The Colorado Resilience Collaborative was founded in 2017 to examine the issue of identity-based violence in Colorado. In 2019, with funding from the National Governor’s Association, the CRC and other stakeholders held the Summit on Preventing Targeted Violence to identify State resources, needs, and gaps in addressing various forms of targeted violence. The CRC is currently funded by the Department of Homeland Security - Office of Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention through 2022 to expand comprehensive training, deliver expert consultation services for professionals and agencies across Colorado, and develop an online resource library to promote sustainable training and technical assistance materials for the prevention of targeted violence.
Subcontracted partners include: Life After Hate, Moonshot CVE, and Nicoletti-Flater & Associates.
The Colorado Resilience Collaborative stands in solidarity with the survivors and victims of the recent mass shootings in Boulder and Atlanta, along with their loved ones and communities. We believe that centering the voices and needs of those affected by targeted violence is foundational to strong prevention practices and community resilience. Please read further if you find yourself in need of resources or support. If you believe that you or anyone you know or have seen has experienced a hate crime or bias motivated incident, please reference this link to the Anti-Defamation League’s online reporting form. https://www.adl.org/reportincident
We offer training, consultation, and other forms of technical assistance described below. Our trainings serve to develop new skills, and strengthen existing ones, in the context of an agency or community and focus on awareness along with prevention and intervention skills. The purpose of our consultation services are to provide more specific support to an individual or group encountering issues related to targeted violence or bias-motivated activity. We aim, with each of our services, to strengthen a community’s ability to identify, prevent, intervene, and involve support when faced with targeted violence or bias-motivated events. See below for more detailed descriptions of each service.
A large scale overview of the general statistics and trends of targeted violence activity in Colorado, definitions of targeted violence, violent extremism, bias-motivated crimes and events, and exploration of basic response strategies.
An advanced session designed to support an organization or group’s development of a response to incidents of targeted violence as well as equip participants with the skills and knowledge they need in order to use their professional experience in a response team.
Detailed educational materials on the nature of targeted violence and how to use behavioral indicators to assess threats and manage cases of concern.
Facilitation of an online resource library of training and technical assistance materials for the prevention and intervention of targeted violence. (*coming in late 2021)
Call us when you:
Are worried about someone on the pathway toward extremist violence
Have witnessed or survived an incident of identity-based violence (ex. hate crimes, vicarious trauma)
Need training and expertise
Provide professional services and need to address special issues for a case
Leads project design, implementation of programming, compliance, evaluation, and research efforts to ensure CRC’s work is rigorous, ethical and effective.
Manages relationships with stakeholders and partners, supervises student externs, supports implementation of the CRC trainings, consultations and technical assistance, and contributes to program administration and evaluation.
Provides clinical and subject matter expertise; leads trainings, consultations, and contributes clinical guidance for CRC programming.
Our Four Step Logic Model
Our Structure
Collaborative Organizations
We take a socioecological approach that examines a complex web of factors and connections in our efforts to address targeted violence. This allows us to consider targeted violence from various perspectives as we work to develop and recommend ideal responses. Our current partners include:
Challenge Denver
Street Fraternity
Denver Police Department’s Bias-Motivated Crimes Unit
Aurora Police Department’s Co-responder program and Crisis Services
Anti-Defamation League
Department of Human Services
DHS Collaborative Management Program
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Office of Behavioral Health
Department of Public Health and Environment
The Center on Colfax- LGBTQ services and support
Interfaith Alliance
Islamic Society of Denver
Aurora Public Schools
Department of Corrections
Nicoletti-Flater Associates
Safe-2-Tell
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation
We are grateful for this community-wide initiative as well as the collaborations and resources provided through these partnerships. Check out this resource guide from the Colorado Coalition Against Hate below.
International Disaster Psychology: Trauma & Global Mental Health
The CRC was developed through our Master of Arts in International Disaster Psychology: Trauma & Global Mental Health program. Our program is recognized for Innovative Graduate Training by both the American Psychological Association and the National Council of Schools in Professional Psychology and is the first master’s degree program of its kind in the nation.