Fight Crime: Invest in Kids 25th Anniversary - The Colorado Office

Highlights from our Colorado membership

2017:

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids opened the Colorado Office.
Arapahoe County Sheriff Michael McIntosh spoke at the National Conference of State Legislatures for Early Learning Fellows regarding the connection between early learning and criminal activity.

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids hosted two Cops and Clergy events with Shepherding the Next Generation and recruited new members to the organizations
Arapahoe County Sheriff Michael McIntosh met with Representative Susan Lontine to discuss the relationship between early childhood care and education and crime.
Colorado Fight Crime: Invest in Kids members signed a national sign-on letter to Members of Congress urging reauthorization of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.
Six Fight Crime: Invest in Kids CO members signed a letter regarding support for HB17-1210 – School Discipline for Preschool through Second Grade.
Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock, Logan County Sheriff Brett Powelll, and Wheat Ridge Police Chief Daniel Brennan had a call with Senator Cory Gardner regarding concerns around opioids and Medicaid.
A report on Adverse Childhood Experiences was released by Sheriff Jeff Shrader of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff Brett Powell wrote an op-ed regarding Medicaid and children’s health in the Sterling Journal Advocate.

2018:

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids held an opioid report release event with members D.A. George Brauchler, Aurora Police Chief Nicholas Metz, and Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith as speakers.

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock and ReadyNation member, Jeff Wasden, signed a letter regarding P-12 Academic Standards which was sent to nine legislators.
Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith, Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock, Jefferson County Jeff Shrader, and El Paso County Bill Elder signed a Colorado non-member letter.
Colorado members signed a national sign-on letter on opioids to Members of Congress urging funding for evidence-based programs to help infants and toddlers.
Colorado members signed national sign-on letter to Members of Congress addressing the importance of afterschool programs to the prevention of juvenile delinquency.
Adams County Sheriff Michael McIntosh, Vail Police Department Chief Dwight Henninger, and County Sheriff’s of Colorado Executive Director Chris Johnson signed a Colorado non-member letter.

2019:

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock wrote an op-ed regarding afterschool that published in the Denver Post.
Sixteen members signed a letter in support of HB 19-1194 – School Discipline for Preschool through Second Grade.
Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith, Jefferson County Jeff Shrader, Logan County Brett Powell, and El Paso County Bill Elder signed a Colorado non-member letter.

2020:

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock hosted a census presentation for the County Sheriffs of Colorado.
Gilpin County Sheriff Kevin Armstrong, Grand County Brett Schroetlin, and Colonel Matthew Packard (CO State Patrol) participated in a national Story Time with Kids event via Facebook.
Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock participated in a Cops and Tots event, reading to Coyote Creek preschoolers via Google Hangouts, on two different days, which gained media attention on Fox News, Douglas County News-Press, Parker Chronicle, and Highlands Ranch Herald

Eleven CO members signed a national letter to reauthorize the JJDPA.
The CO office hosted an all-member meeting with Douglas County Undersheriff Holly Nicholson-Kluth as a guest speaker. We were also joined by State Representative, Kim Ransom for the meeting.

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock was awarded the Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Champion for Kids award.
Englewood Police Department Chief John Collins and Vail Police Department Dwight Henninger signed a Colorado non-member letter.

2021:

Twenty-six Colorado members signed a national letter supporting trauma-informed care initiatives.
Recruited 15 members to date.
Former District Attorney George Brauchler, Vail Police Department Chief Dwight Henninger, and Logan County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Brett Powell signed a Colorado non-member letter.
Vail Police Department Chief Dwight Henninger participated as a panelist for the Fight Crime: Invest in Kids 25th Anniversary pre-K report release.