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Colorado Rural Collaborative 2021-2022 Annual Report
The Colorado Rural Collaborative for Runaway and Homeless Youth (RC) was established in 2008 to collectively address the unique needs of rural runaway and homeless youth and the challenges geography poses for them to receive support and services. The RC is made up of seven partner agencies supported by blending and braiding resources to serve Read More
Determining Youth and Young Adult Eligibility for Services: Grantee Tools and Processes
The Children’s Bureau, within the Administration for Children and Families (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), is funding a multiphase grant program to build the evidence base on what works to prevent homelessness among youth and young adults who have been involved in the child welfare system. This program is called Youth At-Risk of Read More
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Focus Area(s): Foster Care & At-Risk Youth, Program Innovations
Author(s): Lanae Davis
Rural Collaborative Basic Center Program 2021 Report
The Colorado Rural Collaborative for Homeless Youth was established in 2008 to collectively address the unique needs of rural runaway and homeless youth and the challenges geography poses for them to receive support and services. Namely, this means connecting Colorado’s network of Runaway/Homeless Youth and Child Welfare providers in order to serve youth in rural Read More
Focus Area(s): Foster Care & At-Risk Youth, Program Innovations
Author(s): Lanae Davis, Savahanna Matyasic
Youth At-Risk of Homelessness: Design for an Impact Study of “Pathways to Success”
A Coach-Like Case Management Program for Youth and Young Adults in Foster Care: Preventing homelessness among young people who have been involved in the child welfare system remains an urgent issue for child welfare policymakers and practitioners. Housing stability is essential for achieving self-sufficiency and promotes health and well-being, particularly during the transition to adulthood. Read More
Issue(s): Child Welfare
Focus Area(s): Foster Care & At-Risk Youth, Public Benefits Programs
Author(s): M.C. (Cay) Bradley, Menbere Shiferaw, Russell Cole
Lessons from the Field: Using Housing Vouchers to Support Youth With Child Welfare Experience at Risk of Homelessness
The Children’s Bureau, within the Administration for Children and Families (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), is funding a multi-phase grant program to build the evidence base on what works to prevent homelessness among youth and young adults who have been involved in the child welfare system. This program is called Youth At-Risk of Read More
Issue(s): Child Welfare
Focus Area(s): Foster Care & At-Risk Youth
Author(s): Lanae Davis
Colorado Pathways to Success Formative Evaluation Final Report
The Colorado Pathways to Success Program is a multi-phased program funded by the Children’s Bureau with the aim of developing new initiatives aimed at preventing youth homelessness among current and former foster care youth aged 14-21. This report outlines the key intervention components of the model and reviews the evaluation, lessons learned, and preliminary outcomes Read More
Issue(s): Child Welfare
Focus Area(s): Foster Care & At-Risk Youth, Program Innovations
Author(s): Lanae Davis, Nancy Thoennes, Savahanna Matyasic
Using Continuous Quality Improvement to Refine Interventions for Youth at Risk of Homelessness
In this brief, local evaluators working with two Youth at Risk of Homeless grantees, Alameda County, California, and the Colorado Department of Human Services, describe how their teams used continuous quality improvement (CQI) to learn from the initial implementation of their model interventions and refine them.
Issue(s): Child Welfare
Focus Area(s): Foster Care & At-Risk Youth, Program Innovations
Author(s): Lanae Davis
Keyword(s): at-risk youth, case management, foster care, program innovations
Utilizing Coaching to Prevent Homelessness Among Transition-Age Youth with Foster Care Histories
This research brief provides an overview of coaching behavior and in-depth examples of the practice and impacts of coach-like engagement in working with at-risk youth.
Issue(s): Child Welfare
Focus Area(s): Foster Care & At-Risk Youth, Program Innovations
Author(s): Lanae Davis, Tara Prendergast
Keyword(s): at-risk youth, coaching brief, foster care, homeless prevention
Developing A Model Intervention to Prevent Homelessness Among Transition-Age Youth
In 2013, Colorado’s Department of Human Services (CDHS), Division of Child Welfare (DCW) was chosen as one of eighteen grantees to receive a planning grant (Phase I) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau under their Youth-At-Risk-of-Homelessness (YARH) demonstration projects. Since then, Colorado was selected as one of six grantee sites Read More
Issue(s): Child Welfare
Focus Area(s): Foster Care & At-Risk Youth
Author(s): Lanae Davis, Tara Prendergast
Keyword(s): at-risk youth, foster care
Enhancing Agency Collaboration and Case Processing
The child support and child welfare project was undertaken to improve collaboration between sister agencies in multiple jurisdictions. The Center for Policy Research of Denver, Colo., with grant funding from the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement, conducted two meetings in Washington, D.C., in 2006 and 2007 to bring together top-level managers and other key representatives of child welfare and child support Read More
Issue(s): Child Support, Child Welfare
Focus Area(s): Core Program Services, Foster Care & At-Risk Youth, Program Innovations
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Nancy Thoennes