By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics
A Colorado office tasked with taking care of some of the state’s most vulnerable citizens is once more facing questions about its management, notably after resignations have left it with just a few staffers to care for more than 80 clients.
The Office of Public Guardianship is down to two remote guardians, who may live four to six hours away from their wards and who aren’t tasked with in-person visits, and it has no in-person guardian for its Denver-based district, Colorado Politics has learned.
The remote guardians are responsible for the office’s 82 clients, who are primarily based in mental health facilities in Denver and Pueblo.
“We can no longer sit back and watch this office be set up to fail,” seven former guardians who have resigned in the past year wrote Gov. Jared Polis earlier this month.