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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 3 - FOOD STAMPS (§§ 26-2-301 — 26-2-309) › Section 26-2-302 - Federal requirements

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the state department from complying with federal requirements for the food stamp program expressly provided by federal statute and regulation in order for the state of Colorado to qualify for federal funds under the federal "Food Stamp Act", as amended, and to maintain the food stamp program within the limits of available appropriations.
L. 79: Entire part added, p. 1087, § 13, effective July 1.
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2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 3 - FOOD STAMPS (§§ 26-2-301 — 26-2-309) › Section 26-2-303 - [Repealed]

L. 79: Entire part added, p. 1087, § 13, effective July 1. L. 97: Entire section repealed, p. 1321, § 5, effective July 1.
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 3 - FOOD STAMPS (§§ 26-2-301 — 26-2-309) › Section 26-2-304 - Appeals - recoveries - rules

(1)
The provisions of section
26-2-127
, relating to appeals, and section
26-2-128
, relating to recoveries, apply to the food stamp program, except when such sections conflict with federal statute or regulation or when a specific conflict with federal statute or regulation is not clearly present and the state department elects by regulation to follow federal statute or regulation.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, section
26-2-127(1)(a)(I)
, and section
24-4-105(14)(a)(I)
, for purposes of the food stamp program, the state department may promulgate rules requiring any party to file a notice of intent to file exceptions with the state department, in writing, within five days after service of the initial decision upon the party, or otherwise forgo the ability to file exceptions.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 308,§ 1, eff. 5/28/2019.
L. 79: Entire part added, p. 1087, § 13, effective July 1.
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 3 - FOOD STAMPS (§§ 26-2-301 — 26-2-309) › Section 26-2-305.5 - Categorical eligibility - repeal

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "federal law" means the federal "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008", and any amendments to the act and any federal regulations adopted for the implementation of the act.
(2)
(a)
No later than October 1, 2010, the state department shall create a program or policy that, in compliance with federal law, establishes broad-based categorical eligibility for federal food assistance benefits pursuant to the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
(b)
At a minimum, the program or policy shall, to the extent authorized pursuant to federal law, eliminate the asset test for eligibility for federal food assistance benefits.
(3)
Notwithstanding any provisions of subsection (2) of this section to the contrary, the provisions of this section shall take effect only if the state department receives moneys pursuant to the federal 2010 department of defense appropriations bill that may be used to implement this section.
L. 2010: Entire section added, (HB 10-1022), ch. 414, p. 2043, §2, effective June 10.
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 4 - [Repealed] (§ 26-2-401) › Section 26-2-401 - to 26-2-413 - [Repealed]

L. 97: Entire part repealed, p. 1239, § 31, effective July 1.
This part 4 was added in 1989.
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 5 - [Repealed] (§ 26-2-501) › Section 26-2-501 - to 26-2-510 - [Repealed]

L. 97: Entire part repealed, p. 1239, § 31, effective July 1.
This part 5 was added in 1993.
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 6 - [Repealed] (§ 26-2-601) › Section 26-2-601 - to 26-2-607 - [Repealed]

(1) Section 26-2-607 provided for the repeal of this part 6, effective July 1, 1999. (See L. 96, p. 1102.)
(2) This part 6 was added in 1996 and was not amended prior to its repeal in 1999. For the text of this part 6 prior to 1999, consult the 1998 Colorado Revised Statutes.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-701 - Short title

This part 7 shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Works Program Act".
L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1194, § 1, effective June 3.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-702 - Legislative intent

(1)
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
(a)
Passage of the federal "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996", Pub.L. 104-193, and the federal "Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005", Pub.L. 109-171, gives the state a unique opportunity to develop and maintain a public assistance program that emphasizes placing recipients in work and supporting them in sustained employment with food stamps, child care assistance, and medicaid;
(b)
The federal "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996", Pub.L. 104-193, and the federal "Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005", Pub.L. 109-171, require increased local input in developing the state plan for public assistance under these laws and allow increased local control over the implementation of such state plan;
(c)
The federal "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996", Pub.L. 104-193, and the federal "Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005", Pub.L. 109-171, require additional training for local employees in the area of case management to assist in making recipients self-sufficient.
(2)
Therefore, the general assembly finds and declares that it is in the state's best interests to adopt the Colorado works program set forth in this part 7.
L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1194, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 1949, § 1, effective 1/1/2009.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-704 - No individual entitlement

