This report presents findings from the program’s expansion, focusing on Steps 2 and 3 of Colorado’s Steps to Building Evidence: measuring fidelity to the model and supporting continuous quality improvement (CQI) and assessing preliminary student outcomes through a pretest-posttest design.
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TBRI®- Caregiver Training Preliminary Findings Report
This report shared preliminary findings on the first 9 months of implementation of a Randomized Controlled Trial of TBRI®- Caregiver Training in Colorado, conducted by Colorado State University’s Social Work Research Center under coordination of the Family First Evidence-Building Hub.
TBRI®- Caregiver Training Evaluation Plan
This evaluation plan outlines the analytic approach for a Randomized Controlled Trial of TBRI®- Caregiver Training in Colorado, to be conducted by Colorado State University’s Social Work Research Center under coordination of the Family First Evidence-Building Hub.
TBRI®- Caregiver Training One-Pager
This one-pager provides an overview of rigorous evaluation efforts TBRI®- Caregiver Training. Colorado State University’s Social Work Research Center is leading this evaluation under the coordination of the Family First Evidence-Building Hub.
Family First Annual Rigorous Evidence-Building Report SFY26
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, state and county agencies, philanthropic partners, evaluators, and policymakers to promote […]
Advancing Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) to a Supported Designation
This report captures lessons learned from Omni Institute’s efforts to recruit school-based healthcare clinics (SBHCs) for an adolescent SBIRT study seeking to strengthen SBIRT’s evidence designation to supported.
Fostering Opportunities Program Manual: Middle and High School Version (Version 3.0)
Fostering Opportunities is an innovative student engagement program for middle school and high school students who have experienced foster care. The goal of the program is to help youth who have experienced foster care be successful in school and ultimately earn a high school credential. Version 1.0 was published in July 2019. Version 2.0 was […]
Enhancing Use of Data for Continuous Improvement at the Office of the Child Protection Ombudsman
Evaluation of the School Counselor Corps Grant Program Technical Report
Final evaluation report for the School Counselor Corps Grant Program, aimed at improving high school graduation rates and postsecondary and workforce readiness and support work-based learning awareness, education, and opportunities by increasing the availability of effective school-based counseling services within K-12 schools.
Imagination Library: Effects on Kindergarten Readiness and Skills
Final evaluation report for ILCO, examining program effects on children’s kindergarten readiness and early literacy skills.