Lisa Hill Receives the Constellation Award
This past November, Invest in Kids' Executive Director, Lisa Hill, was awarded the Constellation Award from Constellation Philanthropy in honor of the foundation's five-year anniversary.…
Exploring Child First as a Third Program
Engagement in a comprehensive readiness process is a strong predictor of whether that program will be able to be sustained in the long term, and a key step in successful implementation. In recognizing the importance of this critical period when considering a new evidence-based program for implementation, Invest in Kids is currently engaged in thorough exploration. This will increase understanding around the feasibility of bringing the potential program, called Child First, to Colorado.…
The Nurses Who Change Lives...Part 2
Tomorrow we officially celebrate 20 years of our implementation of Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) in Colorado, and the nurses who have transformed thousands of lives in Colorado -- just like the nurse who impacted Jamie Shaw's life described here.…
Celebrating the Nurses who Change Lives
Next week, we’ll celebrate 20 years of NFP's impact on Colorado families so we are taking some time to share some of the incredible stories of the nurses who are changing the lives of families like…
Donor Spotlight: Paul R & WL Miller
My first memory of Paul R. and WL Miller was when I was nine years old on a trip to Mobile, Alabama...…
Supporting High-Quality Programming with Implementation Science
Have you ever wondered what exactly Invest in Kids does and why exactly we do what we do? An article written by Michelle Neal, Nurse-Family Partnership Program Director, and Amanda Fixsen, Director of…
A Baby Oasis at the Montezuma County Fair
Our team of NFP nurses in the Southwest corner of Colorado, partnered with WIC and the Four Corners Breastfeeding Network to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week! Together, they provided a Baby Oasis at the Montezuma County Fair!…
Thought Leaders in Community Health Nursing: IIK Educates Legislators
IIK staff had the opportunity to speak to legislators from all over the nation about the importance of Nurse-Family Partnership…
On Equitable Implementation Science
IIK’s Director of Implementation attended the Summer Institute on Implementation Science seeking to share methods and tools to integrate equity in implementation and practice...…
Thought Leaders in Early Childhood Evidence-Based Policy
Why evidence-based policymaking matters…