CSSRC Training: Mandatory Reporting with emphasis on sexual assault for school staff or youth-serving organizations
Colorado’s Child Protection Ombudsman
- The Colorado legislature created the Mandatory Reporting Task Force to issue recommendations on how to improve the state’s mandatory reporting policies. Staff from the OSS served on the Task Force. This report was submitted to the legislature in January of 2025.
- Mandatory Reporting Task Force Final Report
- Final Report Snapshot
Colorado Department of Education (CDE)
- Child Abuse and Prevention
- This document published October 2004 provides information specifically for school nurses.
- Preventing & Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect: Guidance for School Personnel
- This handbook was written to assist school personnel, including administrators, teachers, counselors, school nurses, and school social workers, in defining abuse and neglect and in developing policy and training programs that best address the abuse issue. (Published - Fall 2002)
- Mandated Reporting Tip Sheet
Colorado Department of Education (CDE) Teacher Toolkit
Teachers, education advocates, the Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Human Services have developed a toolkit to help teachers get a better sense of their student's emotional and physical safety. Download the toolkit below.
Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS)
- Online training for mandatory reporters from (CDHS)
- Mandatory reporters are required by law to report suspected child abuse and neglect. The training educates mandatory reporters on what constitutes abuse and/or neglect, when to call for assistance, and how to make a report. It also explains the process undertaken when a call is received.
- List of Mandatory Reporters. Section 19-3-304 of the Colorado Revised Statues (C.R.S.)
- Under Colorado law, nearly 40 professions are required to report suspected child abuse and neglect.
- Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect
- Please report child abuse to 911 in case of emergency, or to 1-844-CO-4-KIDS.
- Ever Wonder What Happens After You Call? Child and Adult Protection Services Intake Administrator with the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services, provides a high-level overview of the process that takes place.
- Colorado Information Gathering and Referral Process Guide
- This tool will help you anticipate which questions you will be asked when you call the statewide child abuse hotline.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Child Welfare Information Gateway
- The Child Welfare Information Gateway connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.
U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
- Law Enforcement Response to Child Abuse (Published - July 2014)
- National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence Series
- Recognizing When a Child's Injury or Illness is Caused by Abuse
- Published in July 2014
- This document is intended primarily to help law enforcement differentiate between physical abuse and accidental injury during a child abuse investigation. The descriptions of accidental versus abusive injuries are presented in a straightforward, non-technical manner that anyone working with children can understand.