(1)
Nothing in this part 7 or in any rules promulgated pursuant to this part 7 shall be interpreted to create a legal entitlement in any participant to assistance provided pursuant to the works program.
(2)
No county administering or implementing the works program with moneys from a county block grant as provided in section
26-2-714
may create or shall be deemed to create a legal entitlement in any participant to assistance provided pursuant to the works program.
L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1198, § 1, effective June 3.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-705 - Works program - purposes

(1)
(a)
Effective July 1, 1997, the Colorado works program is implemented pursuant to the personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act and is intended to comply with the express requirements for participation in the TANF block grant program.
(b)
Effective January 1, 2009, the Colorado works program is amended to ensure implementation in compliance with the deficit reduction omnibus reconciliation act.
(2)
The purposes of the works program are to:
(a)
Assist participants toward self-sufficiency, economic mobility, and family safety and stability by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage;
(b)
Provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their homes or in the homes of family members;
(c)
Prevent and reduce the incidence of pregnancies of unmarried individuals and to establish annual numerical goals for preventing and reducing the incidences of these pregnancies;
(d)
Encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families;
(e)
Develop strategies and policies that focus on supporting participants in the participants' employment and career goals, removing barriers to employment for participants, and ensuring that the state is able to meet work participation rates specified in the federal law; and
(f)
Allow the counties increased responsibility for the administration of the works program.
(3)
Nothing in this part 7 is intended to prevent a county or municipality from implementing a public assistance or general assistance program with local funds.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 348, § 2, eff. 6/3/2022.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 96, § 16, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1198, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2008: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1953, § 3, effective 1/1/2009. L. 2018: (2)(c) amended, (SB 18-095), ch. 96, p. 756, § 16, effective August 8.
For the legislative declaration in SB 18-095, see section 1 of chapter 96, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-706.5 - Restrictions on length of participation - rules

(1)
Unless cash assistance is provided through segregated funds pursuant to federal law and section
26-2-714
, as of June 3, 1997, each month of cash assistance received by an assistance unit that includes a specified caretaker who has received assistance under Title IV-A of the social security act, as amended, shall count toward that specified caretaker's sixty-month lifetime maximum of TANF benefits as established in federal law.
(2)
Any month in which a specified caretaker is determined to be a disqualified or excluded person from a basic cash assistance grant shall count as a month of participation in the calculation of the specified caretaker's overall sixty-month lifetime maximum.
(3)
(a)
The county department shall, where available and applicable, provide for or refer a disqualified or excluded person to other appropriate services, including services that may assist the person toward self-sufficiency.
(b)
Nothing in this subsection (3) shall be construed to create any entitlement for services or to require any county to expend resources in addition to existing appropriations.
(4)
No later than July 1, 2023, the state board shall promulgate rules:
(a)
Establishing statewide standards and procedures that require counties to offer extensions beyond the sixty-month lifetime maximum for all households that demonstrate good cause, which includes, but is not limited to, an applicant or participant who is:
(I)
A child-only case;
(II)
The head of a single parent household unit and has a child under one year of age; or
(III)
Experiencing hardship, as defined in rules promulgated by the state board; and
(b)
To address how the state will monitor extensions in relation to requirements under the federal law.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 348, § 4, eff. 6/3/2022.
L. 99: Entire section added, p. 49, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 142, § 2, effective March 27. L. 2008: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1953, § 5, effective 1/1/2009. L. 2010: (1) and (2) amended, (SB 10 -068), ch. 160, p. 551, § 4, effective 1/1/2011.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-707 - [Repealed]

L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1199, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2008: Entire section repealed, p. 1957, § 7, effective 1/1/2009.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-707.5 - Community resources investment assistance

