Ways to Engage
Whether you’re an individual, organization, a county or regional department, or coalition, learn more about how you can get involved in the Partnership.
Partnership Membership
To achieve our mission, the Partnership engages key partners across Early Childhood, Human Services, and Public Health ecosystems, leaders from counties, in child maltreatment prevention, state government, community-based organizations, research, philanthropy, and Lived Experienced (LEx) members. These partnerships are based on listening, trust, and mutual respect.
Anyone can become a member of the Partnership at any time by filling out the Interest & Participation Form.
How to Join
Step 1: Fill Out the Interest and Participation Form
Let us know you’re interested by completing a short form. This helps us learn more about you and how you’d like to engage.
Step 2: Choose Your Spaces
On the form, you’ll be able to select which Partnership spaces you’re interested in joining. Some spaces are open to everyone, while others are limited to specific roles or organizations—don’t worry, the form will guide you!
Step 3: Hear From Us
After you submit the form, someone from the Partnership team will reach out with more information. We’re happy to answer questions and help you find the best ways to get involved.
Step 4: Join the Conversation
You’re in! You’ll receive invites to upcoming meetings and opportunities to collaborate, share your voice, and make an impact.
Members
Make strategic direction decisions
Facilitate connections to support implementation
Elevate successes and challenges
The Partnership's Structure
Members can participate in several spaces within the Partnership’s structure. View descriptions of all the spaces below.
The Full Partnership
Purpose: Build relationships and collaboration amongst all members of the Partnership by providing opportunities for members to contribute to the strategic direction of Partnership priorities and goals, identify challenges and opportunities, as well as align, leverage, and share local, state, and national work to inspire collective learning.
The Family & Caregiver Space (FCS)
Purpose: Provides a supportive platform for families with lived experiences to connect, share insights, and contribute to the implementation of projects and amplify their voices in shaping strategies.
Leadership & Operations Spaces
Co-Chair Coordinating Committee
Purpose: Facilitate cross-space collaboration, coordination and alignment, and determine strategic direction of CPTF activities to meet desired outcomes.
Effectiveness & Sustainability Committee
Purpose: Sets the strategic direction, coordinates efforts across spaces, and oversees the implementation of the Partnership’s initiatives, bringing together leaders from various agencies and organizations, as well as family voice representatives.
Working Groups
Equity Council
Purpose: A group of diverse stakeholders committed to advancing equity and ensuring an anti-racist, intersectional approach is embedded in all aspects of the Partnership’s work.
This work is funded by Casey Family Programs, whose mission is to provide, improve, and ultimately prevent the need for foster care.
Financial Well-Being Working Group
Purpose: Working to identify and activate strategies in systems alignment, early touch points, and community norms that can drive toward the shared goal of financial well-being for families with young children.
Policy Working Group
Purpose: Lead CPTF’s engagement with policy and educating public officials that will support families receiving timely support and services that meet their needs and leverage their strengths.
Learning Spaces
Norms Communities of Practice (Norms CoP)
Purpose: A Learning Space working collaboratively to shift social norms around connectedness and help-seeking behavior.
FCS Technical Assistance Lunch & Learn
Purpose: Provides a supportive platform for organizations to connect with lived experts, gain insights, and improve practices.
Lived Experience Expert (LEx) Affinity Space
Purpose: Provides an informal and shared space for people with lived expertise in and outside of CPTF to collaborate and innovate, share learnings, unpack experiences as LEx, support one another, participate in development training, and share resources.
Special Projects
Family Support through Primary Prevention (FSPP) Advisory Board
Purpose: Supports the FSPP-DS Project, a vital effort to enhance conditions for families in underserved areas, with a focus on Social Determinants of Health, by shifting toward proactive, community-engaged prevention.
Story of the System Project - Currently On Pause
Purpose: The Story of System (SOS) project is a co-designed, multi-phase qualitative research project led by the Story of the System Project Team of the Colorado Partnership for Thriving Families. The SOS project aims to explore how Colorado families navigate obstacles in the intersections of Child Welfare, Human Services, Public Health, Prevention, Health Care, Early Childhood, and other connected systems.