Colorado § 19-7-306 Voluntary services agreement

Colorado Statutes

§ 19-7-306 — Voluntary services agreement

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

(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's participation in the transition program, including, at a minimum:

(a)The participating youth's retention of all rights and responsibilities the youth would otherwise have, as described in section 19-7-304 (5); (a.5) Establishing the legal authority for placement with the county department;

(b)The participating youth's rights and obligations while the agreement is in effect, including the right to counsel. Upon entering into a voluntary services agreement with an eligible youth, the county department

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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's participation in the transition program, including, at a
minimum:

(a) The participating youth's retention of all rights and responsibilities the
youth would otherwise have, as described in section 19-7-304 (5);

(a.5) Establishing the legal authority for placement with the county
department;

(b) The participating youth's rights and obligations while the agreement is in
effect, including the right to counsel. Upon entering into a voluntary services
agreement with an eligible youth, the county department shall make a referral in
writing to the office of the child's representative and provide the youth with the
contact information for the office of the child's representative. Nothing in this
section limits the power of the court to appoint counsel or the power of the office of
the child's representative to assign counsel prior to the filing of a petition.

(c) A statement concerning the voluntary nature of the transition program
and the participating youth's right to terminate the agreement at any time and the
procedures for such termination and the right to begin receiving services again, if
needed, up to the youth's twenty-first birthday, or such greater age of foster care
eligibility as required by federal law;

(d) The county department's rights and obligations while the agreement is in
effect;

(e) The services that will be available to the participating youth through the
transition program, as specified in the roadmap to success; and

(f) The circumstances under which a county department may request that
the court terminate the agreement and the court's jurisdiction over the objection of
the participating youth.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 2021: Entire part added, (HB 21-1094), ch. 340, p. 2206, � 1, effective June 25. L. 2022: (1)(a) amended and (1)(a.5) added, (HB 22-1245), ch. 88, p. 420, � 8, effective August 10.