This program makes available vouchers of up to $5,000 per year per youth for post secondary education and training for eligible youth.

•OCR attorney emails CC Coordinator to request a CC on a case.•CC Coordinator updates the online Assignment List with broad information

Assignment form

TION 2: CURRENT OR IMPENDING DANGERIf you select "yes," ALL 5 of the following safety threshold criteria must be present:Specific and observable threat (Danger is real, can be seen, can be reported, is evidenced in explicit, unambiguous ways.)Out-of-control

Contract Case Consultant Main ToolsThis page provides a quick reference to tools for

regularly monitor OCR’s Assignment List for potential cases, request case assignments, bill inCARES, and notify OCR at the end of each

If a service is not deemed medically necessary, Medicaid cannot be used,

the Child Welfare Reform Bill created a cash fund that could be used by child welfare agencies to fund prevention and intervention services.

The law also created a task force to help ensure alignment of state policies with the federal 2018 Family First Prevention Services Act (including how to incentivize certain services/placements), among other duties. I

counties determine how TANF dollars are spent and can therefore determine whether TANF is going to be used to help the child welfare agency close out if they over-spend

County local funds are primarily property taxes.

County child welfare agencies can also refer TANF-eligible families to the local TANF agency for supportive services in lieu of using Core Services dollars for supportive services.

Funding sources Many funding sources are used by the state and local child welfare agencies in Colorado.

Counties are required to meet each block’s requirements but have flexibility to choose how to spend their allocations. For example, if a cost can be covered by both the Child Welfare Services block and the Core Services block, counties can choose to apply the cost to either block. However, if a cost can be billed to Medicaid, Medicaid must be used first.

The state provides county child welfare agencies with three block allocations to finance their activities and services: Child Welfare Services block. Also known as the “child welfare block,” this is the largest of the three block allocations and can be used for administration, out-of-home placements, and other child welfare-related services and activities. If a county under-spends this allocation, they can transfer the under-spent funds to the other two block allocations. Family and Children’s Programs block. Also known as “Core Services,” this block provides funding for services for children and families to allow children to remain in their home, return home, or stay in the least-restrictive placement possible.

The placements and services ordered by the courts can affect financing (e.g., ordering the use of more expensive congregate care placements). Judges also need to make judicial determinations in a particular way for a child to be deemed eligible for Title IV-E (see below for more on Title IV-E).

Colorado stakeholders decided to enhance understanding of the state’s child welfare financing landscape by contracting with Child Trends

AFCC Guidelines for Court-Involved Therap

Children may have become accustomed to avoiding problemsrather than dealing with them and may never have developed the active coping skills that are so criti-cal to developmen

. Avoidance is a powerful, if extremelyunhealthy coping strategy and in court-involved families there may be an even greater impetus toresist change

hildren who resist contact with a parent may be more likely to come to the attention of the court,as the excluded parent may seek orders to enforce the parenting plan, provide counseling, a child custo-dy evaluation, or an order for some of the more specialized milieu programs that address disrupted rela-tionships. Many of these families are also poorly served, as they may initially be referred to therapythat is not adequately structured or specialized for this situation. Outmoded and often demonstrablyineffective treatment approaches, such as counseling that is limited to the rejected parent and child, areoften among the first to be attempted. (This is a common structure when courts order “reunificationtherapy,” but a one-sided approach is rarely successful and may exacerbate the problem.

responsive to treatment or fail to elicit the sympathy of authority figures. This underscores

others.Critical among these abilities is that the childactivelyengages with others, in an appropriate way,to get his/her needs met.

(Dunn, Davies, O’Connor, & Sturgess,2001; Pedro-Carroll, 2005; Pedro-Carroll, Sandler, & Wolchik, 2005; Sandler, Tein, Mehta,Wolchik, & Ayers, 2000). These include both coping abilities and coping efficacy, as well as accessto the normal peer and developmental activities that other children enjoy (Pedro-Carroll, 2005). Cop-ing abilities include, but are not limited to, the ability to differentiate one’s own feelings from some-one else’s, appropriately express independent needs and feelings, regulate emotions, managedistress, recognize danger, know the difference between anxiety or discomfort and danger, ask forhelp, and form healthy relationships with others

studies underscore commonelements in successful outcome

symptoms.Trained professionals can identify problem behaviors and intervene early, before problems become entrenched

investigation and litigationmay precede any meaningful attempt at intervention, based on the questionable belief that all elements of causality (or blame)must be established before any effective treatment can occur. Children’s functioning may continue to deteriorate during thistime, undermining their future adjustment and reducing the chance of successful intervention later.

CATCHING THEM BEFORE TOO MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE: EARLYINTERVENTION WITH RESISTANCE-REFUSAL DYNAMICSLyn R. Greenberg, Lynda Doi Fick, and Hon. Robert A. Schnider

Treatment Necessary health care services must be made available for treatment of all physical and mental illnesses or conditions discovered by any screening and diagnostic procedures.

Diagnostic Services When a screening examination indicates the need for further evaluation of an individual's health, diagnostic services must be provided. Necessary referrals should be made without delay and there should be follow-up to ensure the enrollee receives a complete diagnostic evaluation. States should develop quality assurance procedures to assure that comprehensive care is provided.

Other Necessary Health Care Services States are required to provide any additional health care services that are coverable under the Federal Medicaid program and found to be medically necessary to treat, correct or reduce illnesses and conditions discovered regardless of whether the service is covered in a state's Medicaid plan. It is the responsibility of states to determine medical necessity on a case-by-case basis.

Toni spent months reading up on federal Medicaid law, and she learned the state-federal health insurance program is supposed to cover all medically necessary treatments for eligible children.

To Get Mental Health Help For A Child, Desperate Parents Relinquish Custody

SNAP: 10 CCR 2506, Volume 1 at §§ 4.000.1, 4.304.B.1, 4.304.B.3, 4.304.1.A,4.504.6.D.4,4.504.6.D.5, 4.504.6.D.11, 4.604.B, 4.604.G.1, 4.606.B.1.b, 4.606.B.2.b

The Department has reviewed the decrease in SNAP benefits and has determined that it is valid based on your daughter being removed from the home and younot providing meals for her

4.203.1 Designating a Head of HouseholdA. The local office shall allow a household to select an adult parent of children (of any age) living inthe household, or an adult who has parental control over children (under 18 years of age) living inthe household,

4.505.4 Verification of Household CompositionA. If questionable, the local office shall verify any factors affecting the composition of a household.The household's statement regarding food purchasing and preparation shall generally beaccepted because of the difficulty of verifying such arrangements.

2) A household in which at least one (1) member receives services from theFamily Preservation Program.

1) Households in which all members receive, or are authorized to receive,SSI, Colorado Works (CW),

C. Eligibility1. Basic Categorical Eligibility (BCE)a. BCE households are:

4.206 CATEGORIES OF ELIGIBILITYA. Households applying for SNAP must be determined eligible using one of the following categoriesof eligibility: Basic Categorical Eligibility (BCE)

Verification may be done orally or in writing and, in many cases, the type of verification may depend on how the individual is requesting and/or receiving access – whether

For example, a doctor may not require an individual: Who wants a copy of her medical record mailed to her home address to physically come to the doctor's office to request access and provide proof of identity in person.

Unreasonable Measures While the Privacy Rule allows covered entities to require that individuals request access in writing and requires verification of the identity of the person requesting access, a covered entity may not impose unreasonable measures on an individual requesting access

by faxing or e-mailing the request

the individual from obtaining access to his PHI,

provided use of the form does not create a barrier to

Requests for Access Requiring a Written Request A covered entity may require individuals to request access in writing,