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Chaffee County social services highlights child-welfare caseload changes and new housing grants; state CCAP and TANF funding discussed
Summary
County social services reported a spike in child-welfare referrals that did not result in screened-in investigations, described higher out-of-home placement counts after a data-collection change, and said the state authorized additional CCAP funding and preschool funding; staff also described new youth homelessness and family housing grants.
Chaffee County social services staff reported a surge in referrals to child-welfare intake that did not meet statutory screening thresholds, explained a change in how kinship placements are recorded, and outlined recent state and grant funding that officials said will boost local child-care and housing supports.
At the meeting staff said child-welfare referrals increased in the most recent reporting period but that many of the calls were not screened in as abuse or neglect — a pattern staff said still creates “work to be able to process those referrals.” Staff also said the county’s out-of-home placement…
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