The Minority Over Representation Committee was formed with a grant from the Colorado Court Appointed Special Advocates program to study and help find solutions involving minority families and children  whose communities were disproportionately involved in dependency and neglect, delinquency and truancy proceedings.

     After several meetings, the committee identified the lack of information regarding culturally appropriate services as a principal contributor to the disproportionate number of minority families involved with social service agencies and the courts.  The committee's consensus was that if appropriate resources could be better identified, the identified communities could be better served reducing the disproportionate representation within these systems and reducing recidivism.  This resource was developed to meet that need.