Interim Report of the Governor’s Child Welfare Action Committee

October 31, 2008 Karen L. Beye, Executive Director, The Colorado Department of Human Services, explains how the charge of the Executive Order is to provide recommendations on how to improve Colorado's child welfare system. Because the protection of children is the responsibility of many parties including parents, relatives, neighbors, foster parents, schools, law enforcement, courts, providers, and many organizations within our communities, the members of the Committee were selected based on their knowledge, geography, experience, diversity and energy required to successfully address the challenges of the child welfare system.The goals of the Committee were articulated in the Executive . . .