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The Kempe Foundation works with experts, advocates and community members to advance solutions that improve the lives of children and families.

Supporting Experts

The Kempe Foundation is a network of caring community members whose dollars directly support professionals in the field of child abuse, neglect and trauma treatment and prevention. We support research-based programs offered by Kempe Center professionals, advance trainings for practitioners, and invest in solutions that improve the lives of children and families.

CARE Network

The Child Abuse Response and Evaluation (CARE) Network engages health care and behavioral health providers across Colorado with the best education and training on conducting medical exams and behavioral health assessments to identify signs and risks of child maltreatment or trauma.
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Child Protection Team

Attending to children brought into the Children’s Hospital Colorado, the Child Protection Team’s mission is to offer comprehensive, multidisciplinary consultation, assessment, treatment and referral services for children and adolescents who may have been physically or sexually abused or neglected.
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Child Welfare Training System

The Kempe Center partners with the Colorado Department of Human Services to develop and implement the Child Welfare Training System (CWTS) – an advanced adult learning system for child welfare workers, other professionals, foster parents and mandatory reporters.
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Fostering Healthy Futures®

The Fostering Healthy Futures® (FHF) program is a positive youth development program that uses mentoring and skills training to empower youth to foster their own healthy futures.
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SafeCare®

The Kempe Center partners with the Colorado Department of Human Services to oversee SafeCare® Colorado - an evidence-based prevention program that helps families gain skills to provide a safe home, address child health needs and engage in positive interactions with their children ages 0 to 5- years-old.
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Trauma-Responsive Implementation and Practice

The Trauma-Responsive Implementation and Practice (TRIP) program integrates, enhances and implements trauma-responsive and culturally appropriate practices for parents, educators and professionals across the human service fields.
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Engaging with Communities

At the Kempe Foundation, we believe children and families are resilient. When parents are provided with the resources they need to care for themselves and their families, children will live safer and healthier lives.

Oftentimes, families are unaware or unable to access the resources that would help them succeed. To solve this problem, the Kempe Foundation works alongside human services agencies, nonprofit organizations and other community partners to strengthen the systems that support children and families.

Recognizing Child Abuse Prevention Month

Every year during the month of April, the Kempe Foundation partners with the Colorado Department of Human Services and other community organizations throughout the state to share strategies and stories of child abuse and neglect prevention.

Promoting the Colorado Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline

In 2015, the Kempe Foundation joined the Colorado Department of Human Services and more than 150 community partners in a multi-year Colorado Child Abuse and Neglect Public Awareness Campaign to promote the new Colorado Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline, 1-844-CO-4-KIDS.

Uniting Communities Event Series

The Kempe Foundation partners with organizations in our community to explore threats to healthy child development. Through this event series, we bring together community partners to help shine a light on how various risk factors like mental health, stress and trauma are connected to child abuse and neglect.

Advocating for Children

Building a safe, healthy and happy future for children requires collaboration between parents, practitioners and policymakers. The Kempe Foundation’s policy team collaborates with Kempe professionals, child welfare advocates and legislators to push forward child-focused policies that will improve the lives of children and families in Colorado and beyond.

We work with state and national lawmakers as well as human services agencies to advance laws, policies and programs that provide opportunities for children to live safe, healthy and happy lives.

Supporting Legislation for Children’s Mental Health

In 2021, the Kempe Foundation actively supported the passage of several bills to expand mental and behavioral health services for children and youth in Colorado, including House Bill 1097 to establish the Behavioral Health Administration and Senate Bill 154 to implement the 988 national suicide prevention lifeline network in Colorado.

Establishing the CARE Network

The Kempe Foundation advocated for House Bill 1133 which became law in 2019. This created Colorado’s Child Abuse Response and Evaluation (CARE) Network, building local capacity to identify child trauma and provide quality medical and behavioral assessments for suspected victims of child abuse and neglect.

Securing Funding for Statewide Training & Prevention Programs

The Kempe Foundation led efforts to secure $6,797,102 in funding for the Child Welfare Training System in the FY 2020-21 State of Colorado budget, and $5,447,875 for the ongoing implementation of SafeCare in the FY 2016-17 State of Colorado budget.

Advocating for Marijuana Regulation

To protect children and youth from the unintended consequences of marijuana, the Kempe Foundation joined a coalition led by the Governor’s Office in 2017 to pass House Bill 1220, capping the number of marijuana plants allowed to be grown in a residential home. We also worked with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in 2016 to pass House Bill 1436 which prohibits edibles from being in the shape of animals, fruit or humans.
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