Colorado § 26-5.4-102 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 26-5.4-102 — Definitions

Colorado § 26-5.4-102

Title 26Human

Art.Foster Care Prevention Services

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26-5.4-102 (2026).

Text

As used in this article 5.4, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Foster care prevention services means mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services, in-home parent skill-based programs, kinship navigator programs, and other programs eligible for reimbursement under the federal Family First Prevention Services Act that are trauma-informed, promising, supported or well-supported, and provided to prevent foster care placement.

(2)Qualified residential treatment program means a licensed and accredited program that has a trauma-informed treatment model that is designed to address the child's or youth's needs, including clinical needs, as appropriate, of children and youth with serious emotional or behavioral disorders or disturbances in accordance with

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As used in this article 5.4, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Foster care prevention services means mental health and substance
abuse prevention and treatment services, in-home parent skill-based programs,
kinship navigator programs, and other programs eligible for reimbursement under
the federal Family First Prevention Services Act that are trauma-informed,
promising, supported or well-supported, and provided to prevent foster care
placement.

(2) Qualified residential treatment program means a licensed and
accredited program that has a trauma-informed treatment model that is designed
to address the child's or youth's needs, including clinical needs, as appropriate, of
children and youth with serious emotional or behavioral disorders or disturbances in
accordance with the federal Family First Prevention Services Act, 42 U.S.C. sec.
672 (k)(4), and is able to implement the treatment identified for the child or youth
by the assessment of the child or youth required in section 19-1-115 (4)(e)(I).

(3) Trauma-informed refers to the services to be provided to or on behalf of
a child or youth under an organizational structure and treatment framework that
involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of
trauma in accordance with recognized principles of a trauma-informed approach
and trauma-specific interventions to address trauma's consequences and facilitate
healing.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1308), ch. 256, p. 2456, � 1, effective August 2. L. 2020: (2) amended, (HB 20-1402), ch. 216, p. 1056, � 63, effective June 30.