The purpose of this document is to provide information and guidance to Child Find teams regarding the child identification process for children birth through five years old in Colorado. The information provided in this compendium is intended to guide Child Find practices in a way that meets the law, is evidence-based, and is best practice for young children and families.
The Colorado legislature has requested information from both the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing along with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to determine the costs and benefits associated with identifying veterans with Medicaid and assisting or encouraging them to access specific additional Veterans Affairs (VA) services in Colorado. Colorado may have an opportunity to save state general fund dollars for Medicaid recipients by identifying individuals eligible for and assisting with enrolling them to receive benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This report specifically addresses questions outlined in the Legislative Requests for Information for FY 2018-19 ("Multiple-Departments LRFI#4").
At the request of the Colorado Department of Education the Center was asked to research and identify effective quality standards for services provided to children and youth who are deaf and hard of hearing.
State agencies work to improve the health and well being of Colorado's children and youth by coordinating programs at the state level to ensure that those programs are responsive to the needs of communities in order to more effectively serve this population.
The memorandum summarizes educational, tax, motor vehicle, and employment benefits made available to qualifying veterans by state agencies. In addition, the memorandum summarizes hunting, fishing, park entrance, clearinghouse information services, and interment benefits, available to certain veterans.
Stakeholders will have an understanding of the service needs for families; the service providers that are available and accessible in their jurisdictions; and will be empowered and enabled to use their community partners in developing and delivering necessary services so that children and youth will be provided with safety, permanency and well-being.
