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Name
About the Provider
Street
Suite
City
State
Zip
Phone
Fax
Email and
Website
American Humane
American Humane (AH) provides national leadership in the development of programs, policies, and services on behalf of abused and neglected children. AH provides a variety of training services including curriculum development, training needs assessments, training of trainers, training of staff, development of practice handbooks, and evaluation of training effectiveness to the child welfare community. Working with Colorado Department of Human Services, AH developed and has recently revised Colorado’s Child Welfare Practice Handbook (the Big Pink). The Practice Handbook is available on the Child Welfare Services homepage and a hard copy may be ordered by contacting AH. AH offers Colorado supervisors the course, Mastering the Art of Child Welfare Supervision. This 14 day child welfare supervisor curriculum is a competency based, highly interactive training course and is taught by nationally-acclaimed trainers Marsha Salus and Nancy McDaniel. It covers four major domains of supervision: Administrative, Educational, Case Consultation, and Supportive. Included is a section on the supervisor’s functions on Colorado Trails and how to more effectively use data and information generated by the automated system.
63 Inverness Drive East
Englewood
CO
80112-5117
(303) 792-9900
(303) 858-0871
Butler Institute for Families at the University of Denver
 The Butler Institute for Families at the University of Denver seeks to enhance the well being of children, youth and families through research, education, training and consultation. An arm of the Graduate School of Social Work, the Institute is a resource for building professionalism and discovering effective practices and policies for child and family programs. Over 15 faculty, professional staff and graduate students work on externally funded projects through the Institute. Child Welfare Education-The Institute’s Child Welfare Stipend Program provides special coursework, field placement opportunities and Title IVE stipends for MSW students interested in careers in public child welfare. Curriculum Development and Training- The Institute provides over 250 days of training each year to professionals working with children and families. Research and Program Evaluation – Program evaluation, consultation and practiced–based research at the Institute focus on issues facing children, youth and families and the agencies serving them. Technical Assistance- Technical assistance and project collaboration through the IFDU target quality outcomes for child and family related programs.
2148 S. High Street
Denver
CO
80208
(303) 871-4435
(303) 871-4980
CDHS - CHILD WELFARE
3550 W. Oxford Ave
Denver
CO
80236
Colorado Benefits Management System
3550 W. Oxford Ave
5th Floor
Denver
CO
80236
CW/USM Training
3550 W Oxford Ave
Denver
CO
80236
303-866-7170
303-866-7177
DotCom Research and Training
 DotCom Research & Training LLC is dedicated to services that enhance the integration of technology in human services. We provide design, implementation and consulting services in the areas of training and research. We specialize in the development of technology aided training such as Computer Based Training, electronic resource guides, and web and PC based learning management solutions. We have created, consulted and implemented computer based trainings for divisions of the Colorado Department of Human Services (Benefits and Risk Management, County Training and Technical Services, Mental Health Services), the Nevada Division of Child & Family Services, and provided training on developing computer based trainings for the Division of Youth Corrections, Colorado Department of Human Services. We also specialize in all aspects of applied social research. Currently, we provide comprehensive evaluation services for many of the trainings offered by CDHS- County Training and Technical Services.
14597 East Evans Ave.
Aurora
CO
80014
(303) 306-1660
(303) 306-1660
HealthBridge Alliance
 The HealthBridge Alliance, a trauma support and training center, offers the Secondary Trauma Resiliency Training for child welfare workers who want to operate at their most resilient level as they perform their vital work. Since 1999, the HBA has led the Secondary Trauma Resiliency Training for those who care for victims of crime and other emotional trauma. Previously, the HBA developed the Vicarious Trauma Training for the US Department of Justice. The primary trainers are Henry Tobey, Ph.D., a psychologist who specializes in working with people affected by violent trauma, and Holly Smith, M.A, who for the past 22 years has been a member of the Boulder County Sexual Abuse Team and has served as its supervisor for 18 years. Her book, Fire of the Five Hearts: A Memoir of Treating Incest has received stellar reviews.
1600 Downing Street #290
290
Denver
CO
80218
720-934-1066
Kempe Childrens Center
 The Kempe Children’s Center, a program of the Department of Pediatrics and School of Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC), is widely recognized for its multidisciplinary work with abused and neglected children and their families. The Center’s mission is to provide and improve direct services, to improve clinical delivery services, and to provide training, education and consultation programs to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect. Kempe Children’s Center provides critically needed services to abused and neglected children through its established child protection team, therapeutic preschool, and perpetration prevention programs. The Kempe Children’s Center has a strong history in child welfare training development and delivery. In addition to efforts by Kempe Children’s Center core faculty, uniquely qualified faculty members from the Department of Pediatrics and the School of Medicine have worked closely with the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) through the efforts of the Kempe Children’s Center. These efforts have been directed systematically to develop, deliver and evaluate child welfare training that will translate new research and therapeutic practices into relevant child welfare knowledge.
1825 Marion Street
Denver
CO
80218
(303) 864-5185
(303) 864-5850
Lowry Family Center
 Lowry Family Center (LFC) is a family support center located on the former Lowry Air Force base in northeast Denver. The family center is sponsored by the Community College of Aurora and is one of 18 family centers located throughout the State of Colorado. The mission of the Lowry Family Center is to “build a healthy and cohesive community through individual and family support and empowerment.” The family center provides case management and family advocacy services, a summer day camp, tutorial program, mentoring, food pantry, clothing bank, holiday programs, community revitalization efforts and parenting classes. LFC also facilitates monthly trainings and support groups for kinship care providers.
