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.
Philanthropic Funding
Program Evaluation: Guidance for Legislators in Bill Drafting
This guide provides an overview of what needs to be considered when drafting statutory language for program evaluation to support smart state investments.
Guidance for Funders
Supporting the Legislative Process
Building a Shared Understanding
Vision for Evidence-Based Decision Making, 2-Pager
The vision introduces the evidence-based decision making approach and its value to state government.
Advancing Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Colorado Policymaking
This memo articulates a commonly accepted vision for Colorado’s approach to evidence-based decision-making in policymaking and to align roles and responsibilities across branches of government with this vision. By making explicit our shared understanding of the work to be done and our approach to it, we can accelerate progress and build on the good work […]
Promoting Evidence-Based Decision Making in Colorado State Government: From Vision to Implementation, 2-Pager
This two-pager strategy identifies the four goals of evidence-based decision making that guide initial implementation and ensure alignment across key players.
Evidence-Based Decision Making Strategy Report
Evidence-Based Decision Making Glossary
This glossary provides definitions that are used in evidence-based decision making (EBDM). Having shared definitions among governmental and non-governmental stakeholders across the state is a key step forward in helping to operationalize Colorado’s statewide vision of EBDM. These definitions are intended for use by all stakeholders in policy development, policy implementation, budget development, strategic planning, […]