(1)
A county department may use county block grant moneys to invest in the development of community resources that support the purposes of the federal "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act", Public Law 104-193, and that are designed to assist eligible applicants or participants under section
26-2-706
or
26-2-706.6
. An eligible applicant or participant may receive benefits or services from such a community resource without completing an application pursuant to section
26-2-106
or an individual responsibility contract pursuant to section
26-2-708 (2)
. However, nothing in this subsection (1) precludes a county department from requiring such applications and individual responsibility contracts in a county's individual contracting procedures established pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
(2)
The state board shall establish standards and procedures through rules for the use of county block grant moneys pursuant to this section including but not limited to the contracting procedures counties must follow to ensure that funds are being spent to support TANF-eligible applicants or participants. Such contracting procedures shall include a requirement that a county's contract with a provider shall specify the approximate number of applicants or participants to be served by the provider. Counties shall also be required to adopt official written policies as referenced in section
26-2-716
(2.5) regarding the types of community resources in which counties are investing, the purposes of such community resource investments, the income eligibility standards, and the county's dispute resolution processes.
(3)
A county that uses county block grant moneys pursuant to this section shall use all moneys in accordance with all applicable federal and state statutes and regulations.
(4)
A county shall not be authorized to use funds pursuant to this section for the purpose of supplanting funds.
(5)
Nothing in this section shall preclude a household from applying for and receiving basic cash assistance.
L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 660, § 1, effective May 30. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 1957, § 8, effective 1/1/2009.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-707.7 - Information concerning immunization of children

At the time of application for the works program, the county department shall provide information concerning immunizations to all applicants, including the exemptions listed in section
25-4-903
, C.R.S. The information shall include parent education on vaccines and information concerning where to access vaccines in the local community. The department of public health and environment or the county or district public health agency shall provide the immunization information to the county department.
L. 2010: Entire section added, (SB 10 -068), ch. 160, p. 548, § 1, effective 1/1/2011.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-708.5 - [Repealed]

L. 99: Entire section added, p. 1360, § 2, effective June 3. L. 2008: Entire section repealed, p. 1959, § 10, effective 1/1/2009.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-710 - Administrative review

(1)
The state department shall promulgate rules for an administrative review process.
(2)
All decisions of the state department shall be binding upon the county department involved and shall be complied with by such county department.
(3)
If a participant does not agree with or fails to participate in a program or service identified in the IRC, the participant shall continue to receive the basic cash assistance grant that the participant received at the time the appeal is requested during the pendency of any appeal process.
(4)
An applicant or participant who believes the IRC proposed by the county is unreasonable has a right to request a review of the proposed IRC by the county department pursuant to a process designated by the county in its written county policy. If the applicant or participant requests such review, the county shall provide the applicant or participant the opportunity for a county level review by a person not directly involved in the initial determination. The review shall be limited to determining whether the terms of the disputed IRC are reasonable within the context of the county's written policy. The reviewer shall issue a written decision for the county regarding the resolution of the outstanding issues involving the proposed IRC. The time frame for such review shall be specified by the county in its written county policy.
L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1203, § 1, effective June 3. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 659, § 2, effective May 18.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-713 - State maintenance of effort

The general assembly shall make annual appropriations from state funds for the works program which, together with the expenditures made by counties under the works program, shall be applied toward the state's maintenance of historic effort as specified in section 409 (a)(7) of the social security act.
L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1208, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 280, § 2, effective March 31.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-714.5 - Adjusted work participation rate - notification - county authorization - career and technical education

