# C.R.S. § 19-3-403.5: 19-3-403.5. Temporary shelter

> Colorado · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CO_T19_A3_P4_S19-3-403.5

## Section

- **Citation:** C.R.S. § 19-3-403.5
- **Heading:** 19-3-403.5. Temporary shelter
- **Jurisdiction:** Colorado
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** CO Code / Title 19 / Article 3 / Part 4 / Section 19-3-403.5

## Text

19-3-403.5. Temporary shelter. (1) Temporary shelter is the temporary care of a child in a physically unrestricted setting pending a return to the child's home or placement in an appropriate alternate setting pursuant to applicable state law. Receiving temporary care in temporary shelter is voluntary and a child may leave at any time. A child may not be placed in a licensed temporary shelter facility for more than five days.

(2) A person or entity providing temporary shelter must allow for professionals to complete assessments to determine the child's treatment needs and establish plans to safely transition the child back to the care of the child's parent, guardian, legal custodian, or kin, or to another community-based facility or home, as informed by the relative information form described in section 19-2.5-1404 (1)(b)(VIII). A child in temporary shelter must have access to ongoing educational services.

(3) The general assembly strongly encourages a judicial district's juvenile services planning committee, or the judicial district if the judicial district has not established a juvenile services planning committee, to consider less restrictive settings, including kinship placement, foster care, respite care, and group homes that are small, home-like, and based in the community of the sheltered child, before relying on licensed temporary shelter facilities.

## Nearby sections

- [C.R.S. § 19-3-401 19-3-401. Taking children into custody](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CO_T19_A3_P4_S19-3-401.md)
- [C.R.S. § 19-3-402 19-3-402. Duty of officer - notification - release or detention](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CO_T19_A3_P4_S19-3-402.md)
- [C.R.S. § 19-3-403 19-3-403. Temporary custody - hearing - time limits - restriction - rules](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CO_T19_A3_P4_S19-3-403.md)
- [C.R.S. § 19-3-403.5 19-3-403.5. Temporary shelter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CO_T19_A3_P4_S19-3-403.5.md)
- [C.R.S. § 19-3-404 19-3-404. Temporary shelter - child's home](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CO_T19_A3_P4_S19-3-404.md)
- [C.R.S. § 19-3-405 19-3-405. Temporary protective custody](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CO_T19_A3_P4_S19-3-405.md)
- [C.R.S. § 19-3-406 19-3-406. Relatives or kin as providers of emergency, nonemergency, or continued placement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CO_T19_A3_P4_S19-3-406.md)
- [C.R.S. § 19-3-407 19-3-407. Noncertified kinship care - requirement for background checks and other checks -](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CO_T19_A3_P4_S19-3-407.md)

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CO_T19_A3_P4_S19-3-403.5. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.