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CMS FAQ

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Last Updated: Sep 20, 2019

This set of FAQs clarifies existing CMS policy regarding Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMDs) and its potential for impact on Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs) defined in title IV-E of the Social Security Act. CMS explains how states can provide Medicaid services to Medicaid-eligible children residing in these facilities.

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Issue: Provider Services, Qualified Residential Treatment Program

Audience: Service Providers

CMS Letter on STRTP-IMD Exclusion

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Last Updated: Jul 3, 2020

This letter concerns California's implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act1 (FFPSA) requirements for Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs).

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Issue: Provider Services, Qualified Residential Treatment Program

Audience: Service Providers

CMS Response to California

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Last Updated: Jul 30, 2020

This letter from the Department of Health and Human Services provides clarification about the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) requirements for Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs), Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program facilities (STRTPs) in California and their intersection with the Medicaid Institution for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion.

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Issue: Provider Services, Qualified Residential Treatment Program

Audience: Service Providers

SB19-108 and Family First: Follow Up Q&A

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Last Updated: Jul 28, 2021

PDF document with questions and answers from SB19-108 and Family First presentation

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Issue: Prevention Services, Provider Services

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers

Family First and Juvenile Justice Reform SB19-108 Informational Event Materials

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Last Updated: Jul 28, 2021

}In July 2021, judicial and delinquency partners in the 18th judicial district (Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties) hosted an event to increase knowledge of system reform efforts around Family First and Juvenile Justice Reform SB19-108. The event recording, presentation materials, and follow-up Q&A are available as a resource to…

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

Audience: County Directors, Judicial/Legal

Understanding Claiming Under the Family First Prevention Services Act: Colorado Lunch & Learn Series August 2021: Follow-up Q&A for Session Attendees

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Last Updated: Oct 12, 2021

This Q&A document answers questions about IV-E candidacy, eligibility for Medicaid, updates to the Colorado Family First Prevention Plan, and more.

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Issue: Provider Services, Funding & Reimbursement

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers

QRTP Benchcard

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Last Updated: Oct 19, 2021

QRTP Benchcard Tool for Judicial & Legal Staff

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Issue: Independent Assessment, — — Qualified Residential Treatment Program

Audience: County Directors, Judicial/Legal

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.)

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

Audience: County Directors, Service Providers

List of Adoption-Focused CPAs

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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2024

As Colorado is an “agency state,” all adoptive applicants must work with a licensed CPA for home study, pre-adoption education, and post placement services. While there are numerous CPAs in Colorado that provide these necessary services to both adoptive applicants and birth/biological parents, a family seeking to grow through private…

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Issue: Adoption — Private & International, Private Domestic Adoption

Audience: Service Providers, General Public

Intercountry Adoption Service Provider (Agency) Directory

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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2024

A complete list of accredited/approved Adoption Service Providers (Agencies) and the countries in which they work

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Issue: Adoption — Private & International, Intercountry Adoption

Audience: Service Providers, General Public

Facility Application Fee Chart

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Last Updated: Mar 27, 2024

Resource Type: Other, Attachments

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

Audience: Service Providers

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