Students with disabilities, who are homeless or living in foster homes have the right to free transportation to their schools. School districts’ costs are rising.
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Colorado solo financia una agencia para que ayude a familias y niños adoptados con pasados traumáticos. Y su presupuesto acaba de recortarse.
De todas las familias que han recibido asesoría informada por el trauma a través de Raise de Future, ninguna ha reportado una adopción interrumpida, según la agencia y el estado.
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El mismo niño adoptado en Colorado puede obtener $1,000 en subsidios mensuales, o nada. ¿El factor decisivo? Dónde vive.
Colorado figura entre solo un puñado de estados donde los condados establecen totalmente los pagos de asistencia para adopciones. El estado está implementando reformas.
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Doble decepción: cuando los niños en custodia temporal en Colorado son adoptados, con frecuencia terminan otra vez en el sistema de bienestar infantil
En la última década, más de 1,000 niños adoptados después de estar en custodia temporal en Colorado terminaron otra vez en el sistema.
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Lawmakers aim to reform Colorado’s child welfare system with series of summer hearings
The 11-member committee wants to address long-standing problems with sweeping legislation instead of piecemeal bills
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Parents of kids with medical needs say they’ve been battling Medicaid over in-home nursing care for years
Colorado families with children on ventilators and using feeding tubes say they continue to receive denials from Medicaid
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Youth center staff often helpless to prevent kids from running away due to Colorado law, study finds
Kids who run from residential placements are in “fight, flight or freeze” mode, hoping to find connection and familiarity, according to a study for Colorado’s task force to prevent runaways
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Colorado lawmakers to consider $5 million proposal to target youth homelessness after current programs fall short
On a typical day in Colorado, there are about 600 homeless children and 262 homeless young adults ages 18 to 24
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Many Colorado foster kids don’t get behavioral health screenings as fast as they should
Data recently reviewed by state lawmakers reinforces findings from a Colorado Sun investigation that found 13% of adoptions of foster children have failed in the last decade — mainly due to behavioral issues
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Colorado funds only one agency to help families and adopted kids with their trauma-filled past. And its budget just got slashed.
No family who has received trauma-informed coaching by Raise the Future has reported a disrupted adoption, according to the agency and the state.