Notice of Rule Making Child Welfare Department of Human Services December 7, 2018November 6, 2018 The Department of Human Services - State Board of Human Services will be holding a rulemaking hearing on Friday, December 7th, 2018, 8:30 am on rules regarding Referral and Assessment. The hearing will be held at: 1575 Sherman Street, Denver CO 80203. The purpose of this rulemaking is:
In 2012, the Child Fatality Review Team recommended that the Division of Child Welfare explore the implementation of a safety assessment tool for the Program Area 4 (PA4): Youth in Conflict - population. Additionally, counties and stakeholders expressed concerns that services being provided to the PA4 population lacked consistency between counties. This was largely due to a lack of rules implementing a minimum standard of practice for the PA4 population, which led children/youth to: (1) youth enter placement and cases opening without a caseworker ever meeting a parent in person or seeing the home; (2) youth remaining in care for extended periods of time; and (3) a lack of urgency in locating permanent placements for PA4 children/youth. These rules are intended to increase parent engagement, ensure that all families are assessed for safety and risk, and provide a minimum standard of practice in order to reduce unnecessary out of home placements by promoting the use of kin for out of home placements. If you believe there will be a significant negative impact on small business, job creation or economic competitiveness, you may request that the Department of Regulatory Agencies require the rulemaking agency to prepare a cost-benefit analysis of a proposed rule or amendment. This request must be made to the Department of Regulatory Agencies by Thursday, November 15th, 2018. You may also submit comments directly to the rulemaking agency for the agency's consideration during the upcoming rulemaking hearing.
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