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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
CFPS applies a public health approach to prevent child deaths by aggregating data from individual child deaths, describing trends and patterns of the deaths, and recommending prevention strategies. The data presented within this data summary come from comprehensive, statutorily-mandated reviews of deaths of people under age 18 occurring in Colorado between 2013 and 2017. Nationally, data indicate that substance use plays a role in the leading causes...
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2014.
Description
During the 2014 legislative session, the autonomy and accountability of the Child Protection Ombudsman Office was raised again. As a result, SB14-201 was enacted. This legislation re-established a Child Protection Ombudsman Advisory Work Group to "develop a plan for accountable autonomy for the Child Protection Ombudsman Program."
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2013.
Description
Psychotropic medication are often prescribed to treat challenging behaviors and mental health issues. While necessary in some cases, numerous studies have demonstrated that the rates of psychotropic medication prescriptions are disproportionately high among children in foster care.
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2014.
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House Bill 13-1239 charges the Colorado Department of Human Services with the responsibility of creating a "statewide youth development plan" in partnership with stakeholders. This plan is aimed at strengthening Colorado' youth system by identifying gaps, best practices, existing evidence-supported work, and recommended enhancements. The goals of the plan are to identify key issues affecting youth and young adults, and to align strategic efforts to...
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2014.
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Collaborative Management Program (CMP) aims to improve both the quality and cost-effectiveness of interventions for Colorado children and families who face involvement with multiple governmental programs and community agencies as a result of health, education, child welfare, and juvenile justice system contact. The legislation calls for county agencies and partners to voluntarily develop a collaborative management structure and process that brings...
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2016.
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This document contains the evaluation background, methodology, results, discussion, and recommendations for improvements to the system. The CFPS has three domains in which evaluation activities occur on an ongoing basis throughout the five-year evaluation time line: (a) the local CFR teams, (b) the CFPS State Review Team, and (c) the CFPS State Support Team housed at CDPHE. Evaluation activities are outlined for each of these domains and the final...
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2012.
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This report is designed to tell the story of the pre-implementation and initial implementation processes in the five counties that comprise the Colorado Consortium on Differential Response. The information is intended to assist these counties in better understanding their success and challenges to date and to prepare them to make adjustments to their DR approach.
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2009.
Description
To assure that stakeholders in the child welfare system have an understanding of the perspectives, motivations, culture and ethical considerations and the roles and responsibilities of other stakeholders within the child welfare system in order to gain an appreciation of the roles of others so that they may create respect for individuals, promote productive relationships, and maximize system capacity to assure safety, permanency and well being for...
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2012.
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As the numbers of kinship families rise, it becomes increasingly important for all members of the judicial sector to have a thorough understanding of the benefits and unique challenges of kinship placement. The purpose of this Guide is to provide the background information and tools to help judges, attorneys, CASAs, and others ask the right questions regarding kinship care and uncover the facts necessary to make the best decisions for a child's...
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2012.
Description
The focus of House bill 10-1274 is transition planning for students who have been identified as "at risk to self or community" within the previous twelve (12) months and who are moving from a facility, public hospital or DYC placement to a public school educational setting. Successful transition for qualifying students requires the cooperation of county departments of human/social services, the Division of Youth Corrections (DYC), school districts...
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2018-
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The death of a child should invoke a community response. The circumstances involved in most child deaths are multidimensional, and responsibility rarely resides in one place. The ultimate purpose of child death review is to keep children and youth alive. By understanding how and why children die, our communities can take action to prevent other similar deaths. Local child fatality prevention review teams should make sure that every child death that...
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2008.
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In 2008 the Colorado Judicial Branch Court Improvement Program and the Colorado Department of Human Services Division of Child Welfare worked collaboratively to replace their respective annual conferences with the first annual Colorado Summit on Children, Youth, and Families. The collaborative goal was to bring all child welfare stakeholders together to discuss issues facing the child welfare system and to find practical solutions for achieving the...
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