Resources, Forms & Trainings

This 20-minute video provides guidance on how to use the Trails system.

This 1 hour and 42 minute video explores juvenile justice and the placement continuum.

This 58-minute video explores the Qualified Residential Treatment Facilities (QRTPs).

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

This is a Google form intended to gather input on specific Family First training needs/interests.

As the Family First Prevention Services Act (Family First) comes into effect in Colorado, child welfare staff need to understand and have the tools to accurately enter child and family data in Trails. This tipsheet provides guidance on data entry.

In 2019, the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law surveyed over 500 legal professionals about what they needed to better understand and implement the Family First Act. Most respondents (84%) said they would like an overview of the Act and clearer information about how it affects legal practice. This Family First legal guide seeks to meet that request.

This town hall recording focuses on the role of CANS assessments in Family First.

Checklist used by Licensing to review RCCF Shelter Care Youth files

This town hall recording introduces the fundamental components of Family First.

This handbook provides a detailed description of the standards used to identify and review programs and services for the Prevention Services Clearinghouse. It also provides a detailed description of the procedures followed by the staff of the Prevention Services Clearinghouse (which is part of the Administration for Children and Families).

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.