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 […]
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Presentations Spotlight
ORPC Data Story Walk: The Power of Linking Data and Storytelling
Reunified family and their ORPC team. What a treat it was to facilitate a Data Story Walk at the 10th annual conference of the Office of Respondent Parents’ Counsel (ORPC)! The Colorado Lab’s Dr. Elysia Versen, Acting Executive Director/COO and Dr. Courtney Everson, Senior Project Director, guided conference attendees in exploring data on the continuum […]
Update: Learning Community on Family Economic Well-Being Research
Colorado Lab Studies Highlighted at Convening on Children, Youth, & Families
Pictured (left to right): Lily Colby, Founder of the National Network for Foster Sibling Connections; Dr. Courtney Everson, Colorado Lab; and Maddie Lang-Silva, Colorado’s Office of the Child’s Representative Lived Experts Action Panel and member of the High Quality Parenting Time Task Force.
Inaugural Family Impact Seminar on Attainable Housing with Colorado Policymakers
Partner News: Illuminate Colorado
Learning Community Kick-Off: Family Economic Well-Being Research
In late January, we had the honor of convening esteemed researchers from across the country for a kick-off meeting to discuss what is known, and not known, about the relationship between income volatility and child maltreatment. A dozen diverse and uniquely qualified researchers serve as the Learning Community for the Family Economic Well-Being project. Working […]
Capacity Building: Family First Continuous Quality Improvement
The Colorado Lab serves as the Family First Evidence-Building Hub, providing guidance to the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) to ensure strategic investments in evidence building for child welfare programs and services that aim to keep children safe and more families together. We’re excited to celebrate an important milestone in this work: the Continuous […]
Released! Highly Anticipated Initial Findings for the Alternative Response Pilot for Adult Protective Service
Last month our first policy brief on initial outcomes of the Alternative Response Pilot was presented to the legislature by the Colorado Department of Human Services. Authorized by Senate Bill 21-118, the pilot provides an alternative pathway for Adult Protective Services (APS) to respond to reports of low-risk mistreatment and self-neglect. When allegations of self-neglect […]