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.
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.
Colorado TANF Unifying Theory of Change: Current
A unifying theory of change that describes how the various current TANF programmatic efforts are expected to contribute to long-term outcomes for families are used to inform future program modifications.
TANF Theory of Change Measurement Recommendations
An outline of how to measure outcomes aligned to the current TANF theory of change to inform performance-based contracting and program evaluation.
Findings from the Alternative Response Pilot: 2-Year Outcomes
This evaluation report provides an in-depth review of methods, findings, and actionable insights for the rigorous evaluation of the Alternative Response pilot.
The Plans of Safe Care Pilot in the San Luis Valley: Findings from 1 Year of Serving Families
This brief synthesizes the seven key drivers of success that were deployed during Year One of serving families with the POSC Framework.
Early Care and Education Workforce Compensation Policy Analysis
Pillars Research + Strategy conducted a Colorado environmental analysis and national landscape scan of compensation initiatives for the early care and education (ECE) sector. This included: (1) a scan of past and current efforts to increase ECE workforce compensation in Colorado and (2) a national landscape scan to identify how other states address key design […]
SFY25 Colorado UPK Evidence-Building Update and Outlook
A summary of the Universal Preschool Evidence-Building Hub’s SFY25 work, including progress, a summary of initial findings, and plans for SFY26.