Plans of Safe Care: New Learning Brief and Planned Expansion

Partners at a kick-off event to officially launch the POSC Framework in Pueblo County. A new Colorado Lab brief summarizes findings from the first year of serving families under The Plans of Safe Care Pilot in the San Luis Valley. Plans of Safe Care (POSC) improve cross-system care coordination by rapidly connecting families experiencing prenatal […]

Important Advancement for Notification of Substance Exposed Newborns

We’re shining a spotlight on an important advancement in caring for Colorado families affected by substance use during pregnancy. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) requires states have policies and procedures to address the needs of substance exposed newborns. This includes a process for health care providers to notify child welfare of the […]

New Projects Underway at the Colorado Lab

In this month’s newsletter we highlight several new projects underway at the Colorado Lab. We value the opportunity to work with each partner, meeting them where they are, listening carefully to their needs and insights, and supporting them in obtaining the best available evidence to innovate, achieve goals, and use their resources wisely. We wish […]

New Project: Early Childhood Workforce Evidence-Building Hub

An Early Childhood Workforce Evidence-Building Hub has been created at the Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab (Colorado Lab) to oversee all evidence-building work on behalf of a new grant the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) received from the Early Educator Investment Collaborative. This grant supports planning and implementation activities to increase and sustain increased […]

New Project: Universal Preschool Evidence-Building Hub

A Universal Preschool Evidence-Building Hub has been created at the Colorado Lab to oversee all evidence-informed design and evaluation work on behalf of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC). The Universal Preschool Program helps fund preschool for Colorado children the year before kindergarten.  The Colorado Lab has served as an evidence-building hub for CDEC […]