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Code of Colorado Regulations eDocket
Details of Tracking Number
2018-00603
CCR details
| Tracking Number |
2018-00603 |
| Type of Filing |
Permanent Rule |
| Department |
500,1008,2500 Department of Human Services |
| Agency |
2509 Social Services Rules (Volume 7; Child Welfare, Child Care Facilities) |
| CCR Number |
12 CCR 2509-3 |
| CCR Title |
PROGRAM AREAS, CASE CONTACTS, AND ONGOING CASE REQUIREMENTS |
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Proposed rule
| Notice Filed with SOS |
10/31/2018 |
| Rule |
ProposedRuleAttach2018-00603.doc |
| Statutory Authority |
26-1-107, C.R.S. (2015), 26-1-109, C.R.S. (2015), 26-1-111, C.R.S. (2015),26-1-111, C.R. S. (2015) |
| Description of Subjects/Issues |
In 2012, the Child Fatality Review Team recommended that the Division of Child Welfare explore the implementation of a safety assessment tool for the Program Area 4 (PA4) – Youth in Conflict population. Additionally, counties and stakeholders expressed concerns that services being provided to the PA4 population lacked consistency between counties. In 2018, the Federal Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) identified a lack of face to face contacts with parent as an area that needed to be improved. These concerns were largely due to a lack of rules implementing a minimum standard of practice for the PA4 population, which led children/youth to enter placement and cases opening without a caseworker ever meeting a parent in person or seeing the home, children/youth remaining in care for extended periods of time, and a lack of urgency in locating permanent placements for PA4 children/youth. These rules are intended to provide a minimum standard of practice in order to reduce unnecessary out of home placements by promoting the use of kin for out of home placements, increase parent engagement, ensure that all families are assessed for safety and risk, and ensure that caseworkers continue to meet with parents face to face after entering foster care. |
| Purpose/Objective of Rule |
In 2012, the Child Fatality Review Team recommended that the Division of Child Welfare explore the implementation of a safety assessment tool for the Program Area 4 (PA4) – Youth in Conflict population. Additionally, counties and stakeholders expressed concerns that services being provided to the PA4 population lacked consistency between counties. In 2018, the Federal Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) identified a lack of face to face contacts with parent as an area that needed to be improved. These concerns were largely due
to a lack of rules implementing a minimum standard of practice for the PA4 population, which led children/youth to enter placement and cases opening without a caseworker ever meeting a parent in person or seeing the home, children/youth remaining in care for extended periods of time, and a lack of urgency in locating permanent placements for PA4 children/youth. These rules are intended to provide a minimum standard of practice in order to reduce unnecessary out of home placements by promoting the use of kin for out of home placements, increase
parent engagement, ensure that all families are assessed for safety and risk, and ensure that caseworkers continue to meet with parents face to face after entering foster care. |
| Basis And Purpose |
BasisAndPurposeAttachment2018-00603.doc
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| Regulatory analysis |
RegulatoryAnalysisAttachment2018-00603.doc
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| Submitted in response to issues raised by COLS/OLLS? |
No
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| Is this rule adopted in response to recent legislation? |
No
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| Hearing Date |
12/07/2018 |
| Hearing Time |
08:30 AM |
| Hearing Location |
1575 Sherman Street |
| Contact Name |
Trevor Williams |
| Contact Title |
Rule Author |
| Contact Telephone |
303-866-4539 |
| Contact email |
trevor.williams@state.co.us |
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Adopted rule
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