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Raise the Future is helping parents learn new ways to connect with their kids who have experienced trauma.
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.
When parents decide to adopt a child out of foster care, it can have a profound impact on their biological children.
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.
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.
Laura Schippert and her family have been involved in helping Raise the Future for a long time.
Raise the Future has become a statewide resource for a trauma informed, child centered intervention for caring for vulnerable children.
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.
It's the latest request from the Trump administration for assistance with its mass deportation efforts.
Tens of thousands of TikTok users reported the social media service was down on Thursday, according to Downdetector.
A man drowned in a Colorado lake Wednesday when he tried to help four children swimming in rough waters.
Two-time Stanley Cup champion Adam Foote has been hired as a head coach for the first time in his coaching career.
A radio failure Monday at the Denver Air Traffic Control Center temporarily affected communications, according to the FAA.
A man drowned in a Colorado lake Wednesday when he tried to help four children swimming in rough waters.
A radio failure Monday at the Denver Air Traffic Control Center temporarily affected communications, according to the FAA.
May 15 is National Peace Officers Memorial Day, and agencies across Colorado are honoring police, troopers and other law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty.
The historic and iconic Stanley Hotel in Northern Colorado has been sold to the public entity, The Stanley Partnership for Art Culture and Education, LLC.
The search for affordable housing continues to be a challenge for many Denver residents, but starting this Friday, the Denver Housing Authority is offering a new opportunity for relief.
The Nuggets need Jamal Murray, Christian Brown, Aaron Gordon and Michael Porter Jr. to step up to avoid elimination in Denver on Thursday night.
I-25 southbound was closed near 84th Avenue Wednesday afternoon after two vehicles were involved in a crash.
The historic Colorado hotel has been sold. The public entity, The Stanley Partnership for Art Culture and Education, LLC (or SPACE), purchased the hotel through a public-private partnership.
A radio failure Monday at the Denver Air Traffic Control Center temporarily affected communications, according to the FAA.
The westbound lanes of Colorado's I-70 were closed for a couple of hours on Thursday morning at Vail Pass due to a crash.
Two-time Stanley Cup champion Adam Foote has been hired as a head coach for the first time in his coaching career.
Foot Locker is the second major U.S. shoe company to be acquired in recent weeks as tariffs hit footwear industry.
The Denver Broncos 2025 schedule is official. The Broncos will start out the season at home against the Titans, they'll have a bye in Week 12 and they'll be playing in numerous primetime games.
The release of the full Denver Broncos 2025 schedule will take place on Wednesday evening.
Pete Rose and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson are now both eligible for baseball's Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals.
Tens of thousands of TikTok users reported the social media service was down on Thursday, according to Downdetector.
President Trump's transportation secretary said Thursday the FAA's air traffic control system "truly is 25, 35, 40 years old in some places."
More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas at 75 U.S. stores have gone on strike since Sunday, protesting the coffee giant's new dress code.
Households earning $75,000 can afford only 1 in 5 for-sale homes, down from half of all listed properties before the pandemic, a new study finds.
The world's largest retailer said wide-ranging levies on U.S. trade partners are impeding its ability to keep prices low.
It's the latest request from the Trump administration for assistance with its mass deportation efforts.
President Trump's transportation secretary said Thursday the FAA's air traffic control system "truly is 25, 35, 40 years old in some places."
The heart of the Republican budget legislation targets key climate and energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Democratic leadership opposed the impeachment effort by Rep. Shri Thanedar, calling it a distraction.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is set to argue President Trump is "disregard[ing] the rule of law" and his tariff policies will leave small businesses as "roadkill," according to excerpts obtained by CBS News.
Addressing the root causes of gang violence by promoting a positive sense of community.
Kayla Garfield is among the concerning statistics of a rise in strokes among young adults. People 65 and under in the U.S. have seen a 15% increase in strokes over the past decade, with a specific 15% jump in those aged 18-44.
"My opinions about vaccines are irrelevant," Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during the House hearing.
The heart condition, formally known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is associated with stressful events, such as the death of a loved one.
There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.
Tens of thousands of TikTok users reported the social media service was down on Thursday, according to Downdetector.
The historic and iconic Stanley Hotel in Northern Colorado has been sold to the public entity, The Stanley Partnership for Art Culture and Education, LLC.
More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas at 75 U.S. stores have gone on strike since Sunday, protesting the coffee giant's new dress code.
A butcher shop in the Denver metro area that's more than 80 years old sliced its last cut of meat this week.
Households earning $75,000 can afford only 1 in 5 for-sale homes, down from half of all listed properties before the pandemic, a new study finds.
The Colorado Department of Corrections now says it's moving forward with a full implementation of body worn cameras for their adult parole division.
A travel consultant who is in the business of helping travelers save money on flight upgrades said he was in "shock, disbelief" to learn executives from Denver International Airport spent as much as $19,000 for roundtrip airfare to attend an aviation conference overseas.
A number of drivers in the state are now raising concerns over express lane citations issued in the state in court.
Denver International Airport CEO Phillip Washington and his top executives recently flew round-trip to Madrid for a three-day airport conference for a total cost of about $165,000, records show -- far more than the cost for similarly-sized airports.
A woman, who says she was held as a "sex slave" for years, and a former police investigator involved in the case, say a convicted human trafficker held as many as 20 women in his basement over the last five years.