If you suspect an incident, the best thing you can do is to report it. Once you do, our caseworkers will review the claim and if necessary, reach out to the family to offer support. Our goal is to strengthen families and we need your help. This month the Colorado Department of Human Services reaffirms its commitment to protect and empower survivors of all forms of human trafficking, to prosecute traffickers, and to bring an end to human trafficking in the United States and around the world.
Explore the blog post below to find local and national resources and training opportunities for supporting survivors of trafficking and adults and minors at risk of exploitation. It focuses on educating the public about the signs of child abuse and neglect, while raising awareness about the Hotline to report concerns related to a child or youth.
CO4Kids also strives to strengthen families as a means of preventing abuse and neglect from happening in the first place, helping all Colorado kids have a safe environment. Finally, the campaign is committed to recruiting and retaining foster and adoptive parents, so that when an out of home placement is unavoidable, a child has a safe place to thrive. The more you know, the safer Colorado children are, and the stronger their families can be. This may include constant criticism, threats or rejection, as well as withholding love, support, or guidance.
Sexual abuse is defined as the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child or youthโฆ to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct, for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conductโฆor the rape, and in cases of the caretaker or inter-familial relationships, statutory rape, molestation, child sex trafficking, or incest with children.
Some children and youth reside in an institution, such as a group home or psychiatric care facility. It is possible that any form of abuse or neglect may occur while a child or youth is in the care of an institution. If the maltreatment is caused by employees of the institution, it is classified as institutional abuse.
