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Provider & County Appeals and Waivers

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Last Updated: May 12, 2026

The State Department is authorized to hear and decide three kinds of appeal or waiver requests by applicants or licensees: hardship appeals in this rule set, also referred to as hardship waivers, and stringency appeals,, according to the following procedures. For purposes of Section 7.701.13, a county department of human/social…

Resource Type: Fact Sheet

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Adoption, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Day Treatment, Homeless Youth Shelter, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility, Secure Residential Treatment Center, Specialized Group Facility

Audience: Service Providers

Flag and name removal form

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Last Updated: Apr 30, 2026

Form to remove the link between an individual's name and the facility in the CBI database

Resource Type: Form

Audience: Service Providers

CDHS Provider Services Unit – Appeal and Waiver Request Instructions

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Last Updated: Apr 29, 2026

Resource Type: Fact Sheet

Issue: — — Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, — — Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Adoption — Private & International, Child Placement Agency — Adoption, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Day Treatment, Homeless Youth Shelter, Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility, Specialized Group Facility, Therapeutic Foster Care, Treatment Foster Care

Audience: Service Providers

Preparation for a Licensing Visit

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Last Updated: Apr 29, 2026

Informational resource for what to expect from a Licensing visit and how to prepare for a Licensing visit

Resource Type: Fact Sheet

Audience: Service Providers

Schedule for Family Foster Homes

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Last Updated: Apr 28, 2026

Required form for all foster home appeals. This form lists all of the children in the home (foster, adoptive, and biological) to include their names, ages, and date of placement (if applicable).

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care

Audience: Service Providers

Child Placement Agency- Cost Report

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Last Updated: Jan 28, 2026

State Prescribed CPA Cost Report

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Adoption, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care

Audience: Service Providers

Child Placing Agency Traditional Foster Homes Staff Records checklist

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Last Updated: Jan 28, 2026

Checklist used by Licensing to review CPA Traditional Foster Home Staff files

Resource Type: Checklist

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care

Audience: Service Providers

CPA Therapeutic Foster Homes Staff Records Checklist

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Last Updated: Jan 28, 2026

Checklist used by Licensing to review CPA Therapeutic Foster Home Staff files

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care

Audience: Service Providers

CPA Treatment Foster Homes Staff Records Checklist

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Last Updated: Jan 28, 2026

Checklist used by Licensing to review CPA Treatment Foster Home Staff files

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care

Audience: Service Providers

Sample Mandatory Reporter Acknowledgement

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Last Updated: Jan 26, 2026

Child Abuse reporting acknowledgement form

Resource Type: Form

Audience: Service Providers

Core Indicator: Child Placement Agency

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Last Updated: Jan 8, 2026

Full checklist of rules a CPA must be in compliance with prior to a new license being issued

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care

Audience: Service Providers

CPA Therapeutic Foster Home Youth Records checklist

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Last Updated: Jan 8, 2026

Checklist used by Licensing to review CPA Therapeutic Foster Home Youth files

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care

Audience: Service Providers

2025 Fees Schedule

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Last Updated: Aug 25, 2025

Resource Type: Attachments

Audience: Service Providers

Psychotropic Medication for Children and Adolescents in Colorado’s Child Welfare System

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Last Updated: Jul 14, 2025

Resource Type: Fact Sheet, Form, Trauma-Informed Care Treatment Model Templates

Issue: — — Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, — — Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Child Placement Agency — Adoption, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Day Treatment, Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility, Specialized Group Facility

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

Provider Services – Appeal/Waiver Application

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Last Updated: Jun 22, 2025

Form to submit an appeal to the Appeal Panel, with instructions attached

Resource Type: Application

Audience: Service Providers

Child Placement Agency: Critical Incident

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Last Updated: Sep 23, 2024

Resource Type: Trails

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Therapeutic Foster Care, Treatment Foster Care

Audience: Service Providers

Health Passport

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Last Updated: Apr 25, 2024

Resource Type: Link, Video

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Residential Child Care Facility

Audience: Service Providers

CDHS-External-Trails-Access-Request-Form-Extender-07212021

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Last Updated: Mar 28, 2024

Colorado Department of Human Services- External Trails Access Request Form

Resource Type: Application, Trails

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Adoption, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Day Treatment, Homeless Youth Shelter, Provider Services, Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility, Secure Residential Treatment Center, Specialized Group Facility

Audience: Service Providers

Colorado Cross-Systems Training Institute

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Last Updated: Mar 28, 2024

The Colorado Behavioral Health Administration and the Cross-Systems Training Institute are committed to protecting the health and safety of all Coloradans. We have transitioned all of our trainings to a virtual platform, and at this time for the foreseeable future all live trainings are being offered virtually. We also encourage…

Resource Type: Link

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Adoption, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Day Treatment, Performance Management & Outcomes, Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility, Secure Residential Treatment Center, Specialized Group Facility

Audience: County Directors, General Public, Service Providers

Building Bridges Initiative

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Last Updated: Mar 28, 2024

Building Bridges Initiative provides tools to support your work with the Building Bridges five core values and principles to implement best practices

Resource Type: Link

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Performance Management & Outcomes, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility