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "federal credit" means the caseload reduction credit as calculated pursuant to
45 CFR 261.40
or any employment credit, caseload reduction credit, or other credit against such rate for a fiscal year that may be subsequently adopted by the federal government.
(2)
The state department shall notify each county, within thirty days after the beginning of the state fiscal year, of the state department's projection regarding the adjusted rate that the state must attain for the fiscal year in order to be in compliance with federal requirements, based on the state's estimate of the federal credit the state anticipates qualifying to receive. This adjusted rate shall be the county's adjusted work participation rate for that state fiscal year.
(3)
Each county is authorized to place participants in career and technical education, as that term is defined by rule of the state board, for longer than twelve months in order to meet critical skills shortages in the labor market; except that the percentage of participants allowed to satisfy program requirements through career and technical education of longer than twelve months in a county shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the state's estimate of the federal credit.
(4)
The provisions of this section shall be implemented by the state department consistent with the requirement of section
26-2-715(1)(a)(III)
.
(5)
The state department may suspend a county's ability to place participants in career and technical education for longer than twelve months if the state department certifies that allowing career and technical education to count toward a works participant's required work activities would affect the state's ability to meet federal work participation rates.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 264,§ 96, eff. 5/25/2017.
L. 2004: Entire section added, p. 89, § 1, effective March 9. L. 2017: (3) and (5) amended, (SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1410, § 96, effective May 25.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-714.7 - [Repealed]

L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 1522, § 1, effective May 31. L. 2008: (1)(b) and (1)(f) amended, p. 1969, § 16, effective 1/1/2009.
Subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2010. (See L. 2007, p. 1522.)
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-715 - Performance contracts

(1)
(a)
Each county, either acting singly or with a group of counties, shall enter into an annual performance contract with the state department that shall identify the county's or group of counties' duties and responsibilities in implementing the works program. The performance contract must include but need not be limited to:
(I)
Requirements and provisions that address the county's or group of counties' duty to administer and implement the works program using fair and objective criteria;
(II)
Provisions that prohibit the county or group of counties from reducing the basic cash assistance grant administered pursuant to section
26-2-709
and monitored by the state department pursuant to section
26-2-711
and provisions that prohibit the county or group of counties from restricting eligibility or the provision of services or imposing sanctions in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this part 7 or the provisions in the state plan submitted to the secretary of the federal department of health and human services pursuant to section
26-2-712
;
(III)
Work participation rates for the county or group of counties that shall ensure that the state will be able to meet or exceed its work participation rates under the federal law.
(b)
A county or group of counties may be sanctioned for not meeting any obligation under such performance contract. Such sanctions must be identified in the performance contract and may include a reduction in a future county block grant allocation.
(2)
The performance contract shall set forth the circumstances under which the state department may elect that it or its agent assume the county's or group of counties' administration and implementation of the works program.
(3)
If the state department and the county or group of counties are unable to reach agreement on the contract, either party may request the state board to consider the matter, and the state board shall schedule the matter for hearing within thirty days after receipt of the request. The state board shall issue a decision on the matter which shall be considered binding on all parties. If necessary to assure services are available within the county or group of counties, the state department may enter into a temporary agreement with the county or group of counties or with another public or private agent until the matter is resolved by the state board.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 123, § 96, eff. 7/1/2022.
L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1209, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2008: IP(1)(a) and (1)(a)(II) amended, p. 1969, § 17, effective 1/1/2009.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-717 - Reporting requirements

(1)
The state department shall submit, in a timely and accurate manner, case record information on participants to the federal government as required by federal law.
(2) to (4)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 1970, § 19, effective January 1, 2009.)
L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1213, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2006: (1)(h) amended, p. 2018, § 103, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1970, § 19, effective 1/1/2009.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-718 - Regionalization

(1)
In the event that two or more counties agree to administer and implement the Colorado works program jointly, such counties shall submit resolutions from their boards of county commissioners to the state department that reflect their intention to administer and implement the Colorado works program jointly.
(2)
The state department shall make a determination to approve or deny the resolutions and notify the counties within thirty days after the receipt of the resolutions.
(3)
The state department, in conjunction with the boards of county commissioners of the affected counties, shall determine administrative, programmatic, and reporting requirements in connection with the joint operation of the works program by the counties.
L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1214, § 1, effective June 3.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-719 - Private contracting

The state department and any county department are authorized to award contracts for the administration, implementation, or operation of any aspect of the works program to any appropriate public, private, or nonprofit entity in accordance with applicable county regulations, federal law, and the provisions of the state procurement code, articles
101
to
112
of title
24
, C.R.S.
L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1215, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1972, § 20, effective 1/1/2009.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-720 - [Repealed]

