Worksheet to find the best available research evidence, check the quality, and summarize what the studies say to support completion of the program’s evidence portfolio.
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State-Funded Grant Programs: Guidance for Legislators in Bill Drafting
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.
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.
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.
Colorado Prosecutorial Dashboards: Implementation Toolkit
Toolkit for how District Attorney’s Offices can develop, implement, and use data dashboards.
Colorado’s Early Care and Education Workforce (Dashboard)
This data dashboard provides a multi-year look at the early childhood workforce from 2019 to 2021.
Colorado UPK Theory of Change
This high-level theory of change displays key assumptions, strategies, outcomes, and end goals for Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program.
A Toolkit for Actionable Data and Collect Impact Evaluation
The purpose of this toolkit is to support the Colorado Partnership for Thriving Families and local communities in taking a collective impact approach to implementation and evaluation.
Office of Respondent Parents’ Counsel Preventive Legal Services Implementation Guide
Tool to guide implementation of the ORPC’s Preventive legal services, also called pre-filing or pre-petition representation.
Fostering Opportunities Implementation Specialist Observation
This Specialist Observation can be used by the Fostering Opportunities Program Coordinator to identify a Site Specialist’s areas of strength and areas for support in the implementation of the Fostering Opportunities program.