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Item Colorado’s Innovative Response to Domestic Violence Offender Treatment: Current Achievements and Recommendations for the Future(University of Colorado Denver, 2015-09) Richards, Tara N.; Gover, Angela R.; Tomsich, Elizabeth A.The Domestic Violence Offender Management Board (DVOMB) is mandated by the Colorado legislature to ensure the effectiveness of domestic violence offender treatment in Colorado by overseeing the implementation and evaluation of the Standards for Treatment with Court Ordered Domestic Violence Offenders (referred to hereafter as Standards). This report reviews the process and risk assessment tool (Domestic Violence Risk and Needs Assessment – referred to hereafter as DVRNA) used in Colorado to assign domestic violence offenders to treatment intensity levels at intake and the decision-making processes regarding treatment outcomes. The current study also examines the distribution of offenders by treatment intensity level at intake and at final assessment to understand the process and reasons for offender movement across treatment intensity levels. This report further informs the DVOMB as to multiple stakeholders’ views (treatment victim advocates, probation officers, and domestic violence treatment providers) about the implementation of the Standards. Given that critical risk factors require automatic placement in treatment intensity level B or C, this report informs the DVOMB as to the presence of critical risk factors among domestic violence offenders in Colorado. Finally, interviews with members of multi-disciplinary treatment teams (MTTs) highlighted several opportunities for strategic improvement of domestic violence offender treatment in Colorado. We present stakeholder employment of and fidelity to the state Standards, highlight current achievements, and provide actionable recommendations for improving upon the current model of domestic violence treatment in Colorado.Item Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA State Law Changes and Promotion of Community Health(The Hilltop Institute, 2015-02) Nelson, Gayle D.; Mueller, Carl H.; Wells, Teneil K.; Boddie-Willis, Cynthia L.; Woodcock, Cynthia H.This is the tenth issue brief in a series published by the Hospital Community Benefit Program. This brief examines state-level community benefit oversight by studying specific changes to community benefit statutes, regulations, and policies in 5 states selected from among the 40 states known to provide oversight of any type. These five states—Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and New York—adopted changes during the period spanning four years before and after adoption of the Affordable Care Act.Item The interests of competing government and Piñon Canyon, Colorado: a case study on small world networks and the encroachment of military land on agricultural land in Southeast Colorado as a consequence on intergovernmental relationships(2012-03) Mestas, Richard Daniel; Callahan, John J.; University of Baltimore. Yale Gordon College of Public Affairs; University of Baltimore. Doctor of Public AdministrationWhen applied to public administration, networks may be utilized to study the behaviors of and between large and small bureaucracies. Traditional methods of analyzing intergovernmental conflict are often not as informative as network analysis. Network analysis is capable of demonstrating characteristics that traditional analysis does not show. In order to examine intergovernmental relationships and how these networks affect public policy, one must study scenarios where governments and their competing interests collide. The proposed expansion of the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site in Southeastern Colorado, under consideration since 2004 and as yet unresolved, is such a case. The intent of this dissertation is to "tell a story," "draw a picture" and then "animate the picture" about the complex and often polarizing intergovernmental relationships surrounding Piñon Canyon, to help the reader understand how each of the actors is linked and networked with others.