19-002-13131 - Regional Community-Based Therapeutic Services

The Core Services Program was established within the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) in 1994 and is statutorily required to provide strength-based resources and support to families when children/youth are at imminent risk of out-of-home placement, in need of services to return home, or to maintain a placement in the least restrictive setting possible. The statewide Core Services Program is built to address four primary goals:
1. Focus on family strengths by directing intensive services that support and strengthen the family and/or protect the child/youth
2. Prevent out-of-home placement
3. Return the child/youth in placement to their own home, or unite the child/youth with their permanent families
4. Provide services that protect the child/youth