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 >
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 >
The resource is a set of measures the Department compiles on Medicaid demographics and expenditures, in support of the Department’s annual budget requests for the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs. These tables include selected information related to utilization of services and eligibility with breakdowns by geographic location, gender, age, and other variables. Published … Read more >
Characteristics of Colorado’s Medicaid Expansion Clients and Comparisons of Care Utilization Experiences This report examines six dimensions of the Medicaid expansion population in Colorado, including: demographic characteristics for the expansion population compared to traditional Medicaid eligibility category populations; pregnancy and childbirth care experiences of adults in the expansion and non-expansion eligibility categories; and utilization of … Read more >
The report provides an overview of the Nurse-Family Partnership program in Colorado. The report provides demographic information on the clients served, client outcomes, return on investment, who manages the program and how the program is funded. The Executive Summary can be found HERE. Published by: Invest In Kids Published date: February 2018
The 2018 edition of KIDS COUNT in Colorado! examines child well-being trends across the 25-year history of the comprehensive report on child well- being. From plummeting infant mortality rates to a concerning rise in teen suicides, the anniversary edition of the KIDS COUNT report offers a long-term look at how Colorado kids are faring—and what … Read more >
The ECCP Shared Data Agenda 2 (Data Agenda) was collaboratively developed by partners on this team between November 2015 and January 2017 in order to drive shared measurement and collective impact on early childhood measures in alignment with the Early Childhood Colorado Framework (the Framework). The Framework is a shared vision for Colorado’s young children … Read more >
Child Care Aware® of America provides a comprehensive review of average child care costs across the country, as well as briefs reviewing financing solutions, policy recommendations and conclusions. The report emphasizes the importance of investing in child care, decreasing the cost burden on families, streamlining eligibility standards and procedures related to tax incentives, providing support to parents pursuing higher education, and … Read more >