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Child Welfare Monitor
JANUARY 10, 2025
The number of children entering foster care increased for the first time in over ten years. There was a drop in in-home case openings but a similar increase in foster care placements during the year. But the number of children being served in their homes decreased by 50 while the number in foster care increased by 49.
CO4Kids
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Back to Blogs News & Press CDHS increases safe access to services for survivors of domestic violence October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month DENVER (Oct. In September 2022, the Office of Child Support Services within the U.S. Between Feb.
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Child Welfare Monitor
MARCH 16, 2025
I had taken the training several times in the past–first for my work as a social worker with CFSA and later as a mentor to a foster youth. I had my first experience with the updated training last month as part of my preparation to serve as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for a child in foster care.
CO4Kids
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
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?
Child Welfare Monitor
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Sometime in the early years of the current century, a group of powerful advocates who thought that too many children were being placed in foster care came up with a proposal for change that they called “child welfare finance reform.” … So under Family First, we created new federal funding for those services.
CO4Kids
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
If a familys child(ren) is detained or deported, families can contact the caseworker or their county human services department for support. Caseworkers can help families make a communication plan. Are there resources to help my family or kin take care of my children for more than a day or two through child welfare involvement?
CO4Kids
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
If the family doesnt have a protection plan and there are no surrogate caregivers, this will prompt a referral to the County Department of Human/Services. In kinship care, the child or youth is placed with someone with an existing relationship with the child/youth, such as a relative, godparent, coach, teacher, or neighbor.
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