Resources, Forms & Trainings

This form is intended for service provider agencies – they must submit a description of their Trauma-Informed Care Model to the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) Office of Behavioral Health (OBH) upon application for a Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP) license and when applying for a mental health designation through OBH.

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.

Full checklist of rules a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility must be in compliance with prior to a new license being issued

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 residential treatment facilities. Section 7.714.53, et seq., and the applicable definitions in Section 7.714.1, also apply to approved family foster care homes and day treatment centers.

Full checklist of rules a Residential Child Care Facility must be in compliance with prior to a new license being issued

The purpose of this Information Memorandum (IM) is to demonstrate that family and youth voice are critical to a well-functioning child welfare system and to strongly encourage all public child welfare agencies, dependency courts, and Court Improvement Programs to work together to ensure that family and youth voice are central in child welfare program planning and improvement efforts.

This Program Instruction (PI) instructs states on the procedures for transitional payments for title IV-E prevention services and programs.

Checklist used by Licensing to review Secure Residential Treatment Center Youth files

Checklist used by Licensing to review Secure Residential Treatment Center Staff files

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

This Information Memorandum (IM) issues National Model Foster Family Home Licensing Standards.

A downloadable toolkit to help child welfare leaders, advocates, private providers and others talk about Family First and its intended outcomes.