New immersive play takes Colorado audiences inside the foster care system
Cobbled Streets commissioned a play that will help audiences understand what children go through when they experience the foster care system.
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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.
Raise the Future was invited to participate in an event called the National Think Tank addressing the issues of adoption out of foster care.
Raise the Future was able to give dozens of families a day at ballpark thanks to a kind donor.
The Colfax Marathon is this weekend, which means there will be some delays and closures on Denver streets as runners work their way through the 26.2-mile course.
A crash closed the southbound lanes of Highway 85 between E-470 and Colorado Highway 22 on Friday morning.
A Castle Rock business says its customers are plagued by parking citations from Parking Revenue Recovery Services.
The war in Iran has resulted in a drastic spike in gasoline and diesel prices since the end of February, ultimately costing Colorado taxpayers significantly more to keep their first responding agencies on the roads.
Antero Reservoir is being drained almost completely dry this spring, as Denver Water moves roughly 18,000 acre feet of water downstream to Cheesman Reservoir in an effort to preserve water during one of the driest years Colorado has seen in decades.
The Colfax Marathon is this weekend, which means there will be some delays and closures on Denver streets as runners work their way through the 26.2-mile course.
A crash closed the southbound lanes of Highway 85 between E-470 and Colorado Highway 22 on Friday morning.
A Castle Rock business says its customers are plagued by parking citations from Parking Revenue Recovery Services.
The war in Iran has resulted in a drastic spike in gasoline and diesel prices since the end of February, ultimately costing Colorado taxpayers significantly more to keep their first responding agencies on the roads.
Antero Reservoir is being drained almost completely dry this spring, as Denver Water moves roughly 18,000 acre feet of water downstream to Cheesman Reservoir in an effort to preserve water during one of the driest years Colorado has seen in decades.
A crash closed the southbound lanes of Highway 85 between E-470 and Colorado Highway 22 on Friday morning.
The Colfax Marathon is this weekend where runners will celebrate 20 years of hitting the pavement through downtown Denver.
A crash closed the southbound lanes of Highway 85 between E-470 and Colorado Highway 22 on Friday morning.
E is for Enrichment at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance in"A to Z with Alex Lehnert."
Longhaul truckers are now required to use a registration system for the first time in decades, which authorities say is designed to ensure safety checks, inspections and licensing changes.
The Broncos full NFL schedule is out and includes late-season rematches against Denver's 2025 playoff opponents.
The NHL announced that the Colorado Avalanche will be playing their first game of the Western Conference finals next Wednesday.
The Colorado Avalanche are headed to the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years.
Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, his family announced Tuesday.
The Broncos are kicking off the season in primetime. Denver will travel to Kansas City to play the Chiefs in Week 1 on Monday Night Football.
The 5.5-carat "Ocean Dream" diamond was found in Central Africa in the 1990s.
A ship was taken by unknown parties toward Iranian waters after an Indian-flagged vessel was attacked off Oman.
AI companies are recruiting a wide range of temp workers, from writers to wine enthusiasts, for hourly-paid gigs to help train their language models.
President Trump is in Beijing meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, with the two leaders aiming to stabilize their trading relationship after last year's trade war.
The state's electoral system was a key issue in the 2nd Congressional District primary to replace GOP Rep. Don Bacon.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has 30 days to address a stack of bills on his desk with a signature or veto. But he wasted no time signing two important bills with broad bipartisan support Thursday.
A ship was taken by unknown parties toward Iranian waters after an Indian-flagged vessel was attacked off Oman.
Several states have required their health agencies to take on another job: verifying immigration status among Medicaid recipients and reporting them to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
President Trump is in Beijing meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, with the two leaders aiming to stabilize their trading relationship after last year's trade war.
Elon Musk arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, as his $150 billion lawsuit against OpenAI's Sam Altman played out. But a judge told Musk last month he may be recalled to a California courtroom for further testimony at the request of OpenAI lawyers.
Several states have required their health agencies to take on another job: verifying immigration status among Medicaid recipients and reporting them to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Part of the problem starts before clinicians ever see a patient.
Jay Bhattacharya, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CBS News that the hantavirus outbreak should be treated differently from COVID.
Most of the Americans who were on a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak were taken to specialized facilities at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Twenty-four out of Colorado's nearly 180 school districts have earned special recognition for asthma preparation and education.
A Castle Rock business says its customers are plagued by parking citations from Parking Revenue Recovery Services.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has 30 days to address a stack of bills on his desk with a signature or veto. But he wasted no time signing two important bills with broad bipartisan support Thursday.
In 20 years, Gil Boggs has turned Colorado Ballet into a top ten company in the country.
Parisi, a popular Italian restaurant in Denver, is closed until further notice after a kitchen fire damaged the interior of the Berkeley neighborhood restaurant.
The 5.5-carat "Ocean Dream" diamond was found in Central Africa in the 1990s.
Glendale city leaders are forcefully opposing Colorado's proposed Bus Rapid Transit project on Colorado Boulevard, warning the plan could dramatically worsen traffic for drivers while delivering only modest transit gains.
A jury in Douglas County awarded a New Jersey man $24 million after he sued a Parker police detective for malicious prosecution and false arrest.
A Denver County Court judge on Friday sentenced a vocal police critic to 60 days in jail and two years of probation, saying he needed to send a message that would deter her and her YouTube followers from future doxing of law enforcement.
City-funded contractors have been moving through Denver neighborhoods, replacing sections of sidewalks, frustrating some homeowners. The work was part of a broader program aimed at making city sidewalks more usable and accessible.
While touring the Marvin Foote Youth Services Center, Colorado state officials described the efforts behind massive changes being made to operations across juvenile detention facilities statewide.