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Committee advances bill to validate child-risk assessment tool after heated debate
Summary
The Early Learning & Human Services Committee reported out a second substitute to House Bill 15-44 to improve and validate the Department of Children, Youth, and Families’ (DCYF) risk-assessment tool, add cultural and tribal input and extend the reporting date; the measure passed the committee after contentious amendment votes, 9–2.
The Early Learning & Human Services Committee on Jan. 30 advanced a second substitute to House Bill 15-44 directing the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to study and improve its child risk, strengths and needs assessment tool, require periodic validation against current academic standards and add cultural, tribal and Department of Health guidance.
The bill — which the committee moved out with a due-pass recommendation after an executive-session debate — would expand the study to include cultural strengths and culturally appropriate service needs, incorporate Office of Tribal Relations feedback and extend the bill’s reporting deadline by one year from the date set in the original bill.
Much of the hearing focused on…
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