The Domestic Violence Program is the state government entity responsible for administering funding to Colorado's community-based domestic violence crisis centers (funded crisis centers) as well as providing technical assistance, training, and consultation to state, county, and other programs. As such, the Domestic Violence Program works collaboratively with CDHS programs, and county and non-governmental agencies to develop state domestic violence policy, address legislative issues, and measure the effectiveness and quality of domestic violence programs.
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 Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) and the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) have been aware of potential conflicts of interest in the developmental disability services delivery system related to the multiple roles that Community Centered Boards (CCBs) hold for some time. In February 2010, the Departments solicited applications for and convened a stakeholder group to develop recommendations for resolving the conflict of interest issues inherent in the developmental disabilities system.
To provide stakeholders in the child welfare system with sufficient understanding of human developmental stages to make decisions that promote lifelong healthy development for children and youth involved in the child welfare system.
To assure that stakeholders in the child welfare system have an appreciation of the vital importance of collaboration with other stakeholder groups/organizations in order to assure the safety, permanency and well being of children and the provision of due process to families who are participants in the dependency and neglect court and agency process.