L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1215, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 278, § 1, effective March 31; (2.5) added, p. 429, § 1, effective April 14. L. 2004: (2.5) repealed, p. 205, § 25, effective August 4. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 1972, § 21, effective June 2.
Subsection (1)(c) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2008. (See L. 2008, p. 1972.)
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-720.5 - County block grant support fund - created

(1)
The state department shall create a county block grant support fund that shall consist of moneys annually appropriated thereto by the general assembly. Any unexpended moneys remaining in the county block grant support fund at the end of a fiscal year shall be remitted to the Colorado long-term works reserve.
(2)
The state department, with input from the works allocation committee, shall allocate moneys in the county block grant support fund to counties according to criteria and procedures established by the state department and the works allocation committee.
(3)
(a)
A county that meets the criteria established by the state department and the works allocation committee pursuant to subsection (2) of this section may request money from the county block grant support fund. Priority shall be given to any county that exhausts all money available in the county's block grant for the Colorado works program for that fiscal year.
(b)
A county that is projected to exhaust all money available in the county's TANF reserve and faces a local or statewide natural disaster or other emergency may request money from the county block grant support fund. The state department, with input from the works allocation committee, shall develop criteria and procedures to include use of the fund in circumstances of a natural disaster or other emergency.
(4)
The state department, with input from the works allocation committee, may allocate moneys to counties out of the county block grant support fund during the state fiscal year or at the end of a state fiscal year.
(5)
If the general assembly appropriates money to the county block grant support fund, the state department shall make a report, as required by section
24-1-136(9) and (11)(a)
, to the joint budget committee on any allocations made from the county block grant support fund, including the amount requested by each county and the county's reason for requesting the money, and the amount allocated to each county and the reasons for the state department's decision regarding each request.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 348,§10, eff. 6/3/2022.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 37,§3, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1972, § 22, effective June 2. L. 2018: (5) amended, (SB 18-164), ch. 37, p. 394, § 3, effective August 8.
For the legislative declaration in SB 18-164, see section 1 of chapter 37, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-721.3 - Colorado works program maintenance fund - creation - use - report

(1)
There is hereby created the Colorado works program maintenance fund, referred to in this section as the "maintenance fund". The maintenance fund shall consist of moneys appropriated thereto by the general assembly from the Colorado long-term works reserve. The moneys in the maintenance fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the executive director for use in responding to emergency or otherwise unforeseen purposes that are authorized by this part 7 or by federal law and that are necessary for the efficient and effective implementation of the Colorado works program at the state and county levels. Any unexpended moneys remaining in the maintenance fund at the end of a fiscal year shall revert to the Colorado long-term works reserve.
(2)
On or before February 15, 2009, and on or before February 15 each year thereafter in such years as funding is received pursuant to this section, the executive director shall report to the joint budget committee and the health and human services committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor committees, concerning the use of money appropriated to the maintenance fund in the preceding fiscal year. Any such reports must be in compliance with the provisions of section
24-1-136(9) and (11)(a)
.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 37,§ 4, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1974, § 24, effective June 2. L. 2018: (2) amended, (SB 18-164), ch. 37, p. 395, § 4, effective August 8.
For the legislative declaration in SB 18-164, see section 1 of chapter 37, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-721.5 - [Repealed]

L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1974, § 24, effective June 2. L. 2012: (5)(a) amended and (5)(b) repealed, (HB 12-1341), ch. 155, p. 554, § 2, effective May 3.
Subsection (5)(a) provided for the repeal of this section, effective April 1, 2013. (See L. 2012, p. 554.)
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-721.7 - [Repealed]

