Southern Colorado couple have fostered children for nearly 40 years
Cora & Stan raised their three children, then started doing foster care because of the need for good families.
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Cora & Stan raised their three children, then started doing foster care because of the need for good families.
As Colorado moves away from residential care facilities for youth in foster care, it's more important than ever to have certified foster care families.
June is Reunification Month, and Colorado Department of Human Services held a celebration.
During Foster Care Awareness Month, the Colorado Department of Human Services honored foster parents who are making a huge difference.
Cobbled Streets commissioned a play that will help audiences understand what children go through when they experience the foster care system.
The need for foster families in Colorado is great, but the need for therapeutic foster homes is even greater.
When Aaron was profiled on Wednesday's Child he hoped for a place to call home, now that dream is reality.
Jody and Kevin have fostered about 150 children and adopted eight, but they always believe there is a place for biological connections in their family.
When children are taken out of a home, few people support the birth parents. Nikki Sanchez is uniquely qualified to do that.
Heather Piper has been a foster parent for 10 years and says that teens are her jam.
Raise the Future Family Navigator Cathy Howe has spent a lifetime understanding and caring for people involved in the foster care system.
Raise the Future received a gift of dozens of quilts from the Rocky Mountain Wa Shonaji Quilt Guild for teens living in foster care.
Raise the Future coordinates the Colorado Heart Gallery in partnership with the Colorado Department of Human Services.
Josiah and Julian were featured on Wednesday's Child and found their permanent parent.
Nearly half of the children living in foster care in Colorado are living in kinship care, which means they're living with relatives, neighbors, or friends.
Aria Williams relies on her own foster care experience as a Youth Connections Advocate for Raise the Future.
Kelly Farrier has spent the last six years educating Coloradans about adoption from foster care.
Kevin Tydlaska-Dziedzic was a Wednesday's Child when he was 10, and had a hard path to become who he is today.
Colorado needs more families to open their homes to children who need a safe place to stay. One couple decided to care for some of the most challenging children.
Raise the Future works with older youth in foster care, kinship placements, and families who've adopted, and this Christmas is going to be extra special.
This Giving Tuesday and as part of Colorado Gives Day, we are highlighting the life-changing work done by Raise the Future. The nonprofit organization connects foster children with permanent families by using child-focused recruitment, adoption resources, and long-term family support.
National Adoption Day is celebrated in many of Colorado's judicial districts in November, with judges and magistrates across Colorado finalizing the adoptions of dozens of foster children into permanent, loving families.
Adams County celebrated the adoption of seven children into five families in its National Adoption Day event.
At any given time there are about 300 children in foster care in Colorado who are eligible for adoption.
Desiree shared her adoption journey at a national conference and shared the lasting effects trauma has had on her life.
Colorado general manager Josh Byrnes helped orchestrate a trade with his former team Monday as the Rockies sent right-hander Seth Halvorsen to the Los Angeles Dodgers for two minor league players.
The U.S. Department of Justice says a violent Venezuelan gang is responsible for stealing more than $6 million from American banks across the country.
A naked 37-year-old man was provided an orange jumpsuit and jailed last week after he was spotted on top of a Union Pacific locomotive in Julesburg.
At least two different events were held on Monday in remembrance of the Aurora theater shooting victims.
Interstate 70 westbound is closed in western Colorado near the Utah border due to a fiery, fatal head-on crash. A detour was put into place.
The U.S. Department of Justice says a violent Venezuelan gang is responsible for stealing more than $6 million from American banks across the country.
A naked 37-year-old man was provided an orange jumpsuit and jailed last week after he was spotted on top of a Union Pacific locomotive in Julesburg.
At least two different events were held on Monday in remembrance of the Aurora theater shooting victims.
Interstate 70 westbound is closed in western Colorado near the Utah border due to a fiery, fatal head-on crash. A detour was put into place.
