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Colorado 2Gen Procedures Manual
In 2013, the Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Child Support Services (CSS) underwent a name change from Child Support Enforcement to Child Support Services. Along with this shift in name, a shift in perspective and priorities took place. Child Support Services began a transformation in agency culture toward a family-centered approach. As part Read More
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Nancy Thoennes
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
Including Fathers in Programs and Policies for Children and Families
The Fatherhood Research and Practice Network (FRPN) examined state approaches to supporting fatherhood programs and including fathers in state agencies, departments, programs, and policies that affect children and families. The goal of the investigation is to stimulate replication of effective approaches in state settings. Our review covered four large-scale federal grant or demonstration programs dealing Read More
Issue(s): Father Engagement & Healthy Relationships
Focus Area(s): Fatherhood Programs
Author(s): Jessica Pearson
Keyword(s): children, families, fatherhood, fatherhood programs, program innovations
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
Preventing Relationship Violence Through Community Change: Results from a Baseline Survey on Coloradans’ Readiness to Address Relationship Violence as a Community
This report is part of an ongoing evaluation of the Stand Up Colorado social change initiative. Stand Up Colorado is a campaign aimed at preventing relationship violence (RV). The overall evaluation of the campaign will include both process and outcome components. This report focuses on the baseline survey that was conducted as part of the Read More
Issue(s): Gender-Based Violence
Focus Area(s): Domestic Violence Program Innovations, Intimate Partner Violence
Author(s): Echo Rivera, Nancy Thoennes, Tara Prendergast
Keyword(s): attitudes, baseline survey, color blind, domestic violence, Intimate Partner Violence, racism, sexism, social change, stand up colorado
The Whys and Hows of Process Evaluation
The purpose of an outcome evaluation is fairly straightforward. Conducting a rigorous outcome evaluation is not easy. Understanding the need for it is: Your funders, colleagues, and staff want to know if your program produced the intended results. It can be less obvious what a process evaluation will tell you or why it will be useful, but Read More
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Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Nancy Thoennes
Keyword(s): outcome evaluation, process evaluation
Oregon’s New Tool for Parents in The Child Support System: The Interactive Parenting Plan
Oregon’s Interactive Parenting Plan (IPP) is the first comprehensive, interactive tool created to generate customized parenting plans. It is the result of a joint effort of many stakeholders, including representatives of the court, the child support program, the private bar, mediators, community organizations serving families with safety issues, and experts in the field of child Read More
Issue(s): Child Support
Focus Area(s): Core Program Services, Family-Centered Interventions, Parenting Time & Co-Parenting, Program Innovations
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Nancy Thoennes
Keyword(s): co-parenting, parenting time
State Approaches to Including Fathers in Programs and Policies Dealing with Children and Families
This brief reviews some of the ways in which federal, state, and local initiatives in the U.S. have attempted to ensure that father involvement is reflected in programs and policies dealing with children and families. The examples provided are not comprehensive but cover much of the national activity that exists at the state level and illustrate the various ways in which Read More
Issue(s): Child Support, Father Engagement & Healthy Relationships
Focus Area(s): Fatherhood Programs
Author(s): Jessica Pearson
Keyword(s): child support, fatherhood programs, healthy marriage