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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

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

Facility- Critical Incident -Job Aid

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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2026

Resource Type: Trails

Audience: Service Providers

Residential Child Care Facility Staff Record Checklist

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Last Updated: Jan 28, 2026

Checklist used by Licensing to review Residential Child Care Facility Staff files, Qualified Residential Treatment Program Staff files, and Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility Staff files

Resource Type: Checklist

Issue: Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility

Audience: Service Providers

Qualified Residential Treatment Program Youth Record Checklist

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Last Updated: Jan 28, 2026

Checklist used by Licensing to review QRTP Youth files

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Qualified Residential Treatment Program

Audience: Service Providers

Residential Child Care Facility Cost Report

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Last Updated: Jan 28, 2026

State Prescribed RCCF Cost Report

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility

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

Colorado CANS FAQs

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Last Updated: Jan 14, 2026

Colorado Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Frequently Asked Questions This is still a draft - questions and edits will be added as needed

Resource Type: FAQ

Issue: Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility

Audience: County Directors, General Public, Service Providers

2025 Fees Schedule

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Last Updated: Aug 25, 2025

Resource Type: Attachments

Audience: 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

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

Understanding QRTPs and IMDs

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Last Updated: Mar 28, 2024

Resource Type: Fact Sheet

Issue: Qualified Residential Treatment Program

Audience: General Public, 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

Colorado Child Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS)

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Last Updated: Dec 14, 2023

Colorado Child Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS)

Resource Type: Link

Issue: Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility

Audience: County Directors, General Public, Service Providers

Attestation for RCCF/QRTPs Enrolling with Medicaid

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Last Updated: Nov 14, 2023

Form to be completed and submitted it to the Provider Services Unit with application for License/Certification as a RCCF/QRTP for any RCCF's and QRTP's planning to enroll with Medicaid

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility

Audience: 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 Residential Child Care Facility License – Renewal Application

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Last Updated: Nov 14, 2023

Application form for use for yearly renewal of a Residential Child Care Facility, including those with additional services of QRTP, PRTF, Shelter Care, or Runaway and Homeless Youth. Application form for use when a licensee has previously held a one year license which was changed to a probationary license and…

Resource Type: Application

Issue: Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility

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

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

Attestation Form for Facilities Enrolling with Health First Colorado

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Last Updated: Aug 21, 2023

Colorado facilities will complete this form and submit it to their assigned Licensing Specialist at the Division of Child Welfare Provider Services Unit (PSU) with application for License if they plan to enroll with Health First Colorado.

Resource Type: Form

Issue: Qualified Residential Treatment Program

Audience: Service Providers

Colorado Family First Implementation Team

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Last Updated: Aug 21, 2023

This group is responsible for developing, deploying and monitoring a plan to implement Colorado's Family First Implementation Road Map

Resource Type: Link

Issue: Independent Assessment, Prevention Services, Provider Services

Audience: County Directors, General Public, Service Providers

General Family First Fact Sheet

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Last Updated: Aug 21, 2023

This Fact Sheet highlights the overarching goals of Family First and describes the key components related to placement and prevention services.

Resource Type: Fact Sheet

Issue: Prevention Services, Provider Services, Qualified Residential Treatment Program

Audience: County Directors, General Public, Service Providers

Trauma-Informed Care Scoring Rubric

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Last Updated: Aug 21, 2023

This is the Colorado Office of Behavioral Health scoring rubric for Qualified Residential Treatment Programs Trauma Informed Care Models. This document is intended to help guide agencies in developing effective models.

Resource Type: Tool or Toolkit

Issue: Provider Services, Qualified Residential Treatment Program

Audience: Service Providers

Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 A Guide for the Legal Community

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Last Updated: Jul 7, 2023

}This guide highlights the impact of selected areas on agency/County attorneys, guardians ad litem, counsel for children, respondent parents’ counsel and judges.

Resource Type: Agendas

Issue: Independent Assessment

Audience: Judicial/Legal

Tool for Engaging the Legal Community in Implementing Family First.

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Last Updated: Jul 7, 2023

}Published by the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law. This tool lays the groundwork for state and local child welfare agencies to partner with the legal community to identify and address the Act’s potential legal implications as part of the implementation process. The goal of the tool…

Resource Type: Tool or Toolkit

Issue: — — Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Independent Assessment

Audience: County Directors, Judicial/Legal

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

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

CDHS Independent Assessment Toolkit

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Last Updated: Apr 22, 2022

This toolkit includes a wide range of documents and resources that provide detailed guidance on the independent assessment process.

Resource Type: Tool or Toolkit

Issue: Independent Assessment, Provider Services

Audience: County Directors, General Public, Service Providers

Independent Assessment Fact Sheet

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Last Updated: Apr 16, 2022

Family First Independent Assessment Fact Sheet

Resource Type: Fact Sheet

Issue: — — Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Independent Assessment

Audience: County Directors, General Public, Judicial/Legal

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

UPDATE LINK Transitioning Placement Facilities as of 2.28.2022

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Last Updated: Feb 28, 2022

This document provides a comprehensive list of (Residential Child Care Facilities) RCCFs that were transitioning as of 02/28/2022* The list includes provider name, county/region, and bed capacity. (*This document will be updated as needed, please reference the date to know when the last update occurred.)

Resource Type: Other

Issue: Provider Services, Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Residential Child Care Facility

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers

DCW Operation Memo Long-term Placement Process

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Last Updated: Dec 22, 2021

This memo clarifies the length of stay waiver process for long-term out-of-home placement in a Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP)

Resource Type: Memo

Issue: Provider Services, Qualified Residential Treatment Program

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers

Child Care Facility Licensing Rules – Volume 7

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Last Updated: Nov 10, 2021

This website has information on current regulations for child care facility licensing.

Resource Type: Link

Issue: Provider Services, Qualified Residential Treatment Program

Audience: Service Providers

QRTP Benchcard

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Last Updated: Oct 19, 2021

QRTP Benchcard Tool for Judicial & Legal Staff

Resource Type: Other

Issue: — — Qualified Residential Treatment Program, Independent Assessment

Audience: County Directors, Judicial/Legal

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