Reggie Bicha

President, Shine Early Learning
2012 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
Denver, Colorado

Reggie Bicha is the President of Shine Early Learning. He is a social worker, administrator, educator and national leader. In addition to his work in early learning, he has extensive experience working on child welfare, education, employment, and healthcare issues at the county, state and national levels. He served as the Executive Director of the Colorado Dept. of Human Services for Governor John Hickenlooper, and as the Inaugural Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families for Governor Jim Doyle. Reggie is a Past President of the American Public Human Services Association.

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New Report: Reimagining Child Welfare
We are pleased to share Ascend at the Aspen Institute’s newest report – Reimagining Child Welfare and Realizing a Networked Approach to Family Well-Being. Tapping the expertise and experience of families, Ascend Fellows, and the Ascend Network, this report is the result of our effort that began in 2020 to interrogate the systems, practices, and policies that …

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PublicationApril 10, 2023
An Evidence-Based Approach to Child Support
Through careful and rigorous research, we know that there is a better way to approach child support policy to build strong families and communities.
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BlogJanuary 11, 2023
Investing in Futures Means Investing in Families: Announcing the Two-Generation Prenatal to Three Learning and Action Community
The COVID-19 pandemic has made more evident than ever the need to transform policies, practice, and systems to build upon the inherent resilience of families – especially those with low incomes and from BIPOC communities. In 2018 – 677,529 children experienced maltreatment in the US. 51 percent of those children were Black, Indigenous, or children …

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BlogDecember 9, 2020
Ascending at the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival
Presented by the Aspen Institute in partnership with the Atlantic, in its 15th year, the Aspen Ideas Festival is the nation’s premier, public gathering place for leaders from around the globe and across many disciplines to present and discuss the ideas and issues that both shape our lives and challenge our times. Ascend has had the honor …

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BlogJuly 12, 2019
Five Ideas from Colorado’s 2Gen Statewide Conference
Golden, Colorado is a quintessential main street community with boutiques that encourage browsing, yummy wood-fired pizza, and the stunning backdrop of the Rockies. It’s probably not the first place you’d think of for a high-powered gathering of the state’s top policy players. Yet, here they were for a packed 36 hours focused on what it …

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BlogNovember 14, 2017
Transforming Human Services, One Human Services Official at a Time
Follow @champagne_me   From left, Gloria Perez, Henry Wilde, Reggie Bicha, and Anne Mosle Recently I had the opportunity to join several of our Ascend Fellows at the 2013 National Policy Forum in Arlington, Virginia, where we shared the two-generation approach with another national organization, the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA).  APHSA is the …

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BlogJune 25, 2013