Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Colorado LINKS for Mental Health (Linking Interagency Networks for Kids Services) is an initiative seeking to create partnerships between state agencies and community groups working in the kids' mental health system. The purpose of the guidebook is to enable organizations to identify other planning groups working on youth health, mental health and co-occurring issues, so as to create opportunities to collaboration and avoid duplication in efforts....

The intent of the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth program is to remove all educational barriers facing children and youth experiencing homelessness, with an emphasis on educational enrollment, attendance and success.

IDEA 2004 specifically requires each State to meet the mandates of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (McKinney-Vento Act) as a condition of receiving federal special education funding. There are three purposes for this guidance: (1) to summarize Colorado's statutory requirements regarding homeless students; (2) to identify what some of the effects of homelessness may be for students with disabilities and how to mitigate those effects; and...

Links to resources for at risk children and links for prevention measures.