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Colorado Shines awards more preschools its top ranking for quality care
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Colorado Shines, the Department of Human Services program that rates child care and preschool programs, has added 54 programs to its highest ranking. The Office of Early Childhood’s list has grown its list of rated programs to 848, showing parents and guardians which ones meet and exceed state licensing requirements. DHS ranks programs on levels…
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DHS names new chief for children and families program, Minna Costilla Cohen
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At the end of the month Minna Castillo Cohen will take over as director of the Office of Children, Youth and Families, taking over the position vacated by Robert Werthwein, when he became director of the state Office of Behavioral Health in September. Both agencies are part of the Department of Human Services. Costillo Cohen…
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DHS honors Colorado foster families to raise awareness of the need for more homes
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The Colorado Department of Human Services highlighted five families for their dedication to foster kids at the Governor’s Mansion in Denver Saturday. “Touching the life of a child in need is one of the most important and fulfilling things we can do,” DHS executive director Reggie Bicha said in a statement. “These families have done…
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Colorado state hospital at Pueblo wins back its federal funding
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The Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo has won yet another reprieve on its federal funding from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The state mental hospital was threatened with termination of its federal Medicaid and Medicare payments after failing an inspection Feb. 22. The hospital also failed a follow-up inspection on June…
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State assisting Colorado’s Ute tribes to provide social services
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Reggie Bicha has been talking to tribal leaders about how the state of Colorado can be an ally to the Ute nation to provide needed social services to tribal members in the state. Bicha, executive director of the Colorado Department of Human Services, and other state agency leaders met with representatives from the Ute Mountain…
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Robert Werthwein replaces Nancy VanDeMark as state head of behavioral health
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Circumstances and leadership continue to evolve with the Colorado Department of Human Services behavioral health programs, as Nancy VanDeMark plans to return to a private healthcare consulting at the end of September. DHS is promoting Robert Werthwein to the role. VanDeMark has led the Office of Behavioral Health since 2015. “Dr. Werthwein is a dedicated…
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Bicha’s efficiency program C-Stat gets national attention
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Colorado Politics told you in July and now other news sources are taking the word nationwide: C-Stat program is a model that government could learn from. Reggie Bicha pragmatic’s way of taking on problems at the Department of Human Services is more like a brain bowl for bureaucrats than a bureaucracy. His senior staff and…
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Good cooking: DHS chefs show off the best dishes they serve to Colorado’s wards
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Here’s a taste of good government that could make your mouth water and put a smile on your face, for a change. Cooks from 14 Colorado Department of Human Services facilities squared off Wednesday in Wheat Ridge to show off dishes they serve to those in their care. Folks are so eager to badmouth public…
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C-Stat tackles Colorado’s toughest problems as DHS and Bicha mark its fifth year
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The Colorado Department of Human Services has the job of determining how state government can efficiently aid desperate poverty, how mental institutions can provide safety and care without adding harm or trauma, and assuring working parents that their childcare provider has quality. That’s just three of 100 questions executive director Reggie Bicha and his department heads…
