This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Family Preservation Act”. Source: L. 93: Entire article R&RE, p. 2006, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 26-5.5-101 as it existed prior to 1993.
The general assembly finds and declares that: Maintaining a family structure to the greatest degree possible is one of the fundamental goals that all state agencies must observe, and the state’s intervention in family dynamics should not exceed that which is necessary to rectify the cause for intervention; Out-of-home placement is often the most expensive […]
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: “At-risk family” means a family unit with a child who meets out-of-home placement criteria as established by the state board or who, without intervention, risks continued involvement with the child welfare system as established by the state board. (1.5) Repealed. “Family preservation services” means services […]
The executive directors of the departments of health care policy and financing and human services, through the promulgation of rules, may jointly develop, finance, and implement a statewide family preservation program, which program shall be fully implemented no later than July 1, 1996. The state department is hereby designated as the single state agency to […]
The implementation of the statewide family preservation program shall be subject to the availability of federal financial participation for emergency assistance under Title IV-A of the federal “Social Security Act”, other available federal funds, appropriations from the general assembly, and moneys realized from avoiding costs related to out-of-home placements. In addition, the executive director of […]
The governing body of each county or city and county shall establish a family preservation commission for the county or city and county to carry out the duties described in subsection (2) of this section. The commission shall be interdisciplinary and multiagency in composition; except that such commission shall include at least two members from […]
