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CO Code § 26-5-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5 - Child Welfare Services|§ 26-5-115. Acquisition of Drivers' Licenses by Individuals in Foster Care - Immunity From Liability - Rules

  On and after September 7, 2021, in addition to any other reimbursement for child welfare services described in this article 5, the state department shall reimburse a county department for costs paid by the county department to a public or private driving school for the provision of driving instruction to an individual in the custody of the county department who is fifteen years of age or older and under twenty-one years of age.    The state department may seek and accept gifts, grants, and donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this section; except that the state department may not accept a gift, grant, or donation that is subject to conditions that are inconsistent with this section or any other law of the state.      Nothing in this section places any liability on a county department for:   Contracting with a public or private driving school to provide driving instruction to an individual who is in the custody of the county department; or    An injury alleged to have occurred while an individual in the custody of the county department received driving instruction from a public or private driving school.       Nothing in this section waives or limits a county department's governmental immunity, as described in article 10 of title 24.       On or before December 1, 2021, the state board shall promulgate rules for the administration of this section.      History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added,(HB 21-1084), ch. 203, p. 1068, § 1, effective September 7.
CO Code § 26-5.3-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.3 - Emergency Assistance for Families With Children at Imminent Risk of Out-of-Home Placement Act|§ 26-5.3-101. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Emergency Assistance for Families with Children at Imminent Risk of Out-of-Home Placement Act”.   History. Source: L. 93: Entire article added, p. 1998, § 1, effective June 9.
CO Code § 26-5.3-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.3 - Emergency Assistance for Families With Children at Imminent Risk of Out-of-Home Placement Act|§ 26-5.3-102. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:   The state of Colorado recognizes its obligation to protect and provide for the children in Colorado's child welfare system;    The children at imminent risk of being placed out of the home are likely to be placed out of the home immediately if intervention services are not made available to such children and their families;    Community and home-based services are effective in helping to avoid the need to place children out of their homes and to reunite children with their families. However, alternatives to out-of-home placement are available only to a small percentage of children in the state due to insufficient statewide resources.    Families with children at imminent risk of being placed out of the home are families in crisis and in need of emergency assistance to avoid such placement or to reunite families when an emergency has resulted in an out-of-home placement, which assistance includes, but is not limited to, intensive family preservation services and other services designed to maintain a child at home;    Federal financial participation is available to provide emergency assistance to needy families with children in the form of intake, assessment, counseling, treatment, and other family preservation services that meet needs of the family which are attributable to the emergency or crisis situation;    The provision of emergency assistance is likely to reduce the escalating state general fund costs of out-of-home placements, thereby making moneys available for other necessary children and family services or programs; and    Because the child welfare system is a contributing factor to the state's expenditures, it is important to maximize moneys available to the state for child welfare needs by making service delivery systems family-focused, cost-efficient, and accessible statewide.       The general assembly further finds and declares that it is therefore appropriate to authorize the implementation of an emergency assistance program for families with children at imminent risk of being placed out of the home. In addition, it is appropriate to develop a plan for the use of moneys saved as a result of providing emergency assistance to families.     History. Source: L. 93: Entire article added, p. 1998, § 1, effective June 9.
CO Code § 26-5.3-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.3 - Emergency Assistance for Families With Children at Imminent Risk of Out-of-Home Placement Act|§ 26-5.3-103. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    Repealed.    “At imminent risk of being placed out of the home” means that without intercession a child will be placed out of the home immediately.    “Emergency assistance program” or “program” means the program for emergency assistance for families with children at imminent risk of out-of-home placement as authorized by this article.     History. Source: L. 93: Entire article added, p. 1999, § 1, effective June 9. L. 97: (1) repealed, p. 1243, § 47, effective July 1.
CO Code § 26-5.3-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.3 - Emergency Assistance for Families With Children at Imminent Risk of Out-of-Home Placement Act|§ 26-5.3-104. Emergency Assistance for Families With Children at Imminent Risk of Being Placed Out of the Home

