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.
Raise the Future Family Navigator Cathy Howe has spent a lifetime understanding and caring for people involved in the foster care system.
Rep. Gabe Evans and Sen. Michael Bennet worked together in Washington D.C. to help the City of Greeley secure $850,000 for safety improvements to 35th Avenue.
With the game tied going into the 9th, Eugenio Suárez smacked a double into left-center field to score pinch runner Javier Sonoja for what would prove to be the winning run.
State lawmakers debated two bills that allow Coloradans to sue federal agents and further limit state and local police cooperation with federal agents.
With Colorado's state budget in the hole by more than $850 million, some lawmakers are looking for new ways to raise revenue.
Raise the Future Family Navigator Cathy Howe has spent a lifetime understanding and caring for people involved in the foster care system.
Rep. Gabe Evans and Sen. Michael Bennet worked together in Washington D.C. to help the City of Greeley secure $850,000 for safety improvements to 35th Avenue.
State lawmakers debated two bills that allow Coloradans to sue federal agents and further limit state and local police cooperation with federal agents.
With Colorado's state budget in the hole by more than $850 million, some lawmakers are looking for new ways to raise revenue.
A low-snow winter forced the Frisco Nordic Center to close weeks earlier than usual.
The new season includes "The Great Gatsby" and "Death Becomes Her."
The friends of Michael Longfellow say he was the person who was killed on Highway 74 in the Evergreen area in a hit-and-run crime.
Rep. Gabe Evans and Sen. Michael Bennet worked together in Washington D.C. to help the City of Greeley secure $850,000 for safety improvements to 35th Avenue.
State lawmakers debated two bills Tuesday that allow Coloradans to sue federal agents and further limit state and local police cooperation with federal agents.
A low-snow winter forced the Frisco Nordic Center to close weeks earlier than usual.
With the game tied going into the 9th, Eugenio Suárez smacked a double into left-center field to score pinch runner Javier Sonoja for what would prove to be the winning run.
Thousands of entries were submitted to choose the name of the Pecos League baseball team in Grand Junction, Colorado.
The Burnham Yard Small Area Plan hopes to include recommendations for affordable housing, public infrastructure, parks, open space and other considerations.
The U.S. men's national soccer team is expected to debut the new uniforms later this month in Atlanta, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup starting in June.
Bri Crittendon is a generational talent. If you want to know what makes this McDonald's All-American tick, just ask her boyfriend, CU freshman guard Josiah Sanders.
With the game tied going into the 9th, Eugenio Suárez smacked a double into left-center field to score pinch runner Javier Sonoja for what would prove to be the winning run.
Many Americans feel like they live in a "hamster wheel economy," said one expert who studies economic security.
"If the price of oil goes up, the price of everything goes up," said former U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.
President Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his immediate resignation Tuesday, citing the administration's decision to intervene in Iran.
The U.S. men's national soccer team is expected to debut the new uniforms later this month in Atlanta, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup starting in June.
State lawmakers debated two bills that allow Coloradans to sue federal agents and further limit state and local police cooperation with federal agents.
With Colorado's state budget in the hole by more than $850 million, some lawmakers are looking for new ways to raise revenue.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says concerns over record warmth and the low snow pack prompted his decision to activate the state's Drought Task Force on Tuesday.
Colorado voters will decide whether transgender children can play sports with the gender that matches their gender identity or whether they'll be forced to play with other children of the same gender they were assigned at birth.
The subpoena issued by GOP Rep. James Comer of Kentucky requires Bondi to appear for a deposition on April 14.
Colorado voters will decide whether transgender children can play sports with the gender that matches their gender identity or whether they'll be forced to play with other children of the same gender they were assigned at birth.
A judge blocked a set of changes to the childhood vaccine schedule recommended by allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, dealing a setback to the Trump administration's efforts to overhaul federal vaccine policy.
Patchwork state policies and limited federal oversight have led to a fragmented system for tracking organ donor status.
Even people with six-figure incomes are making financial sacrifices to pay for medical care, a new study finds.
Colorado health officials have identified two additional cases of measles, bringing the total number to nine in the Broomfield outbreak.
Many Americans feel like they live in a "hamster wheel economy," said one expert who studies economic security.
"If the price of oil goes up, the price of everything goes up," said former U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.
Rising diesel prices could push up costs across the U.S. economy, as many goods move by diesel-powered trucks.
Industry experts are warning of a possible increase of prices of beef in the weeks to come due to a worker strike in the state.
Costco is recalling a meatloaf and potato meal kit because one of its ingredients may be contaminated with salmonella.
A CBS Colorado investigation has found Denver may now be subsidizing fire protection for neighboring cities -- despite deals that were supposed to save money -- as the city faces deep budget cuts and layoffs.
Eleven Denver City Council members voluntarily reimbursed the city for 2025 furlough days with reimbursement amounts ranging from $762.60 up to $1,969.92. Most of the council members' reimbursements were around $1,300.
Prosecutors in El Paso County have decided not to pursue criminal charges against a youth hockey coach in southern Colorado, saying there is insufficient evidence to prosecute him.
Law enforcement authorities in Arizona have arrested and jailed a former Colorado resident, Keith Carl Jones, on sex-related charges, 30 years after he was connected to the unsolved disappearance of a Castle Rock woman.
There's harsh criticism of a Colorado police officer charged with failing to report a crash -- a crash investigators say he was partially responsible for while off-duty. Some of the strongest criticism is coming from an unexpected place.