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Independent Evaluation Shows Interdisciplinary Representation for Parents with Complex Child Welfare Cases Leads to Better Outcomes
For Immediate Release: February 12, 2024Contact: Melissa Thompson, Esq., Executive Director, Office of Respondent Parents’ Counsel, (303-731-8770) DENVER, Colorado – The Office of Respondent Parents’ Counsel (ORPC) today released new, independent research that shows using an interdisciplinary team to serve parents with complex family circumstances leads to greater success in their child welfare case. An […]
New Colorado law aims to give some incarcerated people chance to parent from prison
By Kristin Jones / The Colorado Sun Read the full article on The Colorado Sun website. When Pamela Clifton was sentenced to prison for a drug offense in the late ’90s, she had two small children, then 4 and 7. Her husband had recently died, so she was their only living parent. When Clifton was […]
When Foster Parents Don’t Want to Give Back the Baby
By Eli Hager / October 16, 2023 This article is a collaboration between The New Yorker and ProPublica. In many states, adoption lawyers are pushing a new legal strategy that forces biological parents to compete for custody of their children. Alicia Johansen spent her childhood moving with her drug-addicted mom from one place to the next, […]
Adams County judge wrongly canceled child neglect jury trial after mom failed to appear, appeals court finds
By Michael Karlik / Colorado Politics Read article on Colorado Politics Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that an Adams County judge who wound up deciding a child neglect case had no authority to cancel the planned jury trial solely because the mother failed to appear at a pretrial conference. A three-judge panel for the […]
Colorado Celebrates Parent Advocates and Family Reunification
“Together Today, Stronger Tomorrow: A Reunification Celebration” held at the Denver Zoo
Reunification Celebration honors the people and efforts that help Colorado families stay together
June proclaimed National Reunification Month in Colorado by Governor Polis
U.S. Supreme Court leaves the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) intact
“It was sheer joy. Beforehand, I was absolutely terrified that the Supreme Court was going to not uphold ICWA,” said Katie Correll.
Governor Polis Signs House Bill 23-1024 into law
Bill prioritizes and supports kin and relative placements for families involved in dependency and neglect cases
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