This report presents early findings from the program’s expansion, including implementationinsights and baseline data that will inform future outcome analyses. It also offers recommendations for implementing the program with fidelity and considerations for scaling the program to additional school districts.
2025
Effectiveness of the Alternative Responsive Pilot: Policy Brief
Policy brief that summarizes final 2-year outcomes research on the effectiveness 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.
Building Evidence for the Interdisciplinary Model of Legal Representation: Methods and Findings Behind the Story Walk
This document provides short briefs on the methods and findings behind research insights communicated through the Story Walk exhibition on ORPC legal representation.
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.
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 […]
SFY26 Early Childhood Workforce Evidence-Building Strategy
Delivered annually, this report includes evidence-building priorities for SFY26. The report can be used by CDEC and the ECLC’s Compensation and Benefits Working Group to inform development policy strategies to increase early childhood workforce compensation.
Colorado Early Care and Education Workforce Compensation Patterns
Using administrative data from the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, this report presents findings from an analysis of wages among ECE professionals in center-based programs during the 2022–2023 school year. It serves as a foundation for CDEC to design, test, and evaluate targeted interventions aimed at increasing […]
Coordinating Plans of Safe Care Pilot in the SLV (Data Brief)
This data brief synthesizes early evidence on the POSC Pilot in the San Luis Valley.
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.