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PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For PRESENTATION FROM THE KEMPE FOUNDATION AND KEMPE CENTER
INTERIM COMMITTEE COLORADO'S CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE
Date Aug 22, 2023
Location Old State Library
Presentation from the Kempe Foundation and Kempe Center - Committee Discussion Only
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11:04:47 AM |
Michelle Davis, Director
of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Kempe Foundation; Dr. Suzanne
Kerns, Director of Transformative Research, Kempe Center; Kendall Marlowe,
Public Policy Consultant, Kempe Foundation; and Dr. Kathryn Wells, Executive
Director, Kempe Center, presented to the committee. The presentation included
information on the brain science around child maltreatment, overrepresented
populations in the child welfare system, improving the quality of the child
welfare workforce, Colorado's child mental health challenges, improving
the implementation of evidence-based child maltreatment prevention programs,
and their legislative proposals. A copy of their presentation and a handout
were provided to the committee (Attachments K and L).
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