Tag: human services
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Colorado Supreme Court wary of requiring child welfare workers to give Miranda warnings prior to interrogations
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court seemed hesitant on Wednesday to endorse the idea that child welfare workers must provide a Miranda warning before interrogating a parent in custody, even if the conversation will later be used in a criminal prosecution. The state’s Court of Appeals previously upheld the murder convictions of two men, both…
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Northglenn residents decry planned transition home for sex offenders, mentally ill
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Northglenn residents packed a meeting Wednesday to voice their opposition, often tearfully, to a panel of city, county and state leaders over a Mental Health Transitional Living Home planned for an area near an elementary school, playgrounds and a church. Some are so upset by the facility, they plan to move from Northglenn. “If this…
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Colorado child protective agencies still falling short despite pledges to increase staffing
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Across Colorado, the county agencies charged with investigating child abuse still need hundreds more caseworkers to keep up with caseloads, according to consultants hired by the state in 2016 after widespread failures in protecting abused children. The caseworker deficiencies are laid out in a new…
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Colorado child protective agencies still struggling with staffing
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Across Colorado, the county agencies charged with investigating child abuse still need hundreds more caseworkers in order to keep up with caseloads, according to metrics developed by consultants hired by the state in 2016 after widespread failures in protecting abused children. The caseworker deficiencies are…