Colorado

Thriving Families Framework

The Partnership is collaborating with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood to bring you the newly updated Colorado Thriving Families Framework.

The Framework is designed to build shared understanding of best practices in child maltreatment prevention and inspire collective action statewide.

We invite you to learn more.

Colorado Thriving Families Framework

COMMITMENT begins with Foundational Values

These are the core principles and knowledge that are essential to advancing family strengthening in Colorado.

Equity, Diversity,
and Inclusion

Child-, Youth-, and
Family-Centered

Research- and
Evidence-Informed

Data-Driven and
Outcomes-Focused

ACTION is built upon these grounding concepts

These are the aligned frameworks that are central to understanding promising practices in family strengthening.

Strengthening Families
Protective Factors

Essentials
for Childhood

Healthy Outcomes for
Positive Experiences

Early Childhood Colorado
Framework

Positive Youth
Development

Social Determinants
of Health

Collaboration is essential to achieve outcomes. The logic model can guide and assist in collective planning and action.

Framework - Action - Grounding Concepts - Inputs

Inputs

Framework - Action - Grounding Concepts - Outcomes

Knowledge and resources grounded in lived experience and best practice that are needed to turn planning into action.

Framework - Action - Grounding Concepts - Activities

Activities

Framework - Action - Grounding Concepts - Activities

Action to engage families and youth in decision-making, support and develop the workforce, effectively use data, align resources, and improve the overall prevention system for families.

Framework - Action - Grounding Concepts - Outcomes

Outcomes

Framework - Action - Grounding Concepts - Outcomes

Changes that occur as a result of prevention activities that will further impact and promote thriving children, youth, and families.

Our long-term VISION

All children, youth, and families are valued, healthy, and thriving

Download the Colorado Thriving Families Framework

Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) funding, a federal program directed by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and administered by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), was used to develop and finalize the Colorado Thriving Families Framework in September of federal fiscal year 2024, but does not necessarily represent the views of ACF.