Colorado’S Protocol
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Colorado’s Protocol Colorado’s Protocol Improving Services to Improving Services to Families Involved with Families Involved with Substance Abuse, Child Substance Abuse, Child Welfare and the Welfare and the Dependency Court Dependency Court
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Overview of the Protocol to Improve Services to Families involved with Substance Abuse, Child Welfare and the Family Court System.
Transcript of Colorado’S Protocol
Colorado’s ProtocolColorado’s Protocol
Improving Services to Families Improving Services to Families Involved with Substance Abuse, Involved with Substance Abuse,
Child Welfare and the Child Welfare and the Dependency CourtDependency Court
3 Main Sections3 Main Sections
Background InformationBackground Information
ProtocolProtocol
AppendicesAppendices
Background InformationBackground Information
Background information on systems Background information on systems involvedinvolved
Policy contextPolicy context
Context of direct practiceContext of direct practice
Current “hot” issuesCurrent “hot” issues
ProtocolProtocol
3 Sections3 Sections– Initial screeningInitial screening– In-depth assessmentIn-depth assessment– Ongoing case monitoring and case closureOngoing case monitoring and case closure
Divided along same categories used in Divided along same categories used in NCSACW SAFERR documentNCSACW SAFERR document
ProtocolProtocol
Community guiding principlesCommunity guiding principles
Community standardsCommunity standards
Suggestions for each system to facilitate Suggestions for each system to facilitate work with other systemswork with other systems– Child WelfareChild Welfare– Substance Abuse TreatmentSubstance Abuse Treatment– Dependency CourtDependency Court
Some HighlightsSome Highlights
Screening for substance abuse in all child Screening for substance abuse in all child welfare caseswelfare cases
Interdisciplinary case staffings at Interdisciplinary case staffings at beginning of casebeginning of case
Some HighlightsSome Highlights
New licensing category for substance New licensing category for substance abuse treatment providersabuse treatment providers
Screening for child safety in substance Screening for child safety in substance abuse treatmentabuse treatment
Screening for FAS/FASD in children done Screening for FAS/FASD in children done by both systemsby both systems
Some highlightsSome highlights
Training on cross-Training on cross-disciplinary disciplinary collaborationcollaboration
Court personnel Court personnel routinely ask about routinely ask about substance abuse substance abuse screenings and screenings and progress in treatmentprogress in treatment
Some HighlightsSome Highlights
Treatment plans Treatment plans routinely shared routinely shared across systems across systems and with the Courtand with the Court
Knowledge of Knowledge of services available services available in each systemin each system
AppendicesAppendices
Helpful reference Helpful reference informationinformation
Often from other Often from other sourcessources
Incomplete in Incomplete in spotsspots
We need your We need your feedback!!!feedback!!!
What are you doing already?What are you doing already?
Screening for substance abuseScreening for substance abuse
Interdisciplinary case staffingsInterdisciplinary case staffings
Work in interdisciplinary teamsWork in interdisciplinary teams
Co-located substance abuse staff in child Co-located substance abuse staff in child welfare agencieswelfare agencies
Use of addiction and recovery principles in Use of addiction and recovery principles in court processcourt process
What else?What else?
What are some ways you What are some ways you might use this information?might use this information?
What are some barriers in What are some barriers in your counties/jurisdictions to your counties/jurisdictions to implementing this protocol?implementing this protocol?
We want to hear from YOU!We want to hear from YOU!
What is useful?What is useful?
Which parts of the document don’t you Which parts of the document don’t you use?use?
Feedback:Feedback:
Feedback:Feedback:
How many pages did How many pages did you actually read?you actually read?
What needs to be What needs to be changed?changed?
Feedback:Feedback:
What did you read What did you read and think “We’ll do and think “We’ll do that!”that!”
What did you read What did you read and think “No way…!”and think “No way…!”
Please let us know what you think!Please let us know what you think!
Your Core Team:Your Core Team:
[email protected]@state.co.us
[email protected]@state.co.us
[email protected]@state.co.us
