"General and specific resources with information about issues regarding children and youth in the state are available from various Colorado government agencies."

The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA), under the direction of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), released a guidance document in May 2007 entitled: EMS Pandemic Influenza Guidelines for Statewide Adoption as part of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan. The document includes strategies for developing both EMS response guidelines and 9-1-1 call taking and dispatching protocols that would...

To align policy guidance, operational, and informational communications, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing has adopted the Memo Series for written communications in place of other types of communications such as Agency and Director Letters, Dear Administrator Letters, Communications Briefs, and others. The Memo Series is designed to streamline and clarify the Department's policies and expectations of those who receive formal policy...

During the late 20th century, assignment to Administrative Segregation -- in some states known as solitary confinement -- was standard protocol for difficult, dangerous offenders. In 2011, philosophies regarding Administrative Segregation began to shift. The late Tom Clements, then executive director of CDOC, felt that change was in order for Colorado. In 2011, the Colorado legislature laid the foundation for Administrative Segregation overhaul in...

"Acequias are unique and longstanding cultural and legal institutions in Colorado. Spanish and Mexican farmers and ranchers who settled here long before Colorado became a state created these systems for irrigation and water sharing that ensure sustainable use of water, and create important community bonds. Despite their long history, which includes acknowledgment in the session laws of the Colorado Territory, it was not until 2009 that acequias received...