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Counties kick off Colorado Kinnected Kinship Navigator Program

News
September is National Kinship Care Month, and on Sept. 15, the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) hosted a kickoff event for the new Colorado Kinnected Kinship Navigator Program at... (Read more)
Kinship

Report states Colorado lags behind in kinship placement

News
Ponch and Lettie said their culture is family, but they're fighting in court to bring their nephew's daughter into their family versus staying in foster care. Read the full article... (Read more)
Kinship

Colorado developing plan to implement housing voucher program for post-foster care young adults

News
The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) and Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) are jointly developing an implementation plan for the state’s Fostering Success Housing Voucher program. Gov. Jared Polis... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee

Colorado Title IV-E Prevention Plan

Title IV-E Prevention Plan
Review Colorado's Title IV-E Prevention Plan. This plan has been approved per the Children' Bureau website , which provides status updates on the states, tribes and jurisdictions that have... (Read more)

Colorado Five- Year Family First Prevention Services Plan

Implementation Strategies
Colorado’s child welfare system is in the midst of a significant transformation. Over the last several years, there has been an intentional shift to focus on proactively strengthening families through... (Read more)
Prevention

Return on Investment of a Colorado Family Resource Center to the Child Welfare System

Data / Research
Case Study
The findings here suggest that in Teller County, Colorado, CPFRC provides a meaningful return on investment to the child welfare system, with a return of nearly three dollars for every one dollar invested.(Read more)
Prevention

Child Maltreatment Prevention Framework for Action

State Teams
Implementation Strategies
This framework, from Colorado, is designed as a tool to guide strategic thinking, at the state and local level, about resource investments to prevent child maltreatment and promote child well-being... (Read more)
Child Fatalities

Colorado Family First Prevention Services Act Advisory Committee

State Teams
Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
The purpose of the Colorado Family First Prevention Services Act Advisory Committee (CO FFPSA or "advisory committee") is to create a roadmap for Colorado’s state and county collaborative effort... (Read more)
Overview / General

Framework for Centering Constituent Voices in the Child Welfare System

Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) values meaningful engagement with our partners and the people we serve because we must work together to achieve the best outcomes. CDHS has gathered... (Read more)
Kinship
Overview / General

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