The Timothy Montoya Task Force to Prevent Children from Running Away from Out-of-Home Placement began meeting in September 2022 after the Colorado General Assembly passed House Bill 22-1375. The task force is named after 12-year-old Timothy Montoya who was hit and killed by a car shortly after running away from his out-of-home placement in June 2020. […]
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Housed in the Office of the Colorado Child Protection Ombudsman (CPO), the Mandatory Reporting Task Force was created by the Colorado General Assembly with the passage of House Bill 22-1240. The task force will analyze the effectiveness of and issues with the law requiring individuals from specific professions to report suspected child abuse to authorities,
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The Mandatory Reporting Task Force was created by legislation in 2022 in the office of Colorado’s Child Protection Ombudsman (CPO). It is tasked with analyzing a number of specific policy considerations regarding child abuse, neglect, and requirements for individuals in certain occupations to report suspicions of child abuse and neglect. The task force was also
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