stimulus Evaluation Hub. CDEC, policymakers, and legislators can use this brief to inform stimulus strategy implementation, funding decisions, and future evidence-building efforts.
Access to Inclusive Care: Project Include Evidence-Building Brief
This brief provides an overview of early insights from evaluation of the stimulus-funded Project Include program. The Center for Inclusive Design and Engineering is leading this evaluation in alignment with the Early Childhood Stimulus Evaluation Hub. CDEC, policymakers, and legislators can use this brief to inform stimulus strategy implementation, funding decisions, and future evidence-building efforts.
Strategy for the Evidence-Based Aspects of the Family First Service Continuum
As part of the Colorado Lab’s support to CDHS in developing the Family First Prevention Services Plan, this strategy contains recommendations for evidence-based programs and services matched to the needs of Colorado families, opportunities for fiscal drawdown, and ongoing rigorous evaluation and continuous quality improvement.
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 […]
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 […]