Adoption from foster care impacts future of Colorado woman
When parents decide to adopt a child out of foster care, it can have a profound impact on their biological children.
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When parents decide to adopt a child out of foster care, it can have a profound impact on their biological children.
Raise the Future is helping parents learn new ways to connect with their kids who have experienced trauma.
Laura Schippert and her family have been involved in helping Raise the Future for a long time.
Trust based relational intervention, or TBRI, gives parents specific tools that help children heal from trauma.
Ann Ayers spoke about "breaking the cycle" and trying to make adoptions out of foster care happen in Colorado.
The nonprofit Raise the Future has more than 40 years of experience helping children in Colorado who are in foster care.
CBS News Colorado profiles children living in foster care each week on Wednesday's Child. It's a big win when they find a family.
Raise the Future has become a statewide resource for a trauma informed, child centered intervention for caring for vulnerable children.
There are multiple children who have been featured on A Day for Wednesday's Child who are still in foster care.
Part of A Day for Wednesday's Child includes sharing success stories of those children from Wednesday's Child reports who have found loving homes, thanks to Raise the Future.
Families who have been helped by Raise the Future gathered at Boondocks on Wednesday as part of A Day for Wednesday's Child.
American Furniture Warehouse presented Raise the Future with a $10,000 check.
VooDoo Doughnuts teams up with CBS Colorado and Raise the Future for A Day for Wednesday's Child where 15% of proceeds between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on April 16 at three Denver metro locations benefit Raise the Future.
Raise the Future and A Day for Wednesday's Child help connect kids to caring adults and Mariana Pino, VP of Colorado Programs with Raise the Future, talks about why those services for children are so important.
Raise the Future is a nonprofit that works to place children in homes in Colorado.
CBS News Colorado's first-ever Wednesday's Child recalls being adopted by a family and how it led him to become a contributing member to society.
Raise the Future teaches TBRI as a way to connect with children who have experienced trauma.
The work of Raise the Future helps families across Colorado.
Madison and Tierenny arrived at American Furniture Warehouse with their adopted sons Dominic and Elijah, along with their young daughter Katella and a clear idea of what they wanted to bring home.
Gov. Jared Polis read the "Day for Wednesday's Child" proclamation at the state Capitol on Wednesday.
CBS Colorado and Raise the Future are presenting A Day for Wednesday's Child on April 17.
Raise the Future has helped many children who were in foster care in Colorado find homes.
As we round out National Adoption Month in Colorado, 12-year-old My'Kail Starr is sharing his journey to adoption, in hopes of inspiring other kids still waiting for their permanent families.
Raise the Future specializes in finding caring adults for older kids, sibling groups, and young people with special needs who are living in foster care.
The VP of Programs Lucinda Wayland Connelly spoke about Raise the Future on A Day for Wednesday's Child.
A business owner says she's been operating at a loss for some time due to these tariffs, while an advocate for business development says the tariffs helped the local economy by driving more international companies to the state.
Troopers from Colorado State Patrol are looking for a driver they say crashed his car and left with a dog after a passenger was badly hurt.
For Denver Nuggets public address announcer Kyle Speller, the microphone is only one part of his mission.
The former superintendent of Cherry Creek Schools will receive his contractually obligated final payment following his resignation.
The businesses in an industrial park on the outer edge of Fort Collins are banding together and expressing their frustrations about recent power shutoffs by Xcel Energy.
A business owner says she's been operating at a loss for some time due to these tariffs, while an advocate for business development says the tariffs helped the local economy by driving more international companies to the state.
Troopers from Colorado State Patrol are looking for a driver they say crashed his car and left with a dog after a passenger was badly hurt.
For Denver Nuggets public address announcer Kyle Speller, the microphone is only one part of his mission.
The former superintendent of Cherry Creek Schools will receive his contractually obligated final payment following his resignation.
The businesses in an industrial park on the outer edge of Fort Collins are banding together and expressing their frustrations about recent power shutoffs by Xcel Energy.
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The Colorado State Patrol is looking for a driver after a crash in Clear Creek County.
The decision will have a big impact on some small businesses in Colorado who rely on imported goods.
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Whether it's a loved one or even yourself, anyone can become a victim of fraud.
For Denver Nuggets public address announcer Kyle Speller, the microphone is only one part of his mission.
Mormon, Kenneth and Ethan Jordan -- two brothers and a cousin -- are all competing at the CHSAA state wrestling championships.
On Dec. 6, the wrestling season for the Central High School Warriors came to a screeching halt when a speeding driver collided with the western Colorado team's bus.
The U.S. and Canada men's hockey teams are moving on to the semifinals at the Winter Olympics.
Mikaela Shiffrin, the most decorated skier of all time, last won a medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
A successful fueling test prompts NASA to press ahead toward a March 6 moonshot.
The Supreme Court divided 6-3 in finding that a federal law known as IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs.
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled President Trump does not have the authority to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs under a federal emergency powers law.
In April 2025, Eric Dane announced he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
President Trump directed his administration to release files on UFOs and any "alien and extraterrestrial life," an issue that has drawn decades of fascination — and spawned more than a few wild theories.
Colorado lawmakers are getting ready to debate a bill limiting how and when police can use drones and license plate readers like Flock.
The Supreme Court divided 6-3 in finding that a federal law known as IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs.
From headphones that can tell the age of your brain to a headband that can help rewire your brain, consumer neurotechnology devices are unraveling the mysteries of the mind
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled President Trump does not have the authority to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs under a federal emergency powers law.
President Trump directed his administration to release files on UFOs and any "alien and extraterrestrial life," an issue that has drawn decades of fascination — and spawned more than a few wild theories.
From headphones that can tell the age of your brain to a headband that can help rewire your brain, consumer neurotechnology devices are unraveling the mysteries of the mind
A Clear Creek County woman is relearning CPR weeks after she says the technique saved her life.
Critics have questioned why the federal government should underwrite coverage costs for people with ACA health plans — but almost all health insurance in the U.S. comes with some federal help.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn't had a Senate confirmed director since last summer, and that official was in the job for less than a month.
Rosabella-brand moringa capsules could be linked to Salmonella cases in seven U.S. states, health officials said.
A business owner says she's been operating at a loss for some time due to these tariffs, while an advocate for business development says the tariffs helped the local economy by driving more international companies to the state.
The businesses in an industrial park on the outer edge of Fort Collins are banding together and expressing their frustrations about recent power shutoffs by Xcel Energy.
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled President Trump does not have the authority to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs under a federal emergency powers law.
Parts of Evergreen's El Rancho restaurant will be preserved in a move to a new location, as a new filling station and convenience store moves ahead on the site.
The racetrack Bandimere Speedway is one step closer to approval of their plan for a new home in Weld County.
A popular youth hockey coach in southern Colorado has been arrested for investigation of felony child abuse after colliding on the ice with one of his players in a case that one of the coach's supporters called a "terrifying precedent for youth sports across the country."
A Denver judge this week ordered an area pastor, Tilo Lopez, to pay a family $311,000 in restitution after Lopez was criminally prosecuted in connection with a construction project he said he would do for the family.
The filing comes months after a judge ordered the company to pay more than $116 million for its role in the 2021 death of 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos.
Denver drivers continue to be impacted by a change in how parking tickets are disputed. That system changed in September, when the city eliminated the ability to dispute parking tickets online.
Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen, who retired as chief in 2022, plans to announce next week that he is running for a seat on Denver City Council.