Colorado Prevention Leadership Council.

The Colorado Prevention Leadership Council consists of representatives from ten state agencies, two universities, and various partners and was created through state legislation to promote coordinated planning, implementation, and evaluation of quality prevention, intervention, and treatment services for children, youth, and families at the state and local level.

State agencies work to improve the health and well being of Colorado's children and youth by coordinating programs at the state level to ensure that those programs are responsive to the needs of communities in order to more effectively serve this population. It should also be noted that while the statute typically defines the service population as children and youth the partners of various state agencies recognize that families are an integral part...