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.
Early Childhood
Early Childhood Workforce Evidence-Building Hub
Universal Preschool Evidence-Building Hub
Prevention Investment Strategy: Policy and Practice Recommendations (Synthesis)
For policymakers, a synthesis of nine policy and practice recommendations to align and accelerate investment in child maltreatment prevention across Colorado.
Prevention Investment Strategy: Policy and Practice Recommendations (Executive Summary)
For cross-system partners, an executive summary of nine policy and practice recommendations to align and accelerate investment in child maltreatment prevention across Colorado.
CDEC Organizational Theories of Change
A series of theories of change (TOCs), that explicitly align the Colorado Department of Early Childhood’s (CDEC) programmatic efforts with the goals from its strategic plan, including: access and quality, workforce, family strengthening, and a unifying TOC.
Prevention Investment Strategy: Policy and Practice Recommendations (Strategy Report)
Strategy report detailing nine policy and practice recommendations to align and accelerate investment in child maltreatment prevention across Colorado.
Prevention Investment Strategy: A Roadmap Forward
Preliminary report on focus areas and approach for developing a data-informed prevention investment strategy for COCAP.
Prevention Investment Strategy for the Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund
Building Knowledge in Colorado’s New Department of Early Childhood
This report provides a recommended data and technology strategy for the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.