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Site Visit Report: Denver's Village: Wrapping Families With Community Support
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Site Visit
13 p.
Public Domain
Published: 2013
Download: https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubpdfs/denversvillage.pdf
Denver's Village utilizes Community Based Recruitment Teams (CBRTs) to increase the number of resource families available for placement. The project divided Denver into four areas, with each having its own CBRT, and a fifth CBRT serves the Native American community throughout the city. A Community Outreach Worker (COW) coordinates each CBRT and serves as a liaison between the project and the community. The COWs work with families, community residents, faith-based and community organizations, and businesses to build partnerships, establish community and DHS supports for families, and develop recruitment and retention activities and events.