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4/24/2025

Colorado Among Growing Number of States Aiming to Strengthen Local ICWA Laws That Protect Tribal Children and Families

Colorado lawmakers want to strengthen laws requiring special protections for Indigenous children and families in child welfare cases.

A photo of a woman wearing large glasses with shoulder length hair. Two framed pictures hang on the wall behind her.

2/14/2025

Buried But Not Forgotten: A Colorado Archeologist Describes Her Work Honoring the Lives of Indian Boarding School Students  

Researchers used ground-penetrating radar , near-infrared photography and drones to search for remains of Native children who attended boarding schools.

3/21/2024

An Expert Who Has Testified in Foster Care Cases Across Colorado Admits Her Evaluations Are Unscientific

Diane Baird labeled her method for assessing families the “Kempe Protocol” after the university institute where she worked for decades.

When Foster Parents Don’t Want to Give Back the Baby

2/19/2024

When Foster Parents Don’t Want to Give Back the Baby

In many states, adoption lawyers are pushing a new legal strategy that forces biological parents to compete for custody of their children.

5/23/2023

How to Talk to Foster Youth About Sex, Relationships and Self-Care (Hint: It’s Not Just About ‘Sex’)

HIGH STAKES, SILENT SYSTEMS, Part III: An experienced sexual health educator speaks about how caseworkers and caregivers can support youth through the most sensitive stages of adolescence.

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Foundation Launches Initiative to ‘Disrupt’ Child Welfare

11/30/2022

Foundation Launches Initiative to ‘Disrupt’ Child Welfare

The Morgridge Family Foundation is investing $1.4 million to expand child welfare research and professional training across the country.

Safety is Security

9/15/2022

Safety is Security

There are plenty of people who were deprived of safety in their childhood. I was one of them, writes Samantha Little.

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Colorado expands services for transitional foster youth.

5/19/2022

Colorado Governor Signs Law to Narrow Child Neglect Definition in Support of “Free-Range Parenting”

Starting in August, children in Colorado will have more freedom to roam unsupervised without exposing parents to child neglect investigations.

Lawsuit Against Oregon’s Anti-Discrimination Policy Re-Ups Movement to Shield Faith-Based Child Welfare Providers

3/21/2022

Colorado Supreme Court to Hear Appeal Involving Indian Child Welfare Act

The Colorado Supreme Court will hear a case that involves local child welfare officials' federal requirement to notify Native American tribes about custody cases that involve Indigenous children.