“Currently, Colorado’s continuum of options is unable to adequately and safely serve children and youth with the most complex medical and behavioral health needs due to workforce shortages and economic challenges,” Ruble wrote in an email Thursday. “Every month there are children and youth who are either living in residential settings out of state, sleeping in county offices or hotels overnight, or staying in hospital or detention settings past when it is appropriate for them to be there.”
I am both flabbergasted and not surprised. Our child welfare system is on its last leg. Poor child has to live in the ER while they find a placement for him.