Access to Services for Parent Infant/Child Relationship Enhancement (ASPIRE) Program
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ASPIRE works to treat trauma exposed children, regardless of child welfare involvement, to ensure that these children do not become abusers themselves.
ASPIRE is a component of The Justice Initiative for Drug Endangered Families (JI-DEF). This highly aggressive initiative recognizes that all systems play an overlapping role in supporting children and families while keeping the community safe. Each partner addresses their area of need, but always keeps in mind how to work towards the best outcome for the entire family. Collaboration partners include:
The Kempe Center ASPIRE Program - Access to Services for Parent Infant Relationship Enhancement (ASPIRE) works to treat trauma exposed children, regardless of child welfare involvement, to ensure that these children do not become abusers themselves.
Law enforcement advocates - work directly with families to provide support and promote accountability.
Probation and Court systems - integrate a family centered approach during the course of a criminal case.
TASC - serves as an internal treatment component within the probation department, and houses substance abuse clinicians who assist in coordinating prevention and treatment services, encouraging offender compliance and family advocacy.
ASPIRE Staff:
Christina Little, PhD, Program Director
Bill Betts, PhD, Clinican
Meghan Dahlin, MA, Clinican
Leah Garbe, BA, Program Coordinator and SafeCare Intervention Supervisor
ASPIRE News: Kempe Center's Dr. Evelin Gomez awarded Chancellor’s Diversity Recognition Award for Faculty Leadership
The Kempe Center's Dr. Evelin Gomez was awarded a 2011 University of Colorado Denver- Anschutz Medical Campus Chancellor’s Diversity Recognition Award for Faculty Leadership. The award is to honor her extraordinary leadership and commitment to diversity efforts on the UCD-Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Gomez received this award at the Chancellor’s Diversity Recognition Award Luncheon on April 15, 2011.
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