This executive summary contains highlights from evaluation findings for families served by Family Resource Centers between July 1, 2019, and May 15, 2020. The report tells the story of COVID-19 impacts. The Family Resource Center Association (FRCA) is incredibly proud to share these independent evaluation results making the case for the essential role Family Resource … Read more >
Depression in Denver brings together findings from multiple data sources to support a localized understanding of the scope and impact of depression. It contains data about depression experienced in childhood, adolescence, and the perinatal period and describes key contributors to depression, including parental mental health status and absence of healthy relationships. Published Date: 2018 … Read more >
Child welfare-related activities and services have complex sources of funding. Numerous funding streams and multiple agencies seek to support the children and families that are known to the child welfare system. At the state and local levels, this complexity sometimes means that policymakers, practitioners, advocates, and other stakeholders do not have a complete picture of … Read more >
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more. The current report has the following sections: Population, Age and Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, Population Characteristics, Housing, Families and Living Arrangements, Computer and Internet Use, Education, Health, Economy, Transportation, Income and Poverty, Businesses, and … Read more >
Although perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), which include depression and anxiety disorders during pregnancy and postpartum, are common among mothers in Colorado and the United States, these medical conditions often go undiagnosed and untreated.1,2 While PMADs have received increasing attention from policymakers and professional societies, the societal costs have not been well documented. This … Read more >
Across the United States, large numbers of young children are affected by one or more risk factors for environmentally influenced developmental delay. Bright by Text (BBT) aims to support children and caregivers by delivering bite-sized and developmentally targeted doses of Bright by Three’s (BB3) research-based curriculum and curated content from resources such as Vroom and … Read more >
In 2015, Early Learning Ventures (ELV) received a federal Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) grant, which enabled ELV to provide comprehensive services to 240 children under three years old by partnering with 32 child care providers across four counties in Colorado. After just one year of EHS-CCP implementation, providers partnering with ELV experienced stronger … Read more >
SafeCare® is an evidence-based in-home parent education program designed for high risk families with children birth to five. The program in Colorado is currently piloting in 11 community-based agencies serving 39 counties and two tribal nations. SafeCare Colorado (SCC) is designed to be home based, voluntary, and preventive. The Kempe Center for the Prevention and … Read more >
In this report, we utilize data from the Adverse Childhood Experiences module of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and from a linked state initiated Child Health Survey to evaluate the impacts of parental history of adversity not only on their own adult health, but on the current health and well-being of their children. These … Read more >
Colorado Community Response (CCR) is a voluntary child maltreatment prevention pilot program implemented over the past three years as part of the Governor’s Keeping Children Safe and Families Healthy 2.0 Plan. Goals are to increase economic security and build protective factors to prevent child neglect and abuse in low-income families. This evaluation was conducted from … Read more >