Tag: colorado department of human services
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Colorado justices side with news organizations for disclosure of high-level child abuse data
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the state must disclose the number of child abuse reports at individual group living facilities in response to an open records request, as the addresses are already in the public domain. The justices agreed that the Court of Appeals erred in resolving the case. But beyond that,…
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Lawsuit alleges Polis administration is holding juveniles after court‑ordered release
Colorado officials are facing a lawsuit alleging the state kept minors in juvenile detention for days or months after judges ordered them released, largely because appropriate foster or community placements were not available. Two minors facing juvenile delinquency charges sued Gov. Jared Polis and the director of the state’s Department of Human Services, alleging the…
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SNAP benefits on the way to Colorado families
With the government shutdown over after a vote Wednesday by the U.S. House, federal food aid, which has been delayed almost two weeks, is on its way to nearly 600,000 Coloradans. Colorado will move rapidly to deliver 100% of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, according to an announcement from the Polis administration. Some Coloradans…
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Colorado task force recommends sweeping changes to child abuse reporting laws
Colorado’s mandatory reporting laws for child abuse and neglect disproportionately impact communities of color and the disabled, and state law should specify that mandatory reporters should not make a report to child-protective services based on a parent’s indigence or socioeconomic status or a child’s disability, according to a legislative task force. The 34-member task force,…
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Jury awards $21.3M in damages in Colorado custody dispute involving false abuse allegations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A jury has awarded $21.3 million in damages after finding an ex-husband corruptly manipulated his Routt County divorce proceedings to gain full custody of his children by falsely alleging his ex-wife’s new fiancé sexually abused one of the children. The mother of the three children…
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Jury awards $21.3M in damages in Colorado custody dispute involving false abuse allegations
The successful lawsuit is the latest controversy to hit Colorado’s family court system.
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Federal lawsuit: Parental alienation theory, collusion jailed Colorado mom for year
Bias and collusion have marred child custody cases in Arapahoe County, including one in which a judge terminated a mother’s right to parent her three daughters and jailed her for more than 10 months for violating a gag order barring her from publicly protesting, a federal lawsuit contends. The lawsuit asks a federal judge to…
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Problems at Colorado’s primary mental hospital so severe that it faces potential loss of Medicare
Officials at Colorado’s primary mental hospital failed to protect a 20-year-old patient who suffered loss of brain function when he attempted to kill himself at the facility nearly three months ago, allowing violations in protocols meant to prevent such tragedies, state regulators determined. Among the host of problems, state regulators found that a clinical care…
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‘Chaotic’ and ‘unsafe:’ Problems at Colorado Springs youth services center resurface, employees say
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One year after two Colorado Springs locked facilities for juvenile offenders swapped populations of those being detained awaiting legal proceedings and those who’ve been adjudicated and committed, employees at Spring Creek Youth Services Center say problems from its troubled past have resurfaced, again creating a…
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‘Chaotic’ and ‘unsafe:’ Problems at Colorado Springs youth services center resurface, employees say
One year after two Colorado Springs locked facilities for juvenile offenders swapped populations of those being detained awaiting legal proceedings and those who’ve been adjudicated and committed, employees at Spring Creek Youth Services Center say problems from its troubled past have resurfaced, again creating a “chaotic” and “unsafe” situation. “It’s a very toxic environment,” said…