Project Summary
The Federal Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning Research, and Evaluation is funding a multi-state evaluation of interventions designed to prevent homelessness among youth exiting foster care. This LINC project seeks to evaluate the Colorado Pathways to Success program that provides a comprehensive service model, an intensive, coach-like case management model for youth and young adults in foster care.
This project has multiple phases and anticipates expanding to include data from other LINC partners to evaluate youth outcomes such as homeless services, labor and employment records, and higher education records. This first phase of work will connect the research study data collected through surveys with child welfare records to assess baseline information for youth enrolled in the study in the early months of recruitment and to obtain a statewide look at the descriptive picture of youth in foster care who would be eligible for the Colorado Pathways to Success program.
The subsequent phases of the research study to examine youth outcomes will be accomplished annually through December 2026.
Data Partners
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Colorado Department of Human Services – Office of Children, Youth, and Families