HIPPY with a "Y" - that's us! Hippy with a "Y" - that's us! Check out this great video to learn more about the JeffCo Public Schools HIPPY program. We are constantly impressed by the great work that our sites do in their communities. Many thanks to Your Hub at The Denver Post for publishing this...

At the start of each year we might take stock of our lives and consider setting a New Year's Resolution. There seems to be something so emotionally resonant about a fresh start and turning over a new leaf…eating less, exercising more. But what next? What is less and how much is more? Seems like we...

The older we get the more difficult it becomes to rekindle the childlike excitement of the season. Our “to do” lists become longer with cards to write, presents to buy, relatives to entertain…not to mention projects at work waiting to be finished before year-end. It can be very easy to get...

Parent Possible recently held our annual Art & Stories Contest with PAT and HIPPY families across Colorado. We asked kids to create artwork showing us their superpowers, and parents to tell us how involvement in the PAT and HIPPY programs has empowered their family. Below are some examples of...

It’s graduation season! The feelings of accomplishment and success that come along with this special moment are empowering. Last week I had the opportunity to attend end of the year celebrations and graduations with our Colorado HIPPY Programs. There aren’t enough words to describe the power of...

Just three weeks ago we hosted the Inaugural Parent Possible Home Visiting Conference in Denver, CO at the Lowry Conference Center. After an entire year of planning, our staff was ecstatic to host over 200 participants from across Colorado for three days. Along with home visitors and supervisors...

Colorado relies on federal funding to support four evidence-based home visiting programs across the state. The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program began under the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and is currently up for reauthorization in Congress. As the state...

After 6 weeks in my new position as the Parent as Teachers Program Director, I had the opportunity to attend PAT Foundational 1 and Model Implementation training in St. Louis, home of the Parents as Teachers National Center. It was a motivating and inspirational week packed full of learning and...