Colorado § 19-7-303 Foster youth in transition program - established

Colorado Statutes

§ 19-7-303 — Foster youth in transition program - established

Colorado·Title 19 Children's·Art. Youth in Foster Care

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 greater age of foster care eligibility as required by
federal law. Each county department shall make the transition program available to
eligible youth on a voluntary basis. The child welfare services provided through the
transition program must be client-directed and developmentally appropriate, as set
forth in a voluntary services agreement developed and entered into pursuant to
section 19-7-306 and, when required, overseen by the juvenile court in a youth in
transition proceeding brought pursuant to this

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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 greater age of foster care eligibility as required by
federal law. Each county department shall make the transition program available to
eligible youth on a voluntary basis. The child welfare services provided through the
transition program must be client-directed and developmentally appropriate, as set
forth in a voluntary services agreement developed and entered into pursuant to
section 19-7-306 and, when required, overseen by the juvenile court in a youth in
transition proceeding brought pursuant to this part 3. The state department is
encouraged to submit, as part of the annual budget process, a request for
increased appropriations to fund the increased caseload for the transition program.

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