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Learn more about the work of Illuminate Colorado by reviewing our latest news releases and media coverage.'Caramel,' the child care RV, is coming to Pueblo
The Pueblo Chieftain | April 14, 2022
 Photo Credit: Zachary Allen/ Pueblo Chieftain |
Children whose parents receive behavioral health and substance abuse treatment in Pueblo County will soon have access to free, on-site child care, thanks to a recreational vehicle named Caramel. . . . |
Lack of child care prevents moms from getting drug treatment in Colorado. Here comes “RV Honey.”
THE COLORADO SUN | SEPT 11, 2020
The first-of-its-kind program will send RVs renovated as child care classrooms to drug and mental health centers in Denver and the San Luis Valley…
Colorado Hospitals Use New Approach To Treat Opioid-Exposed Newborns
KUNC | DEC 4, 2019 – There is a traditional treatment for babies experiencing withdrawal from opioids: newborns are separated from their mothers and taken to the neonatal intensive care unit to receive tapered doses of morphine or methadone. They can stay in the hospital for weeks.
A Colorado-based collaborative is changing this approach…
Rep. Leslie Herod honored for child advocacy by Illuminate Colorado
COLORADO POLITICS | NOV 23, 2019 – State Rep. Leslie Herod is among the top honorees of the advocacy group Illuminate Colorado for playing instrumental roles in preventing the maltreatment of children…
Let's have a real conversation about the struggles of parenting
9 NEWS | APRIL 9, 2018 – No one’s life is as perfect as it seems online; that’s especially true for parents. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and stopping abuse may start with parents finding support they need…
Initiative to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Aims to Reach a Tipping Point in Colorado
llluminate Colorado (Illuminate) aims to train more than 200,000 Coloradans in order to reach a tipping point in the state where children grow up happy, healthy and safe in communities that prevent children from experiencing sexual abuse. The statewide nonprofit...
Advocates Begin Campaign to Strengthen Families During the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis
Today, Illuminate Colorado, in coordination with Prevent Child Abuse America, and other state and local community partners throughout Colorado, begins a month-long nationwide awareness and impact campaign: “Everyone Can Make Great Childhoods Happen—Especially You,...
Illuminate Colorado makes adjustments to reflect the ongoing support and health for our employees and the communities we serve.
As you can imagine, as an organization that works to strengthen families, organizations and communities to prevent child maltreatment, we are beginning to face many difficult decisions. Based on information we have reviewed, including the close monitoring of local and...
Illuminate Colorado to receive $630,000 Contract For Innovative Child Care Pilot at Addiction Treatment Services Programs
Open Minds reports today, Illuminate Colorado Awarded $430,000 Contract For Addiction Treatment Pilot Program, ultimately the final total contract amount will be just under $630,000. “We are very excited to continue to advance innovative child care services in...
Colorado Leaders Recognized for Efforts to Prevent Child Maltreatment
Illuminate Colorado recognized several Colorado leaders for their instrumental roles in preventing child maltreatment in Colorado over the last year. Illuminate Colorado (Illuminate) is a statewide nonprofit organization building brighter childhoods through education,...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Pinwheels for Prevention Giveaway at the Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus
Illuminate Colorado celebrates happy, healthy childhoods and the end of Child Abuse Prevention Month WHAT: Illuminate Colorado has distributed nearly 50,000 pinwheels this month to spark conversations centered on how communities can strengthen families. The...
Colorado Birthing Hospital Providers Gather to Improve Outcomes for Women and Newborns Impacted by Opioids
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DENVER, COLORADO (January 31, 2019) — Over eighty clinicians from NICUs and Mom and Baby Units and partners from around the state gathered at the Colorado Hospital Substance Exposed Newborns (CHoSEN) Collaborative Winter Forum in Denver on...
Inaugural Illuminate Colorado Strengthening Families Leadership Awards Recognize Coloradans Preventing Child Maltreatment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VAIL, COLORADO (September 26, 2018) — At the 2018 Strengthening Colorado Families and Communities Conference, three Coloradans and one Colorado-based foundation received awards for their work strengthening Colorado families. Awardees...
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