Boards, Commissions and Committees

Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund Vision: Strong Families, Thriving Communities

Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund Mission: To provide visionary leadership and collaborative support that aligns, advances, and uplifts primary and secondary child maltreatment prevention efforts in Colorado. 

The Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund (COCAP), established in statute in 1989, exists to prevent the abuse and neglect of Colorado’s children. The Fund focuses on efforts to strengthen families before the first occurrence of child maltreatment. The COCAPis governed by a nine-person advisory board of directors with unique backgrounds to support and guide the work supported by the trust fund dollars.

Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund Objectives

• Enhance communities' capacity to prevent child abuse and neglect by allocating Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund annually for primary and secondary child abuse and neglect prevention programs to community-based organizations with special emphasis on preventing child sexual abuse and substance exposure in newborns.
• Increase the number of parents/caregivers who are educated to support healthy development in their children.
• Support public education that increases knowledge and understanding of child abuse and neglect prevention and/or positive parenting skills that ensures the health, safety and well-being of children; provides information on prevention programs; and raises awareness of protective factors in families and communities.
• Promote the exchange of information on prevention programs.
• Monitor funded programs and support program evaluation activities.
• Increase financial resources for the Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund to advance its mission.
• Ensure sustainability of effective child abuse and neglect prevention programs in local communities.
• Improve prevention planning, and internal management processes and systems of the Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund.
• Commit to anti-racism and anti oppression development work while elevating existing funding opportunities among racially, socially, and culturally diverse organizations/organizers in the prevention landscape.

Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund : SFY 2021 Strategic Action Plan (Executive Summary)

The Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund is currently supporting child sexual abuse prevention training, as mandated in statute, through contract with  Illuminate to advance child sexual abuse prevention across the state through training, technical assistance, coalition building, and public awareness. 

Access to Agendas, Meeting Minutes, Board Member List, and more, below! 
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15HuEx8455TvDruzK5pgxNdToipAjT7LH?usp=sharing 

Staff Contact:

Kachi Pray, Family Strengthening Program Assistant
Email: kathleen.pray@state.co.us
Phone number: 720-689-1748

The Colorado Interagency Coordinating Council (CICC) is mandated by federal law and is appointed by the governor to advise and assist the lead agency to implement the requirements of Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

The CICC is a governor appointed body that meets quarterly. Every meeting has a time for public comment when visitors can address the CICC about any relevant topic or concern. Below is a list of the upcoming Council meetings. All CICC meetings and records are open to the public. 

View CICC meeting notices, agendas and minutes.

The Early Childhood Leadership Commission (ECLC) ensures and advances a comprehensive service delivery system for pregnant women and children from birth to eight years of age. The ECLC uses data to improve decision-making, alignment and coordination among federally funded and state-funded services and programs for pregnant women and young children and their families.

Learn more or view meeting notices, agendas and minutes.

The Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) Family Voice Council is a group of parents and guardians of young children birth through eight from across Colorado. The purpose of the Council is to provide input in the design and delivery of early childhood programs and services that meet the needs of children and families in Colorado. Council members come together virtually every month to learn, provide input, and improve services for children and families. Compensation is available for members. 

If you or someone you know would be interested in serving on the Family Voice Council please have them complete our online form (available in English or Spanish) or download and share our flyer (in English and Spanish). 

Please reach out to amanda.culbertson@state.co.us with any questions.

​The Colorado Department of Human Services Policy Advisory Committee (PAC), composed of state and county representatives, develops and addresses human services policies through collaboration, cooperation and effective communication on a statewide basis to improve the process of delivery of services for children, families, and adults across the state of Colorado.

The PAC consists of several subcommittees including the Early Childhood Sub-PAC. The Sub-PAC meets monthly, on the first Thursday of each month.

Visit the CDHS Policy Advisory Committee web page for Early Childhood Sub-PAC membership, agendas, minutes and a calendar of meeting dates.

The Department of Early Childhood hosts a panel of persons representing various state and local governmental agencies with an interest in and concern for children. It includes representation from child care providers, local early childhood councils or local child care resource and referral agencies, state-level early childhood with early care and education expertise, and parents to review appeal or waiver requests and make recommendations to the Department. The panel meets twice per month.

Learn more about the waiver and appeals process.

Read the final report of the Safe Child Care Task Force here. 

Purpose of the Task Force

The purpose of the Safe Child Care Task Force is to recommend necessary reforms in child care settings to keep children safe, inform parents and care providers about licensed and unlicensed care options, and work to help prevent illegal child care. The task force will review local laws and regulations as well as national best practice models to make recommendations for reforms in Colorado.

At the conclusion of the task force, a report will be published that details the recommendations of the task force.

We are committed to providing the public with timely information on the work of the Safe Child Care Task Force. Sign up for the CDEC’s email list here  to receive updates. 

Task Force Members

Please click here for a list of voting members of the Task Force. All members of the public are invited to attend Task Force meetings.

The task force committee members were chosen based on a variety of qualifications and were carefully reviewed to ensure they are a fair representation of Coloradans and the people providing, needing and accessing child care across Colorado.

Upcoming Full Task Force Meetings Dates

All regularly scheduled meetings of the Task Force are complete. Future opportunities for feedback, as well as notice of the publication of the Task Force's report and next steps, will be shared with stakeholders via email and published here. Sign up for the CDEC’s email list to receive updates. 

Submit Feedback

If you would like to provide input on an individual basis, or if you have documents, reports, or group feedback that you would like to ensure the Safe Child Care Task Force considers, please reach out to task force facilitator Laura Hazen at lhazen@hklawllc.com.

Past Meeting Materials

August 12
Recording 

July 29 / August 9
These meetings were dedicated to discussing ways to ensure the FFN community and families are supported as work on stopping providers who are caring for too many children occurs. The group also discussed resources, both existing and still needed, that do or could support the FFN community in providing safe, nurturing care. Due to technical difficulties on the first call, a second call was held.

Agenda
Minutes
Recording
 
July 29, 2021
Agenda
 
July 15, 2021 (Full Task Force Meeting)
Agenda
Minutes 
Main Meeting Recording 
Parent Care Evaluation Tool Breakout Recording 
Medical Involvement Breakout Recording
Other Topics Breakout Recording
 
July 1, 2021 (Full Task Force Meeting)
Agenda
Recording
Minutes
 
June 28, 2021 (Working Group Meetings)
Recordings:
Education
Standard Operating Procedures
First Responders
Statutes and Rules
Fatality Review Process 
General Session 
 
Notes (all working groups)
 
June 17, 2021 (Full Task Force Meeting)
Agenda
Minutes 
Main Meeting Recording
Communications Planning Breakout Recording
Messaging Breakout Recording 
Enforcement Breakout Recording
 
June 10, 2021 (Full Task Force Meeting)
Agenda
Minutes

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