Audience: County Directors, General Public, Service Providers

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

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Last Updated: Mar 28, 2024

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation and to improve the lives of individuals living with mental and substance use disorders, and…

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Performance Management & Outcomes, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility

Audience: County Directors, General Public, Service Providers

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)

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Last Updated: Mar 28, 2024

resources on child trauma by The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)

Resource Type: Link

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Performance Management & Outcomes, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility

Audience: County Directors, General Public, Service Providers

How to respond to a Report of Inspection

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Last Updated: Mar 28, 2024

Informational resource for how to respond to a Report of Inspection and tips for agencies writing a response to a Report of Inspection

Resource Type: Fact Sheet

Audience: Service Providers

Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) website

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Last Updated: Mar 20, 2024

The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) is a law that has been enacted by all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This law establishes orderly procedures for the interstate placement of children and fixes responsibilities for those involved in placing the child.

Resource Type: Link

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Adoption, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Day Treatment, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility, Secure Residential Treatment Center, Specialized Group Facility

Audience: General Public, Service Providers

Facility Child Abuse and Neglect (Trails) Request

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Last Updated: Nov 14, 2023

Facility Child Abuse and Neglect (Trails) Request. Links to Colorado Department of Early Childhood Background Check web site.

Resource Type: Form

Audience: Service Providers

CDHS Child Placement Agency Foster Care License – Renewal Application

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Last Updated: Nov 14, 2023

Application form for use for yearly renewal of a Child Placement Agency license. Application form for use when a licensee has previously held a one year license which was changed to a probationary license and the licensee wants to apply for the one year license to be restored.

Resource Type: Application

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Therapeutic Foster Care, Treatment Foster Care

Audience: Service Providers

CDHS Provider License — Original Application

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Last Updated: Nov 14, 2023

This is the application form for a child care license to be able to operate a Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP).

Resource Type: Application

Issue: ABA Clinic, Child Placement Agency — Adoption, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Day Treatment, Homeless Youth Shelter, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility, Secure Residential Treatment Center, Specialized Group Facility

Audience: Service Providers

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…

Resource Type: Video

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Prevention Services

Audience: Judicial/Legal

CPA Treatment Foster Home Youth Records checklist

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Last Updated: Jul 1, 2023

Checklist used by Licensing to review CPA Treatment Foster Home Youth files

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care

Audience: Service Providers

Provider Rates

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Last Updated: Jun 21, 2023

Rates by placement type for July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024

Resource Type: Memo

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility, Specialized Group Facility

Audience: Service Providers

Original Application to Care for Children and Youth

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Last Updated: Apr 1, 2023

Application for foster care and adoption applicants

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Adoption, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care

Audience: General Public, Service Providers

Original Application to Care for Children and Youth- Spanish

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Last Updated: Apr 1, 2023

Application for foster care and adoption applicants- Spanish

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Adoption, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care

Audience: General Public, Service Providers

Implementation Guide for County Directors

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Last Updated: Nov 18, 2022

The Colorado Department of Human Services and the Colorado Human Services Directors Association have created a guide to support county directors in the implementation of Family First. Each section of the guide is formatted to include: (1) an introduction, (2) "what county directors need to know," on the topic and…

Resource Type: Handbook

Issue: — — Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Funding & Reimbursement, Independent Assessment, Prevention Services, Provider Services

Audience: County Directors

Family First Prevention Services Act: Judicial and Legal Practice Considerations – Part 2

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Last Updated: Sep 29, 2021

}Part 2 After a Petition is Filed a Child or Youth is in Placement

Resource Type: Presentation

Issue: — — Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Provider Services

Audience: Judicial/Legal

Family First Prevention Services Act: Judicial and Legal Practice Considerations – Part 3

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Last Updated: Sep 29, 2021

}Part 3 During a Child or Youth’s Transition from Care

Resource Type: Presentation

Issue: — — Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Provider Services

Audience: Judicial/Legal

External Access Request Form – Modernized Trails

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Last Updated: Jul 21, 2021

Application for requesting access to Trails

Resource Type: Form

Audience: Service Providers

Placement Continuum Learning Collaborative: Traditional Foster Care

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Last Updated: Jan 24, 2021

This 1 hour and 12 minute video focuses on traditional foster care and the placement continuum.

Resource Type: Video

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers

Placement Continuum Learning Collaborative: Therapeutic and Treatment Foster Care

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Last Updated: Jan 24, 2021

This 1 hour and 7 minute video explores the topic of therapeutic and treatment foster care.

Resource Type: Video

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Provider Services, Treatment Foster Care

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers

Quality Standards for 24-Hour Child Care Core Indicator for Inspection

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Last Updated: Sep 1, 2019

Full checklist of the rules at 7.714, Quality Standards for 24-Hour Child Care, which all facilities this rule set applies to must be in compliance with prior to a new license being issued. 7.714 applies to specialized group facilities, residential child care facilities, shelter residential child care facilities, and psychiatric…

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Adoption, Child Placement Agency — Foster Care, Day Treatment, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility, Specialized Group Facility

Audience: Service Providers

CPA Foster Homes Supplemental Worksheet

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Last Updated: Aug 1, 2016

A tool for CPAs to track details of the requirements for foster home original certification and recertification

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Child Placement Agency — Foster Care

Audience: Service Providers

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