human services
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Colorado Supreme Court wary of requiring child welfare workers to give Miranda warnings prior to interrogations
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court seemed hesitant on Wednesday to endorse the idea that child welfare workers must provide a Miranda warning before interrogating a parent in custody, even if the conversation will later be used in a criminal prosecution. The state’s Court of Appeals previously upheld the murder convictions of two men, both…
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Northglenn residents decry planned transition home for sex offenders, mentally ill
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Northglenn residents packed a meeting Wednesday to voice their opposition, often tearfully, to a panel of city, county and state leaders over a Mental Health Transitional Living Home planned for an area near an elementary school, playgrounds and a church. Some are so upset by the facility, they plan to move from Northglenn. “If this…
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Northglenn residents decry planned transition home for sex offenders, mentally ill
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Northglenn residents packed a meeting Wednesday to voice their opposition, often tearfully, to a panel of city, county and state leaders over a Mental Health Transitional Living Home planned for an area near an elementary school, playgrounds and a church. Some are so upset by the facility, they plan to move from Northglenn. “If this…
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Northglenn residents decry planned transition home for sex offenders, mentally ill
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Northglenn residents packed a meeting Wednesday to voice their opposition, often tearfully, to a panel of city, county and state leaders over a Mental Health Transitional Living Home planned for an area near an elementary school, playgrounds and a church. Some are so upset by the facility, they plan to move from Northglenn. “If this…
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Denver Health requests $5 million budget increase, records losses in 2022
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Employee turnover, adding new employees and services and a building renovation has led two departments to request increases from the City of Denver in next year’s budget. Denver Health is requesting $5 million be added to its budget. The request comes after the department made $737,000 worth of cuts in the last year. Pending council’s…
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10th Circuit agrees Denver not immune from ADA lawsuit
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The federal appeals court based in Colorado agreed a woman could sue her former employer, the City and County of Denver, for disability discrimination without running into the immunity typically granted to states and their agencies. Lower court judges have repeatedly held that local departments of human services in Colorado are arms of the state…
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? Short-term rental rules, data-driven policing in 2017 audit plan
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Denver’s enforcement of short-term rental rules and data-driven policing will be closely reviewed by Auditor Timothy O’Brien as some of the areas targeted in his 2017 audit plan. O’Brien recently submitted the plan to Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver City Council as required by city charter. The plan consists of integrated audits that incorporate performance,…
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Mosle and Bicha: 2Gen approach about increasing quality of social service systems
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Ask any group of parents – rich or poor – what they want for their children and the answers you’ll get are amazingly consistent. They want good-paying jobs to support their families, high quality child care and great schools. We asked ourselves: Shouldn’t we design social service systems that address that universal list of hopes and dreams…
