Illuminate Colorado is a united network of four established organizations partnering to build brighter childhoods through education, advocacy, and family support. Governed by a single Board of Directors, agency programs are fully integrated to leverage resources and increase overall capacity to implement powerful programs to keep kids safe. Through effective programming, consistent messaging and a collective voice, together we are making a difference for our children across the state of Colorado.

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Pinwheels for prevention

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Pinwheels for Prevention Campaign

By its very nature, the pinwheel connotes whimsy and childlike notions - it has come to serve as a reminder of the safe, stable, and nurturing childhoods we want for all children. It is the national symbol for child abuse prevention. The pinwheel is an uplifting reminder of childhood and the bright futures all children deserve. #Pinwheels4Prevention

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All across Colorado, people are planting pinwheel gardens to serve as an uplifting reminder of childhood and the bright futures all children deserve.

Learn more about Child Abuse Prevention Month Events and ways to get involved.

Announcements & Upcoming Events

FUNDING: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Mini Grants are available through June 2019.
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Save SAVE THE DATE: November 4th, 2019, Colorado Hospital Substance Exposed Newborns (CHoSEN) Collaborative Fall Forum in Glenwood Springs.
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SAVE THE DATE: September 13, 2019 Light the Way Gala to support the work of Illuminate Colorado

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Pinwheels for Prevention Giveaway at the Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus

Illuminate Colorado has distributed nearly 50,000 pinwheels this month to spark conversations centered on how communities can strengthen families. The organization is excited to join the folks at the Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus to give away the remaining pinwheels at Día de los Libros, a celebration of children, families and culture, all through a love of reading!

Behavioral health supports for high-risk families may get a real boost this legislative session.

Services and policies that help strengthen families, prevent abuse and neglect, aid caregivers struggling with adversity, and promote positive interactions within families and caregivers help kids develop their potential. After months of advocacy work, numerous agencies and advocates showed up on Friday to testify in support of the HB19-1193 bill and the result was an unanimous vote in favor of behavioral health supports for high risk families in the House Public Health Care & Human Services!