Press Releases

Incorporating mentoring and group skill-building intervention programs for children in foster care may help improve mental health outcomes in this population, according to a report by two University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers published in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Now in its fifth year, IP5280's Climbing for Kids event will raise money for The Children's Hospital Foundation and The Kempe Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect during its annual mountain climb at 6 a.m. on August 13, 2010 at Mount Bierstadt.

The Kempe Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect proudly announces the appointment of two new board members: Jamie Angelich and Ellen Robinson.

On Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 12:00pm, come join the youth of PlatteForum’s ArtLab as they create and present a 9x6 foot mural entitled Words Are Power in collaboration with The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect.

Now in its fifth year, IP5280's Climbing for Kids event will raise money for The Children's Hospital Foundation and The Kempe Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect during its annual mountain climb at 6 a.m. on August 13, 2010 at Mount Bierstadt.

The Denver Broncos Cheerleaders will host their Calendar Release Party and 2nd Annual Race to Keep Kids on Track on August 13-14, 2010 at The Track in Centennial, CO.

The Kempe Foundation Alliance will host its annual Salt on the Rim fundraiser to benefit The Kempe Foundation and Kempe Center at 5:30 p.m. on July 31, 2010 at the home of Peggy and Mike Shanahan.

The Kempe Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect will benefit from pledging before and during the 28th Annual Cherry Creek Sneak on April 25, 2010.

The Kempe Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect proudly announces the appointment of four new board members: Tim Brown, Yvonne Camacho, Bruce A. Fowler, and Beth Klein.

Gail Ryan, Director of the Perpetration Prevention Program at the Kempe Center, received the Brandt F. Steele, M.D. Award during the 25th Annual National Adolescent Perpetration Network’s Conference last weekend in Denver.

Colorado’s Justice Initiative for Drug Endangered Families (JI-DEF) will receive $1.2 million as part of an initiative to expand the national Reclaiming Futures model.

The Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4), which recently released its findings, shows a 26 percent decrease in the number of maltreated children in the U.S. since the early 1990s.

More than 10,000 runners and walkers will help support The Kempe Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect during the 28th Annual Cherry Creek Sneak on April 25, 2010.

The International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) recently relocated its main offices from Chicago to the Gary Pavilion at The Children’s Hospital Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO.

The Justice Initiative for Drug Endangered Families (JI-DEF), a collaboration working to support prevention, early intervention, substance recovery and offender accountability, launched a new web site today located at www.jidef.org.

Guests will celebrate in New York style to support abused and neglected children during the “Kempe Takes Manhattan” event at 6 p.m. on April 16, 2010 at the Denver Marriott City Center.

A candlelight Memorial Service / Rememberance will be held for Aarone Thompson, as well as all other children who have died at the hands of their abusers. The service will be held on Monday, November 30, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. in the playground area at The Children’s Hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus.

Vuka LLC has selected The Kempe Foundation as their exclusive charity partner. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Vuka’s line of beverages will go towards programs that treat abused and neglected children through The Kempe Center.

The Kempe Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect proudly announces the appointment of two new board members – Nicole Ament and Andy Boin.