DENVER (March 15, 2019) — The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) has reached an agreement that resolves an eight-year-old federal lawsuit over wait times for court-ordered competency services by expanding community-based services, providing treatment for people in jail waiting for services, and expediting inpatient services for Coloradans experiencing a serious mental health episode.
DENVER (March 1, 2019) — The Colorado Commission for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deafblind (CCDHHDB) is holding informational meetings this month in Steamboat Springs and Frisco to let rural Coloradans know about a new pilot program that will provide sign language interpreting services outside the Front Range.
DENVER (Feb. 21, 2019) — The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) is one of eight sites across the nation selected to partner with the National Training and Development Curriculum for Foster and Adoptive Parents (NTDC). CDHS will partner with the NTDC team to develop and evaluate a state-of-the-art foster and adoptive parent training program to include intensive preparation and on-going development components that reflect the capacities required of successful foster and adoptive parents.
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DENVER (Jan. 11, 2019) — In response to the partial federal government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has asked states to issue February’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits early — by Jan. 20 — which has the potential to affect 220,000 Colorado families.
DENVER (Jan. 10, 2019) — The Colorado Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline 1-844-CO-4-KIDS (1-844-264-5437) saw a record number of calls in 2018 (221,969 in 2018 as compared to a previous high of 211,554 in 2017). Thanks to concerned Coloradans who made these calls, local county social services agencies assessed the safety of more than 57,042 children last year.
