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CDHS increases safe access to services for survivors of domestic violence

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Back to Blogs News & Press CDHS increases safe access to services for survivors of domestic violence October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month DENVER (Oct. Anyone, regardless of gender, race or background, can experience domestic violence.

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Child Welfare FAQs Regarding Family Detention or Deportation

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The child welfare system for the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) oversees child welfare practices, policies and funding. Each of Colorados 64 counties implements child welfare practices and delivers direct services to children, youth and families in their counties. What is a family protection plan?

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The fundamental misconception at the heart of the Family First Act

Child Welfare Monitor

I’m not saying that all families were getting all the services they needed. There is a longstanding undersupply of drug treatment and mental health services, as well as domestic violence services, which were inexplicably left out of FFPSA. Child welfare social workers are above all case managers.

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Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients

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Domestic violence. For behavioral health specialists, a safety plan can help to open lines of communication with a client and provide a template on how you and your client can check in with one another. Domestic violence and safety planning. Creating a domestic violence safety plan.

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Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients

Relias

Domestic violence. For behavioral health specialists, a safety plan can help to open lines of communication with a client and provide a template on how you and your client can check in with one another. Domestic violence and safety planning. Creating a domestic violence safety plan.

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Addressing Trauma and Abuse in Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Relias

Individuals who are non-verbal or need assistance with communication are often not able to report abuse, or if they do, they are often not considered to be reliable sources. Perhaps more unfortunately, many abuse response organizations – whether domestic violence shelters or abuse hotlines – are not accessible to people with disabilities.

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In “child welfare” the horror stories go in all directions – all year long

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

As the story explains: The system that promises to monitor these facilities and protect children from abuse often devalues the child’s perspective of what happened — communicating to them time and time again that they are untrustworthy and unbelievable. They were placed with foster parents who adopted them. That’s where Arabella died.