News & Updates
Check on the Children: A Message from Children’s Ombudsman in the Time of COVID-19
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. In the time of stay-home orders and closed schools, children are walking a tightrope without a safety net. ...
Avoiding the gulf: How “social distancing” has the potential to separate families more than six feet.
As the United States and other countries around the world race to delay the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Coloradans, like millions of others around ...
Child Protection Ombudsman Releases Brief on Prioritizing Child Protection Workers During COVID-19
County human service departments respond to 40,000 reports of possible child abuse or neglect throughout Colorado each year. Roughly 100 times a day, child protection ...
CPO in the News: “Coronavirus In Colorado: Shutdown Causes Drop In Child Abuse Reporting”
Ombudsman Stephanie Villafuerte joined the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services to speak with CBS4 News about the drop in child abuse reporting during COVID-19 ...
An Open Letter to Child Protection and Human Services Staff Everywhere
Thank you for coming to work today. Like many of us, you woke up this week and saw a tragedy unfolding. The world as we ...