Traffic cameras that started ticketing this April are bringing in thousands of citations as Longmont police hope to make roadways safer, but they are also frustrating some drivers.
The Colorado Music Festival plays a wide range of traditional classical music, but also mixes in some modern classical pieces.
In this week’s Your Local Dish, CBS Colorado First at 4 Anchor Mekialaya White and restaurant promoter Larry Herz enjoy baked goods at Hearth in Denver.
A naked 37-year-old man was provided an orange jumpsuit and jailed last week after he was spotted on top of a Union Pacific locomotive in Julesburg.
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A man is dead and multiple other people are hurt after a shooting in southeast Denver. That's according to Denver police, who say they are working to develop suspect information.
Colorado general manager Josh Byrnes helped orchestrate a trade with his former team Monday as the Rockies sent right-hander Seth Halvorsen to the Los Angeles Dodgers for two minor league players.
When Brady Russell helped douse his coach Mike McDonald with Gatorade after winning the Super Bowl, he wasn't only celebrating a championship but a long, hard journey to football's mountain top.
As Spain's World Cup champs took to the stage with their trophy, President Trump joined them in their moment of glory.
Spain dominated the match, outshooting Argentina 20-3, but couldn't manage a goal in regulation — finally scoring in the second period of extra time.
It was the highest-scoring World Cup game since Hungary beat El Salvador 10-1 in 1982.
About four in 10 workers aren't even aware they pay fees on their 401(k)s, research has found. Here's what to know.
"The Odyssey," which was shot in six countries, pulled in more than $260 million worldwide over the weekend.
As Spain's World Cup champs took to the stage with their trophy, President Trump joined them in their moment of glory.
A coalition of victims impacted by terrorism is demanding Iran pay restitution before any funds are returned or unfrozen as part of a peace deal.
The victims were a captain in the Provo, Utah, fire department, his wife and their sons, according to fire officials.
The new Air Force One "has a lot of capability, but as I understand it, in about a month or so, they're going to send it to have it be maxed out," President Trump said Sunday.
A coalition of victims impacted by terrorism is demanding Iran pay restitution before any funds are returned or unfrozen as part of a peace deal.
White House border czar Tom Homan said "I think body cameras are the way to go" after fatal shootings by federal immigration officers in Texas and Maine earlier this month.
The Justice Department determined this week a federal law banning TikTok from government devices no longer applies to the social video app.
President Trump threatened more tariffs on Canada for wildfires that have blanketed large parts of the Midwest and East Coast in smoke in recent days.
The FDA said that as of Sunday, it had not found any "confirmed positive sample results for product testing" in the cyclosporiasis outbreak.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
Donor Alliance is hosting its annual Donor Dash 5K to honor, celebrate and recognize the impact of organ and tissue donation.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Doctors raised a range of concerns about a testosterone screening policy announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which is likely to be costly to implement.
About four in 10 workers aren't even aware they pay fees on their 401(k)s, research has found. Here's what to know.
As an ongoing outbreak of cyclosporiasis continues to make national headlines, many shoppers are turning to local sources, like Denver's City Park Farmers Market, for their leafy greens.
Target said it received 23 reports of the sandal's pearls falling off the shoe.
The Justice Department determined this week a federal law banning TikTok from government devices no longer applies to the social video app.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
For Billy Hailey, his release was a day he had been waiting for and working toward for 20 years. Now, he is unexpectedly back in custody after the state says it miscalculated the date.
A second family in Colorado says a little-known insurance rule has left them fighting two companies to get medical bills paid.
Memorials are being held in the hometowns of three wildland firefighters who died while battling a fire on the Colorado-Utah border. Meanwhile, the circumstances surrounding their deaths are still under investigation.
Concerns are emerging about a company formerly known as COE Bikes, which continues advertising free e-bikes and is now drawing scrutiny from state agencies.
The City of Denver is giving itself stronger enforcement tools to hold owners of neglected and derelict properties accountable, including significantly larger fines for those who fail to comply with city orders.