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 Welcome to your January 2025 issue of the CCERAP Correspondence
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February 2025 CCERAP virtual training
 Mandatory Reporting Training
Feb. 18, 2025, at 10 a.m.
Presenter: Tracy Opp
Tracy Opp has worked for the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services, Adult Protection team since 2007. During that time, she also worked for the Colorado State Adult Protection team for nine months. Tracy has her bachelor’s in social work with a minor in gerontology. She has worked with at-risk, vulnerable adults since 1995 in many different entities. She does all the mandatory reporting for Arapahoe County and provides several trainings on adult protection.
Training synopsis:
Mandatory reporters are required by law to report physical abuse, sexual abuse, caretaker neglect and exploitation of at-risk elders and at-risk adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The training will educate mandatory reporters on what situations must be reported and to whom, the difference between mandatory reporting to law enforcement and urged reporting to Adult Protection Services.
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 Shannon O'Gara Standiford is our newest CCERAP Steering Committee member. Shannon is a MSW graduate from Denver University’s Graduate School of Social Work with a concentration in aging services and policy. Shannon received her bachelor’s in public health from Fort Lewis College and has worked in hospice and home health care since 2006 all across Colorado. Working in rural Colorado and caring for her mother have also led to her passion for intergenerational connections and community engagement for older adults.
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CCERAP is looking for Steering Committee members!
 Contact:
Candise Johnnie
Email: candise.johnnie@state.co.us
Phone: 720.788.5506
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