  The executive director of the state department is hereby authorized to include in the state temporary assistance for needy families plan the establishment and implementation of an emergency assistance program for families with children at imminent risk of being placed out of the home. The purpose of the program shall be to meet the needs of the family in crisis due to the imminent risk of out-of-home placement by providing emergency assistance in the form of intake, assessment, counseling, treatment, and other family preservation services that meet the needs of the family which are attributable to the emergency or crisis situation.    Nothing in this article shall prevent the state department from complying with federal requirements for a program of emergency assistance in order for the state of Colorado to qualify for federal funds under the federal “Social Security Act” and to use such federal funds for families with children at imminent risk of immediate out-of-home placement and to reunite children with their families, within the limits of available appropriations.     History. Source: L. 93: Entire article added, p. 1999, § 1, effective June 9. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1244, § 48, effective July 1.
CO Code § 26-5.3-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.3 - Emergency Assistance for Families With Children at Imminent Risk of Out-of-Home Placement Act|§ 26-5.3-105. Eligibility Requirements - Period of Eligibility - Services Available

  Families with children at imminent risk of out-of-home placement shall be eligible for emergency assistance. Assistance shall be available to or on behalf of a needy child under twenty-one years of age and any other member of the household in which the child lives if:   Such child is living with any of the relatives described in section 26-2-103 (4)(a) in a place of residence maintained by the relative as the relative's own home;    Such child is without resources immediately accessible to meet the child's needs; and    The emergency assistance is necessary to avoid destitution or to provide living arrangements for the child in a home.       Assistance shall be authorized for a family no more than once during a twelve-month period.    Emergency assistance provided pursuant to this article shall be used for, but shall not be limited to, the following:   Twenty-four-hour emergency shelter facilities or caretakers for children who must be removed from their homes in emergency situations;    Counseling, including crisis counseling available by telephone twenty-four hours a day;    Information referral;    Intensive family preservation services;    In-home supportive homemaker services;    Services used to develop and implement a discrete case plan, as provided by the federal “Social Security Act”;    Day treatment services for children.        History. Source: L. 93: Entire article added, p. 2000, § 1, effective June 9. L. 97: (3)(f) amended, p. 1244, § 49, effective July 1.
CO Code § 26-5.3-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.3 - Emergency Assistance for Families With Children at Imminent Risk of Out-of-Home Placement Act|§ 26-5.3-106. State's Savings - Cash Fund Created - Use of Moneys in Fund - Plan Required

  There is hereby created a family issues cash fund. Moneys shall be deposited in the fund as follows:   Any savings to the general fund realized as a result of federal financial participation available to the state based on the implementation of the emergency assistance program authorized by section 26-5.3-104;    Any federal funds earned by the expenditure of moneys deposited in the cash fund.    Repealed. (1.5) All moneys in the fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly and shall be used for the purposes set forth in the plan for improving the child welfare system in the state, developed in accordance with subsection (2) of this section, for the implementation of the emergency assistance program established pursuant to section 26-5.3-104 , and for the family resource center program established pursuant to section 26-18-104 . Federal funds received by the state for the emergency assistance program shall be used only for such program and not for any other purpose. In accordance with section 24-36-114 , C.R.S., all interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the general fund. It is the general assembly's intent that no additional state or county general fund moneys shall be used to finance the implementation of the plan established in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.       The state department shall develop a strategic plan for improving the child welfare system in the state and for using the moneys in the family issues cash fund created in subsection (1) of this section. The plan shall specify the source of general fund savings deposited in the cash fund. The plan shall provide that the moneys in the fund shall, at a minimum, be used for the following purposes:   Repealed.    The provision of services aimed at reuniting families and avoiding out-of-home placements;    The provision of support services and programs for children and families aimed at preventing out-of-home placements;    The examination and assessment of the feasibility and effectiveness of alternative methods for the provision of services and placement procedures for homeless adolescents or adolescents who are at-risk of being placed out of the home;    The development and implementation of county pilot programs for at-risk children and their families; and    The provision of an expedited procedure for permanent placement of children five years of age or younger who have been placed out of the home.       Repealed.     History. Source: L. 93: Entire article added, p. 2001, § 1, effective June 9. L. 96: (1)(c) repealed, p. 1476, § 36, effective June 1. L. 97: (1.5) amended, p. 1116, § 5, effective May 28; (2)(a) and (3) repealed, p. 1023, § 45, effective August 6. L. 2001: (1.5) amended, p. 252, § 7, effective March 29.
CO Code § 26-5.4-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.4 - Foster Care Prevention Services|§ 26-5.4-101. Legislative Declaration

