Colorado’s nation-leading practices in using evidence to guide budget decisions: An interview with Sara Dube, Director, Results First Initiative, The Pew Charitable Trusts – Episode #199

Colorado is a leader in the U.S. in terms of using evidence to guide state budget decisions, so that dollars flow to programs that are effective. It’s also a leader in terms of building evidence to better learn what works in key program areas. For example:

• State agencies are required by the governor’s budget office to show the evidence behind requested budget changes.

• In doing that, agencies use a framework called the “Evidence Continuum” that describes the stages of building and assessing program information.

• Also, the legislature now requires agencies to use consistent definitions of evidence-based programs in their budget requests.

• And Colorado is one of only a handful of states to have a dedicated fund to support program evaluations.

A recent report by the The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Results First initiative, titled “Colorado’s ‘Evidence Continuum’ Promotes Efficient, Effective Public Programs (pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-b…),” discusses the state’s progress in these areas. To get an overview, we are joined by one of its authors, Sara Dube (pewtrusts.org/en/about/experts/sara-dube) who directs the Results First initiative at the The Pew Charitable Trusts.

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