Codify the mission and purpose of Community Corrections in language similar to that of Parole as enacted by SB 16-1215.

The referral process will include revisions to these five elements of the process to refer inmates to community corrections: 1) COV and Non-COV offender referrals, 2) Community referral packets, 3) COV and Non-COV offender program acceptance/approval process, 4) Community corrections boards utilize structured, research-based decision-making, and 5) Repeal the statutory definition of Intensive Supervision Program-Inmate. (See "Referral Process" in the "Recommendation Text" or "Status" documents.)

This recommendation addresses three elements of reentry process procedures: 1) the timing of and criteria for the reentry process, 2) the definition of "successful community corrections completion," and 3) the eligibility for achievement earned time. (See "Community Reentry Procedures" in the "Recommendation Text" or "Status" documents.)

Define crossover youth  and crossover plan in statute and require each local Juvenile Services Planning Committee, established in C.R.S. 19-2-211, to devise a crossover plan for the identification and notification of cases involving crossover youth.

I. Add crossover youth definitions to 19-1-103 C.R.S.

II. Add a new section to 19-2-211 C.R.S. numbered 19-2-211.5 C.R.S.

Require the Juvenile Service Planning Committee in each judicial district to adopt a plan for identifying and notifying the human/social services representatives, probation representatives, S.B. 94 coordinators, juvenile court representatives, public defenders, district attorneys, parents and guardians ad litem of a youth ‘s crossover status.

III. Add language to 24-1.9-102 (1)(e) C.R.S. (Collaborative Management Statute)

Explicitly include and permit local Collaborative Management Programs to establish memorandum of understanding with the local Juvenile Services Planning Committees for the coordination of services for crossover youth.

IV. Add a new section to Title 19 Article 2 C.R.S.

Require the court to consider a youth's crossover status at all stages of the proceedings (i.e., pre and post adjudication) and not be used against the youth in a manner contrary to the principles informing the crossover youth practice model.

Authorize the utilization of existing marijuana tax revenue distributed to Senate Bill 1991-94 entities to allow these funds to be used to support the development and implementation of local crossover youth plans and services.

The Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Child Welfare, should promulgate rules that provide guidance on permanency planning  to county departments of social/human services under Social Service Rules Volume 7. These rules should provide guidance to counties in circumstances involving a legally free youth (where parental rights have been terminated and there is no legal guardianship) who is either returning to county custody after a period of DYS commitment or is projected to emancipate from the Division of Youth Services (DYS).

Position the Colorado Crisis Services System as the comprehensive response to behavioral health emergencies in all Colorado communities by making the following reforms: a) Strengthen and enhance existing crisis services and resources; b) Amend §27-60-103 to clarify the intent of the crisis system; c) Undertake conforming regulatory changes to crisis system contracting; and d) Commit resources to incentivize the development and expansion of the crisis services provider network.

Amend Title 27 of Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S), section 65-105, to remove jails and correctional facilities as a placement option for individuals on an M1 (emergency mental health) hold. Introduce language that allows intervening professionals to transport individuals to an outpatient facility for immediate evaluation for treatment based on evidence of need.

Officials from the Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) will work with staff from the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC) to review and include Mental Health First AidŽ training through POST for the purpose of training up to 200 officers per month on this topic with training beginning in the spring of 2017.

Officials from the Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) will work with staff from the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC) to review the Mental Health First AidŽ curriculum, and modify when possible, for inclusion in the POST basic academy standard curriculum.

Update orders of collateral relief in statute to: 1) Allow eligible individuals to request an order of collateral relief after the time of sentencing; 2) Eliminate duplicative statutory language regarding orders of collateral relief; and 3) Create an order of collateral relief in the Children's Code. Encourage the judiciary to develop a mechanism that will allow the identification of instances when orders of collateral relief are requested, granted, or denied.

Promote community safety and economic growth by preventing adverse employment action on the basis of arrests that did not result in a conviction, or criminal justice records that have been sealed or expunged.

Promote community safety and economic growth by: 1) Preventing consideration of arrests that did not result in a conviction, and convictions that have been pardoned, sealed, or expunged, in state licensure and employment decisions; 2) Empowering the Department of Regulatory Agencies to delist certain conditional licenses; 3) Collecting data; 4) Encouraging the elimination of mandatory collateral consequences; 5) Incentivizing opportunity expansion by state contractors; and 6) Increasing transparency of agency policies.

Promote community safety and economic growth by:

- Preventing adverse housing action on the basis of arrests that did not result in conviction, or criminal justice records that have been sealed or expunged.

- Allowing prospective tenants denied housing due to a criminal history or credit record to obtain a copy of the record.

- Correcting a statutory omission regarding landlords' inquiry into sealed records.

- Enacting protections for landlords in civil cases.

Promote community safety and economic growth by:

- Preventing public housing authorities from taking adverse action against individuals on the basis of arrests that did not result in a conviction, or convictions that have been pardoned, sealed or expunged.

- Requiring public housing authorities to consider other convictions using the same criteria the state currently applies for licensure and employment decisions.

Continue or expand financial support of Colorado's adult pretrial diversion programs.