Invest in Kids

“The form 990 is reviewed by the finance committee, the president & ceo, the board of directors, and the outside auditor prior to filing with the irs. A copy of the form is provided to each board member prior to filing.”

“All board members are asked to disclose any potential conflicts, and annually sign a statement affirming that they understand and accept the conflict of interest policy.”

“The board uses salary and benefit surveys from the employers council to determine compensation for the president & ceo.”

“The compensation committee reviewed the salary level for all positions with relation to comparability data.”

“Governing documents, financial statements, and the conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request.”

“Finding opportunities in recruitment and retention for our colorado experts (forrce): invest in kids has made significant progress on its forrce initiative, leading over 30 strategic activities to enhance statewide collaboration, policy engagement and workforce pipeline solutions for our evidence-based workforce. These efforts directly support statewide opportunities to advance colorado's workforce and promote employment for childfirst and nurse-family partnership programs. Key highlights: - strategic partnerships: iik engaged with over 10 community partners to explore workforce funding models, higher education pathways, and statewide opportunities to advance colorado's evidence-based workforce. - systems-level field engagement: supported the home visit investment task force in exploring apprenticeship opportunities for home visitors and contributed to the elevating and strengthening colorado's infant and early childhood mental health ecosystem: strategic plan 2025-2030.”

“4a. The incredible years, continued significant outcomes include: - dinosaur school had statistically significant difference in the average score for children's social-emotional items such as children's understanding of class concepts, coming up with solutions on their own, contributing and sharing, and helping other students. - teacher classroom management (tcm) had statistically significant difference in the average score for positive management strategies, incentives, and social emotional learning support for tcm trained teachers and educational staff. - the basic preschool parent program had statistically significant difference in the average score of the three positive parenting scales for appropriate discipline, clear expectation, and positive parenting from pre to post test. 4b. Nurse-family partnership, continued significant outcomes include: - 90% of babies were born full-term - 94% of clients-initiated breastfeeding. - 57% of clients 18 and older at intake were working at program completion 4c. Child first, continued significant outcomes include: - 81% of children and families met their treatment goals. - 78% of children showed improvement in their social skills. - 74% of caregivers saw an improvement in their trauma symptoms.”