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Implementing The Family First Prevention Services Act: A Technical Guide for Agencies, Policymakers and Other Stakeholders

Last updated: August 21, 2023

Resource Type: Handbook

Issues: Prevention Services

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Last Updated: Aug 18, 2025

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Issue: Prevention Services, Funding & Reimbursement, Secure Residential Treatment Center, Core Services

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Prevention and Core Services Newsletter December 2024 December signals the end of the year. It is a time for reflection, gratitude, and action. It is the ultimate planning month. What do you want to accomplish in 2025? What do you want to add more of to your life or experience…

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Issue: Prevention Services

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers, General Public, Other, Judicial/Legal

Family First Implementation FAQs

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Last Updated: Jul 31, 2024

Family First provides an opportunity to make substantial improvements in the outcomes of children, youth and families in the child welfare system.

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Issue: Prevention Services

Audience: General Public

FFPSA Webinar Series: Judicial and Legal Practice Considerations

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Last Updated: Sep 1, 2023

Presented by the Colorado Court Improvement Program in collaboration with: ABA Center on Children and the Law, Colorado County Attorney’s Association, Office of the Child’s Representative, and Office of Respondent Parents’ Counsel. Join a three-part virtual training series to learn more about how the Family First Act may affect individual…

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Issue: Prevention Services, Child Placing Agency — Foster Care

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Family First Implementation Team – Workgroups

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Last Updated: Aug 21, 2023

This folder contains meeting agendas, minutes and other related documents from the different workgroups of the Implementation Team.

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Issue: Prevention Services, Provider Services, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Independent Assessment, Funding & Reimbursement

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Task Force Recommendations

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Last Updated: Aug 21, 2023

This Google Sheet provides details on the recommendations of the CHild Welfare Task Group in areas such as collaboration, advocacy, financing and more.

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Issue: Prevention Services

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SB21-137: Behavioral Health Recovery Act

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Last Updated: Aug 21, 2023

This is a summary of the 2021 bill concerning the "Behavioral Health Recovery Act of 2021".

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Issue: Prevention Services, Provider Services

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers, General Public

OBH Momentum Program

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Last Updated: Aug 21, 2023

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Issue: Prevention Services, Provider Services, Funding & Reimbursement

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers, General Public