Colorado Institutional Assessment and Abuse Insights
Discover the process of institutional assessments, reporting institutional abuse, and the role of the Institutional Assessment/Abuse Review Team in Colorado. Learn about the Provider Services Unit ensuring the safety of children and youth in out-of-home placements.
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Institutional Assessments (IA) and Stage 2 Investigations Joseph Brozek Pam Neu Institutional Assessment Specialist joseph.brozek@state.co.us Monitoring Supervisor pamela.neu@state.co.us February 18, 2021
Reporting Institutional Abuse 1-844-CO-4-KIDS Reporting Trends Demographics 2
Institutional Abuse and Neglect Abuse or neglect that occurs in one of the following licensed facilities: Child Care Centers Residential Child Care Facilities Group Homes Foster Homes Non-certified kinship with an open case, removal, and the county has custody Department of Youth Services (DYS) 3
Assessment Process Notifying professionals Interviews Findings Recommendations 4
Institutional Assessment/Abuse Review Team What is it? IART is a citizen review panel required by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) How IART operates How to get involved ARD screen out review 5
Provider Services Unit Goal: ensure the safety, care, and well-being of all children and youth that live in out of home placement, to include Day Treatments, throughout the State of Colorado Provider Development Manager: Amy Hixson Licensing Specialists: work with providers to meet and adhere to all requirements necessary for their particular license with the State Performance Management Manager: Laurie Burney Monitoring Specialists: complete Licensing investigations as they relate to agency/facility culpability as described in 12 CCR 2509-8 and Volume 7 6
CPAs are licensed and monitored by the Provider Services Unit. When licensed the CPA agrees to abide by all applicable state statutes, rules, regulations, and directives from the State Department. Foster Home Child Placement Agency (CPA) CPAs act as the governing body over the foster homes they certify in accordance with 12 CCR 2509-8 (7.710). Provider Services Unit (PSU) 7
Expectations CPAs (foster parents), RCCFs, PRTFs, are expected to cooperate, be responsive, and honest in all interactions with the County and State workers. CPAs (foster parents), RCCFs, PRTFs, are required to be truthful and transparent in all interactions and communications including discussions and documentation they provide to the county and state departments. 8
How are Stage II Investigations Initiated immediate (8 hours) Assigned Hotline Call County Assessment of Abuse/Neglect three calendar days Screened Out five working days Notify CPA (1 day) Interviews, Sites, Documents Complaint State Stage II Return Finding (60 days) Investigation 9
State Licensing Investigation (Stage II) Licensing Violations and CPA Culpability Unfounded Stage I Adverse Action Founded (possible) State Investigation Interviews, Sites, Documents Return Finding (Stage II) Unable to Confirm Complaint Adverse Action Confirmed (possible) 10
Understanding Findings County A/N Finding vs Licensing Finding Unfounded / Unfounded Unfounded / Founded Inconclusive / Unfounded Inconclusive / Founded Founded / Unfounded Founded / Founded 11
Adverse Action 26-6-108 C.R.S. Denial of license-suspension-revocation-probation-refusal to renew-fines The Department may deny an application, or suspend, revoke or make probationary the license of any facility regulated and licensed under this part 1.
Helpful Links Secretary of State CCR https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalCCRDocList.do?deptID=9& agencyID=107 CAMDRS County Appeals https://cdhs.colorado.gov/child-and-adult-mistreatment-dispute- review-section Division of Child Welfare https://cdhs.colorado.gov/our-services/child-and-family- services/child-welfare Raise The Future formerly Adoption Exchange https://www.raisethefuture.org/ Child Welfare Training System https://www.coloradocwts.com/find-a-class-2/course-registration 13
