http://cc.readytalk.com/play?id=1m6gie

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In Colorado, clergy, by state law, are declared to be mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse. Why must clergy report? What qualifies as suspected abuse? When must you report? How do you report?

The Colorado Council of Churches is partnering with the Office of Colorado’s Child Protection Ombudsman and the Rocky Mountain Child Law Center to provide a free 20 minute webinar to answer these questions. The webinar will be Thursday, April 12 from 10:00am to 10:20am.

Without leaving your office, you can be up-to-date and fully informed about your legal (and moral) requirements. There will be time allotted for your questions.

To register for the webinar, click on the link below.

https://cc.readytalk.com/r/skwtuwypbvzf

For info on:

• How to get your questions about the new Affordable Health Care Act answered.
• Colorado Council of Churches and Health Reform
• Health Reform Overview
• Health Reform in Colorado
• When Do Things Start Changing?
• Communities of Faith as Non-Profit Employers
• Resources
• Click on Health Care Reform section on the right.

For a new animated video that can be used to facilitate a discussion regarding the difficulties the Colorado state budget is facing. This is non-partisan and is not supporting or opposing any specific initiative. Click Here To download video, right-click on the link above, select “save file as” or “save target as”, and select the location for the file.

Some of CCC’s responsibilities and contributions to this effort are:

• Communication and strategic collaboration with denominational leaders to educate and influence congregations and policy makers, specifically identifying 2-4 clergy in each of seven regions across the state who will consider working directly with CCC, MOP and PICO CAN around building the public will for access to health, effectively using their leadership to educate and engage a minimum of 200-400 people per region.
• Outreach to the 900+ congregations represented by CCC state-wide and other strategic partner groups with whom CCC has established relationships via mailings, newsletters, on-line educational materials; will include public will building messages in quarterly mailings to all congregations and quarterly newsletters to all denominational leaders, as well as in downloadable DVDs developed by either CCC or MOP for use in classes and forums and website updates.
• Supply resources and develop trainings around how and why communities of faith can and should engage in the health policy dialogue, as well as curriculum resources to study aspects of health, health reform and immigration from a faith perspective as part of public will building campaign for all Coloradans to have access to health.
• Produce website updates, articles and online newsletters to support public will-building efforts.
• Conduct presentations by staff and faith leaders affiliated with CCC: minimum of 15 per year.
• lnitiate and engage strategic partnerships and dialogue with the CCC denominational leaders and also throughout the Colorado interfaith community.
• Provide support, as appropriate, for events and projects undertaken by MOP and PICO CAN to fulfill public will-building grant commitments.