Cornerstone 4: Screening, Assessment & Referral System

A robust screening, assessment, and referral system that works to address physical, social-emotional, behavioral, and social determinants of health.

three primary strategies

Coordinated Systems

Create and implement coordinated early childhood development screening, assessment, and referral systems to provide the most appropriate services to each individual child.

Technology Solutions

Create consumer-facing, cross-agency data-sharing technology solutions to improve families’ connection to community supports and work more efficiently across agencies.

Navigation System

Create a coordinated early childhood navigation system, including processes, infrastructure, staff, etc.

Advancing Strategy 1 - Create and implement coordinated early childhood development screening, assessment, and referral systems to provide the most appropriate services to each individual child.

With support from Colorado ABCD and Jefferson County Public Health, Triad Bright Futures is looking forward to convening families and local stakeholders to develop community level policies and procedures for healthy development quality standards/screenings. We’ll spend the first part of 2026 conducting discovery and engaging stakeholders. Check back here for updates!

Advancing Strategy 3 - Create a coordinated early childhood navigation system

Cornerstone 3 partners are building tools for understanding social-emotional supports and the mental health landscape that will be beneficial to early childhood navigators (cross-cornerstone work).

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