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Child Welfare System – Colorado

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Colorado needs 574 more child-welfare caseworkers, study finds, By Christopher N. Osher, August 25, 2014, Denver Post: “Colorado’s child-protection system is overburdened and may need 574 more caseworkers — a 49 percent increase — to handle the work, according to a state study released Monday. The study also recommended the hiring of 122 new supervisors. In total, there are an estimated 1,800 county child-protection workers, supervisors and support staff in Colorado…”