4800 Oakland St.
Unit 2
Denver
CO
80239
303-307-0718
303-307-0719
Metropolitan State College of Denver - The Family Center
 The Family Center is part of the Social Work Department at The Metropolitan State College of Denver and is funded through a grant from the Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Performance Improvement. The Center provides two separate services to communities across the state. Centralized Registration The major activity is Centralized Registration. This is where Department of Human/Social Services caseworker supervisors, caseworkers, case aides, foster parents and others from many community-based agencies statewide register for mandatory and non-mandatory child welfare trainings. Lodging and per diem reimbursement for those county workers who qualify is also processed through the Family Center. Developmental Disabilities Training The second activity is the Developmental Disabilities training offered by Virginia Cruz, D.S.W., L.C.S.W., chair of the Social Work Department. Dr. Cruz has been a professor at The Metropolitan State College of Denver since 1992. Prior to that she was at UCLA, the Neuropsychiatric Institute, Child Outpatient Department with ongoing interdisciplinary clinical training responsibilities. Since 1994, Virginia has been a provider of child welfare training in Colorado in the areas of developmental disabilities and early intervention.
Campus Box 70, PO BOX 173362
Denver
CO
80217-3362
(303) 556-6272
(303) 556-6279
Nicholson and Associates
 Nicholson and Associates (N&A) strives to lead the child protection and human services and education fields in creating standards of training that fortify the professionals, promotes rewarding life-long careers, and develops leadership in the area of services and programs for children and families. It is our belief that many more children can be reached by teaching professionals the knowledge and skills they need to facilitate change in families. In our mission to “Discover the Difference You Make” we provide a wide array of services and training to child welfare professionals and families.
P.O. Box 100735
Denver
CO
80250
(303) 758-0799
(303) 758-0766
Odyssey Training Company
 Odyssey Training Center, founded in 1999, is the leading regional training facility for healthcare practitioners seeking professional credentials and additional training in the field of substance abuse, dual diagnosis disorders, domestic violence counseling, adolescent and family treatment issues. The center offers a full range of professional workshops, which meet state and national certification guidelines. The primary training facility and administrative offices are in Denver, Colorado with satellite training facilities in Colorado Springs and Pueblo Colorado.
7475 Dakin Street
620
Denver
CO
80221
303-657-0996
State Judicial
1301 Pennsylvania Street
Suite 300
Denver
CO
80203
303-435-6095
The Adoption Exchange
 The Adoption Exchange is a non-profit child welfare organization founded for the purpose of ensuring that all children have safety and permanence in their own homes. Its mission is to provide the connection between families who adopt and children who wait. The agency has an eighteen-year-history of finding families for more than 3,000 children with “special needs.” The children are survivors of abuse and neglect or children living with the threat of a parent’s imminent death. The Adoption Exchange works extensively with television and print media to tell their stories in an effort to recruit adoptive families. The Adoption Exchange has offices in five states (CO, NM, UT, NV and MO). Eight states purchase membership in The Exchange in order to list their waiting children, receive training and technical assistance, and participate in annual meetings where legislative updates, policy changes and practice issues are shared and discussed. All offices provide resource and referral services for professionals and families, and three offices provide post-adoption support services. Training for professionals and families occurs through the Colorado, Missouri and New Mexico offices.
14232 E. Evans
Aurora
CO
80014
(303) 755-4756
(303) 755-1339
The Center for Governmental Training
 The Center for Governmental Training (CGT) began operations on January 1, 1997. We work with CDHS - County Training and Technical Services to facilitate the delivery of the Child Welfare training workshops. Our mission is to ensure high-quality, cost effective training programs for workers, supervisors and foster parents through a consulting contract with the Department of Human Services. As part of our duties: we review curricula and provider workplans, provide budget reviews, assist with the development of new RFP's, provide guidance for contract negotiations, and facilitate monthly provider and curriculum work groups. We also serve as a liaison to communicate county concerns to Training Providers. CGT is managed by Joe Sprague. Joe has worked extensively with both state and private programs delivering services to the youth of Colorado. He ahs been involved in numerous state task forces and work groups for the Department of Human Services. We are excited about this opportunity to both enhance the training of human service professionals and facilitate positive relationships with the Training Providers.
3615 S. Huron
206
Englewood
CO
80110
(303) 761-0807
(303) 781-1008
TRAILS
 The Trails Training Team is a team that was established to provide training on the Trails software application. The team is responsible for the training of all new employees in the State of Colorado who will need to use the Trails software application as part of their documentation system. The team began training in late 2000 in preparation for the implementation of Trails statewide. The training includes participants using Trails for Child Welfare documentation as well as for those using Trails for documentation purposes within the Division of Youth Corrections. The team also provides ongoing refresher and specialized trainings to further enhance users skill in using the Trails application. The Training Team remains committed to providing quality training, while remaining flexible enough to respond to the ever-changing needs of our end-users. We maintain this responsiveness by regular contact with the Division of Child Welfare, the Division of Youth Corrections, the Trails Technical team, as well as all of our Trails end-users.
550 Thorton Parkway
Thorton
CO
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
 The Extended Studies Department at UCCS provides various high-quality undergraduate and graduate courses for traditional and non-traditional students. This program also provides an outreach effort for Colorado residents who have a need for workshops, seminars, courses, and professional development experiences for undergraduate and graduate students, credit or non-credit. The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) is proud to be the provider of Foster Parent Core Training for the Southern Colorado Region. Foster Parent Core Training is designed to meet some of the minimum training requirements of Colorado law. This two-day training will cover the basic information needed to be a foster parent in the state of Colorado. Topics covered in the course will include: The court process and placement process, separation and loss, child abuse and neglect, sexual abuse, child development, discipline, and working with birth parents.
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs
CO
80933
719-262-3868
719-262-3911
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