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<a href="http://www.leg.state.co.us/OSA/coauditor1.nsf/All/7FCB7E183958D8B387257D82004EB046/%24FILE/1303P%20-%20Child%20Welfare,%20Performance%20Audit,%20October%202014%20FINAL%20REV%2011-3-14.pdf">Last year's audit of child welfare system</a> recommended that Colorado stop requiring counties maintain citizen oversight panels. These Child Protection Teams are supposed review every case a county opens to make recommendations or spot problems.

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