2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 10 - INCENTIVES FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY (§§ 26-2-1001 — 26-2-1005) › Section 26-2-1005 - Eligibility for participation in the individual development account program

(1)
Sponsoring organizations that elect to participate in the program shall recruit individuals or households to participate in the IDA program and shall determine the eligibility of prospective participants based upon the criteria set forth in this subsection (1). All individuals within one family or a single individual shall be eligible to be selected for participation in the IDA program if the individual or household meets the following requirements:
(a)
The individual's or household's income may not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty line when applied to the savings goals of postsecondary education or business capitalization. The individual's or household's income may not exceed eighty percent of the area median income when applied to the savings goal of home ownership.
(b)
An individual within a household has entered into an individual development account agreement with a sponsoring organization.
(c)
An individual within a household has established an individual development account with a financial institution selected by the sponsoring organization and has made a commitment, as set forth in this section, to save and match philanthropic sources of moneys that are available to match the individual or household contributions to the individual development account. The individual development account shall accrue interest.
(d)
The individual or the household may only open one individual development account.
(e)
The individual submitting the application is a citizen of the United States and is a legal resident of the state.
(2)
All of the following duties shall be undertaken by one or more sponsoring organizations:
(a)
To determine the eligibility of individuals or households to participate in the IDA program;
(b)
To counsel such individuals and households about the IDA program;
(c)
To conduct orientations with individuals or households on the philosophy underlying the IDA program and the general requirements of the program;
(d)
To facilitate the opening of individual development accounts with participating financial institutions;
(e)
To provide credit counseling, budgeting, and financial management training to the program participants;
(f)
To jointly develop specific goals and performance criteria with each program participant;
(g)
To set appropriate matching ratios of philanthropic moneys to contributions made by program participants;
(h)
Repealed.
(i)
To raise contributions for the IDA program.
(3)
The program participant may withdraw contributions made by the participant for uses other than those uses authorized under this program one time but, upon the second such action, shall be terminated from the IDA program. A participant who has been terminated from the IDA program may withdraw all moneys that the participant contributed to the account along with any interest accrued on the participant's contribution.
(4)
The maximum amount of moneys in an individual development account that may be matched by a charitable donor is ten thousand dollars. The individual may deposit an amount greater than ten thousand dollars, but funds in excess of ten thousand dollars are subject to any applicable state and federal income taxes, and shall not be matched by a charitable donor. Only one account per family may be established in the IDA program; except that every member of the family may utilize the account.
(5)
Nothing in this part 10 shall be construed to create an entitlement to matching moneys. The number of individuals who may receive disbursement of matching philanthropic moneys by sponsoring organizations pursuant to the IDA program shall necessarily be limited by the amount of philanthropic moneys available in any given year for such purpose.
(6) and (7)
Repealed.
L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 1471, § 1, effective May 31. L. 2001: (1)(e) added and (4) and (6) amended, p. 412, §§ 1, 2, effective April 19. L. 2010: (2)(h), (6), and (7) repealed, (SB 10 -212), ch. 412, p. 2032, § 1, effective July 1; (1)(a) amended, (HB 10 -1422), ch. 419, p. 2116, § 156, effective August 11.