We are beginning a series of blog posts focused on our wildly important goal - the safe reduction of congregate care - with an exciting announcement. In November, we will begin a new strategy that will help us achieve this goal, a Treatment Foster Care Pilot which will begin November 1, 2014 and conclude May 1, 2015. Counties, providers, and state staff collaborated for more than a year to develop this important alternative to placement in congregate care. The pilot period will help inform us about the strategies that work, modifications, and rule revisions that may be needed to support adding Treatment Foster Care to the continuum of service for children, youth and their families involved with child welfare.
Below is a slide presented during September Cstat presentation representing the number of children and youth in congregate care through the child protective system. As you can see, there are 990 children in congregate care. Our goal is to safely reduce this number by monitoring all placements to ensure that children are receiving the right services, in the right place, at the right time.
Below is a slide presented during September Cstat presentation representing the number of children and youth in congregate care through the child protective system. As you can see, there are 990 children in congregate care. Our goal is to safely reduce this number by monitoring all placements to ensure that children are receiving the right services, in the right place, at the right time.
In the News
Software Helps States Reduce Foster Care Numbers
September 26, 2014 By Jeffrey Stinson, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Fewer children reside in state foster care than at any time in the last 25 years, as neglected or abused children increasingly are being placed with other relatives or kept in their homes after steps have been taken to make the family stable. . . . Colorado tracks children, measures its efforts and helps determine what other policies it should establish by using the Results Oriented Management in Child Welfare (ROM) reporting system developed about a decade ago at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. . . . Read more
Software Helps States Reduce Foster Care Numbers
September 26, 2014 By Jeffrey Stinson, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Fewer children reside in state foster care than at any time in the last 25 years, as neglected or abused children increasingly are being placed with other relatives or kept in their homes after steps have been taken to make the family stable. . . . Colorado tracks children, measures its efforts and helps determine what other policies it should establish by using the Results Oriented Management in Child Welfare (ROM) reporting system developed about a decade ago at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. . . . Read more
