Title 19, Children's Code
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-101 Rights of children and youth in foster care - written notice - reporting - legislative declaration
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(1) (a) The general assembly finds and declares that: (I) Children and youth in foster care are temporarily or permanently separated from their parents and are the responsibility of the state of Colorado; (II) These children and youth are in a unique situation that requires speci…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-102 Protection against identity theft
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(1) The court shall ensure that each youth in foster care who is in the legal custody of a county department of human or social services or the department of human services and who is at least fourteen years of age obtains or receives free annual credit reports from the departmen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-103 Access to extracurricular activities - legislative declaration - rules
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that it is important for youth in foster care, excluding those in the custody of the division of youth services or a state mental hospital, to have increased access to normative, developmentally appropriate extracurricular activities to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-104 Subjects included within training for certified foster parents and kinship foster care - rules
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(1) Rules promulgated by the state department of human services that prescribe training for foster care parents prior to placement of a child or youth must include training on the following subjects: (a) The effects of child abuse and neglect on child development; (b) Health issu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-105 Federal benefits for children and youth in foster care - rules - definitions - legislative intent - legislative declaration
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(1) (a) The general assembly finds and declares that: (I) The federal government provides various benefits and resources to promote the well-being, education, health, and safety of children or youth in foster care; (II) In addition to their needs and circumstances making them eli…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-201 Short title
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The short title of this part 2 is the Foster Youth Siblings Bill of Rights. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added with relocations, (HB 19-1288), ch. 216, p. 2234, � 2, effective August 2.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-202 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that it is beneficial for a youth placed in foster care to be able to continue relationships with the youth's siblings, regardless of age, so that siblings may share their strengths and association in their everyday and often common exp…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-203 Foster care sibling rights
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(1) Sibling youth in foster care, except youth in the custody of the division of youth services created pursuant to section 19-2.5-1501 or a state hospital for persons with behavioral or mental health disorders, have the following rights, unless they are not in the best interests…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-204 Foster care sibling family time - contact plan - rules - definition
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(1) The department of human services shall provide information on sibling contact in the family time plan for a youth. In doing so, the department shall ask the youth about the youth's wishes as to sibling contact. (2) As written in the family time plan, the department shall, if …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-301 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Each year, for a variety of reasons, more than two hundred youth, ages eighteen to twenty-one, exit Colorado's foster care system without an established permanent home or a stable support network; (b) These youth typically do …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-302 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Advisory board means the foster youth successful transition to adulthood grant program advisory board created in section 19-7-314. (1.3) Case management agency means an agency that meets criteria to provide case m…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-303 Foster youth in transition program - established
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The foster youth in transition program is established in the state department to be implemented in county departments throughout the state to provide extended child welfare services to eligible youth eighteen years of age or older but less than twenty-one years of age, or such gr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-304 Eligibility and enrollment
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(1) An eligible youth is an individual who: (a) Is at least eighteen years of age or older, but less than twenty-one years of age, or such greater age of foster care eligibility as required by federal law; (b) Has a current dependency and neglect case or has current or recent pri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-305 Available services and supports
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(1) Each county department shall offer, at a minimum, the following services and supports to participating youth in the transition program: (a) Assistance with enrolling in the appropriate category of medicaid for which the participating youth is eligible; (b) Assistance with sec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-306 Voluntary services agreement
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(1) A voluntary services agreement entered into pursuant to this part 3 is a binding standardized agreement, written in a client-driven and developmentally appropriate manner, between the county department and a participating youth. The agreement specifies the terms of the youth'…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-307 Petition - form and content
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(1) A youth or a participating youth may file a petition on the youth's own behalf at any time. Or, if such a petition has not yet been filed and a voluntary services agreement remains in effect after ninety days, a county department shall file a petition with the court initiatin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-308 Right to counsel - guardian ad litem - representation of petitioner
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(1) A participating youth has a right to counsel. If the youth accepts the publicly provided counsel, counsel must be assigned by the office of the child’s representative or approved by the court from a list of attorneys appointed by the office of the child’s representative. The …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-309 Supervised independent living placements - background checks not required
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A county department is not required to conduct background checks for other residents of a supervised independent living placement as a condition of approving a participating youth’s independent living setting.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-309.5 Initial hearings
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(1) The court shall set the matter for an initial hearing within fifty-six days of receipt of a petition filed pursuant to this section, and the court shall appoint counsel for youth for the petitioning youth. If the office of the child's representative has already assigned couns…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-310 Emancipation discharge hearings - emancipation transition plan
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(1) At the direction of a participating youth, with assistance and support from a county department, an emancipation transition plan that is personalized for the participating youth must be developed and finalized no more than ninety days prior to the participating youth's emanci…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-311 Permanency planning hearings - notice to parents
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A permanency planning hearing must be held for a participating youth under the court's jurisdiction pursuant to this part 3 in the same manner as provided in section 19-3-702; except that permanency hearings need only be held at least every twelve months. The youth's parent or pa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-312 Periodic reviews
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(1) The court shall hold a periodic review hearing for each participating youth at least once every six months. A review hearing not coinciding with a permanency hearing may be held on the court's administrative docket by written report upon agreement of the parties. The review h…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-313 Continuing jurisdiction
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(1) The court has continuing jurisdiction over the participating youth until any of the following occurs: (a) The participating youth moves the court, at any time, to withdraw the youth's participation in the transition program and to terminate the court's jurisdiction. The court…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-314 Foster youth successful transition to adulthood grant program - creation - standards - application - fund - advisory board - duties
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(1) (a) The foster youth successful transition to adulthood grant program is created within the state department. The purpose of the grant program is to create and administer programs that support eligible youth in making a successful transition to adulthood and provide case mana…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-314.5 Colorado fostering success voucher program - established - eligibility - administration - availability, standards, and services
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(1) The Colorado fostering success voucher program is established in the state department. The purpose of the voucher program is to provide vouchers to voucher recipients and provide developmentally appropriate case management for voucher recipients who are eligible for the vouch…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-315 Rules
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The state department shall promulgate rules for the implementation of this part 3, including, but not limited to, rules concerning eligibility determinations, administrative appeals of eligibility determinations, enrollment into the transition program, emancipation transition pla…