  The federal “Family First Prevention Services Act” was enacted on February 9, 2018. In order to comply with the provisions of the “Family First Prevention Services Act”, the general assembly finds it is necessary to update current statutes to enable Colorado to provide enhanced support to children, youth, and their families in order to prevent foster care placements.    It is the intent of the general assembly to treat children and youth in-home or with a kin caregiver when doing so serves the safety, permanent placement, and well-being of the child or youth.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added,(HB 19-1308), ch. 256, p. 2456, § 1, effective August 2.
CO Code § 26-5.4-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.4 - Foster Care Prevention Services|§ 26-5.4-102. Definitions

 As used in this article 5.4, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Foster care prevention services” means mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services, in-home parent skill-based programs, kinship navigator programs, and other programs eligible for reimbursement under the federal “Family First Prevention Services Act” that are trauma-informed, promising, supported or well-supported, and provided to prevent foster care placement.    “Qualified residential treatment program” means a licensed and accredited program that has a trauma-informed treatment model that is designed to address the child's or youth's needs, including clinical needs, as appropriate, of children and youth with serious emotional or behavioral disorders or disturbances in accordance with the federal “Family First Prevention Services Act”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 672 (k)(4), and is able to implement the treatment identified for the child or youth by the assessment of the child or youth required in section 19-1-115 (4)(e)(I).    “Trauma-informed” refers to the services to be provided to or on behalf of a child or youth under an organizational structure and treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma in accordance with recognized principles of a trauma-informed approach and trauma-specific interventions to address trauma's consequences and facilitate healing.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added,(HB 19-1308), ch. 256, p. 2456, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2020: (2) amended,(HB 20-1402), ch. 216, p. 1056, § 63, effective June 30.
CO Code § 26-5.4-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.4 - Foster Care Prevention Services|§ 26-5.4-103. Foster Care Prevention Services Program - Rules

  The state department is authorized to include in the state's five-year Title IV-E prevention plan, as defined in 42 U.S.C. sec. 671, the establishment and implementation of a foster care prevention services program for families with children and youth who are candidates for foster care but who can safely remain at home or in a kinship placement with receipt of services, including children and youth who, without intervention, risk involvement with the child welfare system as established by rule of the state board. The state department shall promulgate rules setting forth procedures regarding the provision of these services.    Nothing in this article 5.4 shall prevent the state department from complying with federal requirements for a foster care prevention services program in order for the state to qualify for federal money under the federal “Social Security Act”, as amended.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added,(HB 19-1308), ch. 256, p. 2457, § 1, effective August 2.
CO Code § 26-5.4-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.4 - Foster Care Prevention Services|§ 26-5.4-104. Eligibility Requirements - Period of Eligibility - Services Available - Rules

  Children and youth and their parents, legal custodians, legal guardians, or kin caregivers are eligible for foster care prevention services when their needs for services are directly related to the safety, permanent placement, or well-being of the child or youth, or to prevent the child or youth from entering the foster care system.    Foster care prevention services may be authorized for up to twelve months per episode of eligibility.    Foster care prevention services provided pursuant to this article 5.4 must be defined in the child's or youth's prevention plan, as defined through rules promulgated by the state board.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added,(HB 19-1308), ch. 256, p. 2457, § 1, effective August 2.
CO Code § 26-5.4-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.4 - Foster Care Prevention Services|§ 26-5.4-105. Implementation of Article - Federal Authorization - Request for Funding

 The state department shall implement the provisions of this article 5.4 and the provisions of title 19 and this title 26 executing the utilization of foster care prevention services and qualified residential treatment programs when the federal government approves Colorado's five-year Title IV-E prevention plan, at which time the department may submit a budget request to the joint budget committee for necessary funding to implement the plan.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added,(HB 19-1308), ch. 256, p. 2457, § 1, effective August 2.
CO Code § 26-5.4-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.4 - Foster Care Prevention Services|§ 26-5.4-106. Foster Care Prevention Services - Provision of Services - Rights and Remedies - Exchange of Information

