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Last updated: July 22, 2024
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March 2025 Prevention and Core Services Newsletter

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Last Updated: Apr 3, 2025

Prevention and Core Services Newsletter March 2025 March in Colorado is not for the faint of heart. You may be in shorts one day and digging out your winter gear the next. Coloradans are used to the wild fluctuations and have come to expect the tease of fools spring, as…

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

January 2025 Prevention and Core Services Newsletter

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Last Updated: Apr 3, 2025

Prevention and Core Services Newsletter January 2025 Happy January! Some see this month as a fresh start with new routines and aspirations. Others bury themselves in thick blankets and clothing, counting down the days until flip-flop weather returns. Whether you are a member of team “sweater weather” or “polar bear plunge”…

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

February 2025 Prevention and Core Services Newsletter

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Last Updated: Apr 3, 2025

Prevention and Core Services Newsletter February 2025 February is here and we are feeling all the feels! People tend to associate this month with roses, chocolate, and cards professing their love. You may find this hard to believe but not everyone celebrates February 14 the same way, for the same…

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

IV-E Reimbursement for Children and Youth

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Last Updated: Oct 4, 2024

County child welfare staff should complete the required steps to claim IV-E reimbursement for children and youth receiving federally approved evidence-based services in Colorado's prevention plan. Watch the video and learn how to ensure that proper Trails entry is completed for all children/youth receiving these services.

Resource Type: Video

Issue: Funding & Reimbursement

Audience: County Directors, Judicial/Legal, Service Providers

OBH Momentum Program

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Last Updated: Aug 21, 2023

The Rocky Mountain Human Services (RMHS) Momentum Program supports the transition of children and adults from inpatient mental health institutes, hospitals, home and other care settings to community living.

Resource Type: Link

Issue: Funding & Reimbursement, Prevention Services, Provider Services

Audience: County Directors, General Public, Service Providers

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.

Resource Type: Tool or Toolkit

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

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers

Colorado Vendor Self Service (VSS) system

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Last Updated: Aug 21, 2023

The ColoradoVSS website allows vendors to manage their account, review and respond to solicitations. Most State agencies and many Institutions of Higher Education post solicitations for goods, services, and construction notices on the ColoradoVSS website.

Resource Type: Link

Issue: Funding & Reimbursement, Prevention Services, Provider Services

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers

Child and Youth Mental Health Treatment Act (CYMHTA) Program

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Last Updated: Aug 21, 2023

This web link provides information on the Children and Youth Mental Health Treatment Act (CYMHTA) (C.R.S. 27-67-101, et. seq.), also called House Bill 18-1094, which allows for families to access mental health treatment services for their child or youth. CYMHTA is an alternative to child welfare involvement when a dependency…

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Issue: Funding & Reimbursement, Prevention Services, Provider Services

Audience: County Directors, 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 Placing Agency — Foster Care, Funding & Reimbursement, Independent Assessment, Prevention Services, Provider Services

Audience: County Directors

Understanding Claiming Under the Family First Prevention Services Act: Session Four Presentation

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Last Updated: Aug 31, 2022

Power Point slides of presentation on Session 4 of "Understanding Claiming" training

Resource Type: Presentation

Issue: Funding & Reimbursement

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers

Understanding Claiming Under the Family First Prevention Services Act: Session Three Presentation

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Last Updated: Aug 24, 2022

Power Point slides of presentation on Session 3 of "Understanding Claiming" training

Resource Type: Presentation

Issue: Funding & Reimbursement

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers

Family First Memo List

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Last Updated: Apr 1, 2022

This spreadsheet lists all of the memos that have been released by the state that are relevant to Family First.

Resource Type: Memo

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

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers