09BBE9103851980787258A13005DD1E4 Hearing Summary

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

Attachment Tag

File Name

Attachment K.pdf

Attachment L.pdf

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).

Presentation from the Kempe Foundation and Kempe Center - Committee Discussion Only

Colorado General Assembly