  A county department of human or social services may provide both child welfare and prevention services, including but not limited to foster care prevention services, as defined in section 26-5.4-102, to a family and its children.    Nothing in this section affects any existing rights of a child or youth, including those eligible for foster care prevention services, or any existing rights of a parent who is eligible for foster care prevention services.    An entity providing foster care prevention services shall ensure that all information obtained and exchanged is confidential as required pursuant to federal and state laws regarding confidentiality.     History. Source: L. 2020: Entire section added,(SB 20-162), ch. 221, p. 1091, § 7, effective July 2.
CO Code § 26-5.5-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.5 - Family Preservation|§ 26-5.5-101. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Family Preservation Act”.   History. Source: L. 93: Entire article R&RE, p. 2006, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 26-5.5-101 as it existed prior to 1993.
CO Code § 26-5.5-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.5 - Family Preservation|§ 26-5.5-102. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly finds and declares that:   Maintaining a family structure to the greatest degree possible is one of the fundamental goals that all state agencies must observe, and the state's intervention in family dynamics should not exceed that which is necessary to rectify the cause for intervention;    Out-of-home placement is often the most expensive and disruptive method of providing services to troubled families;    It is becoming increasingly difficult to attract foster parents for the number of children placed out of the home;    The principle of appropriate state intervention is a cornerstone of family preservation services. Such services, when properly targeted and administered, provide states with an opportunity to initiate the systemic reform of children, youth, and families public services by providing services that are family-focused, outcome-driven, and cost-efficient.    Family preservation programs implemented in other states, such as the “homebuilder's” model in the state of Washington, have resulted in improved family-functioning rates. Placement prevention rates of up to eighty-eight percent have been reported in some of the thirty-one states that have initiated some form of a family preservation program.    A statewide family preservation program may be financed to provide intensive services for families where a child is at risk of an out-of-home placement based on criteria established by the state board of human services and to provide phased-in services aimed at reunifying families where a child has been placed out of the home, where appropriate, by tapping into other available federal funds or through moneys realized from cost avoidance in prevention of placement;    On the basis of the foregoing, it is appropriate to enact the provisions of this article providing for the implementation of a statewide family preservation program that provides for immediate intensive services for at-risk families and phased-in services aimed at reunifying families, where appropriate, when the targeted families for intensive or reunification services have been served.       It is the general assembly's intent that the implementation and financing of the statewide family preservation program be consistent with applicable federal mandates, including any federal financial participation requirements, and that the implementation of the program not place this state at risk of losing federal funds received by the state for children, youth, and families services prior to the enactment of this article.     History. Source: L. 93: Entire article R&RE, p. 2006, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (1)(f) amended, p. 1055, § 6, effective May 4. L. 97: (1)(f) amended, p. 1024, § 46, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 26-5.5-102 as it existed prior to 1993.
CO Code § 26-5.5-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.5 - Family Preservation|§ 26-5.5-103. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    “At-risk family” means a family unit with a child who meets out-of-home placement criteria as established by the state board or who, without intervention, risks continued involvement with the child welfare system as established by the state board. (1.5) Repealed.    “Family preservation services” means services or assistance that focuses on family strengths and includes services that empower a family by providing alternative problem-solving techniques, child-rearing practices, responses to living situations that create stress upon the family, and resources that are available as support systems for the family. Family preservation services include, but are not limited to services and resources described in section 26-5.5-104.    “Intensive services” means immediate, concentrated, and in-home crisis intervention by one or more family development specialists who assist a family in developing strengths to cope with family stress.     History. Source: L. 93: Entire article R&RE, p. 2007, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 2705, § 266, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 12, § 3, effective August 5. L. 2011: (1) amended and (1.5) repealed,(HB 11-1196), ch. 160, pp. 552, 555, §§ 1, 7, effective August 10.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
CO Code § 26-5.5-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5.5 - Family Preservation|§ 26-5.5-105. Financing of Family Preservation Program

 The implementation of the statewide family preservation program shall be subject to the availability of federal financial participation for emergency assistance under Title IV-A of the federal “Social Security Act”, other available federal funds, appropriations from the general assembly, and moneys realized from avoiding costs related to out-of-home placements. In addition, the executive director of the state department is hereby authorized to accept any grants, donations, gifts, or contributions from any other private or public entity.   History. Source: L. 93: Entire article R&RE, p. 2010, § 1, effective July 1; entire section R&RE, p. 2004, § 3, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1056, § 8, effective May 4.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 26-5.5-105 as it existed prior to 1993.