L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1974, § 24, effective June 2. L. 2009: (1)(a) amended, (HB 09-1222), ch. 231, p. 1064, §9, effective May 4. L. 2010: (1)(c) and (6.5) added and (7) amended, (SB 10-010), ch. 58, p. 210, §§ 1, 2, effective March 31. L. 2012: (1)(a.5) and (8) added, (HB 12-1341), ch. 155, p. 554, § 1, effective May 3.
Subsection (8) provided for the repeal of this section, effective April 1, 2013. (See L. 2012, p. 554.)
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-722 - [Repealed]

L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1216, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2001: (4) amended, p. 654, § 2, effective August 8.
Subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2004. (See L. 2001, p. 654.)
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-723 - [Repealed]

L. 98: Entire section added, p. 1196, § 3, effective June 1. L. 2001: (2) and (3) amended, p. 1174, § 14, effective August 8. L. 2002: (4)(a) amended, p. 503, § 2, effective May 24. L. 2004: Entire section R&RE, p. 802, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1) and (4)(c) amended, p. 2044, § 77, effective June 1.
Subsection (5) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2009. (See L. 2004, p. 802.)
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-724 - [Repealed]

L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 502, § 1, effective May 24.
Subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2005. (See L. 2002, p. 502.)
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 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-701 — 26-2-726) › Section 26-2-726 - Stable housing for survivors of domestic or sexual violence program - creation - funding - appropriation - definitions

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Contracted organization" means a community organization that the state department contracts with to provide stable housing support to survivors of domestic or sexual violence who are eligible for assistance provided pursuant to the Colorado works program through the program.
(b)
"Program" means the stable housing for survivors of domestic or sexual violence program created in subsection (2) of this section.
(c)
"Short-term assistance payment" has the meaning set forth in section 26-2-706.6 (3).
(2)
There is created in the department of human services the stable housing for survivors of domestic or sexual violence program to provide stable housing support to survivors of domestic or sexual violence who are eligible for assistance provided pursuant to the Colorado works program.
(3)
On or before January 1, 2025, the state department shall contract with community-based advocacy organizations to implement the program.
(4)
A contracted organization shall use the money allocated to it by the state department to provide financial support to a survivor of domestic or sexual violence who is eligible for assistance pursuant to the Colorado works program to obtain a short-term assistance payment for stable housing.
(5)
For each state fiscal year 2024-25 through 2028-29, the general assembly shall appropriate two million dollars from the Colorado long-term works reserve, created in section 26-2-721, to the program.
(6)
The Colorado works program shall account for the funds used for the program in its annual Colorado works report submitted to the joint budget committee.
Added by 2024 Ch. 464,§ 2, eff. 6/6/2024.
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 8 - [Repealed] COLORADO CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (§ 26-2-801) › Section 26-2-801 - to 26-2-809 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2022 Ch. 123, § 135, eff. 7/1/2022.
Renumbered as C.R.S. §
26.5-4-101
to
26.5-4-114
by 2022 Ch. 123, § 3, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 5, § 1, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 307, § 8, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 90, § 1, eff. 9/7/2021.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 386, § 4, eff. 7/1/2018.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 386, § 3, eff. 7/1/2018.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 386, § 1, eff. 7/1/2018.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 386, § 1, eff. 7/1/2018.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 386, § 2, eff. 7/1/2018.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 325, § 3, eff. 5/30/2018.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 38, § 121, eff. 8/8/2018.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 359, § 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 154, § 10, eff. 8/9/2017.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 200, § 1, eff. 6/1/2016.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 210, § 73, eff. 6/6/2016.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 20, § 1, eff. 3/18/2016.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 182, § 1, eff. 5/19/2016.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 259, § 8, eff. 5/22/2014.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 259, § 7, eff. 5/22/2014.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 259, § 4, eff. 5/22/2014.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 259, § 2, eff. 5/22/2014.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 259, § 1, eff. 5/22/2014.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 257, § 1, eff. 5/22/2014.
L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1217, § 1, effective June 3.
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 9 - [Repealed] COLORADO SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND EMPLOYMENT ACT (§ 26-2-901) › Section 26-2-901 - to 26-2-905 - [Repealed]

(1) Section 26-2-905 provided for the repeal of this part 9, effective July 1, 2003. (See L. 1998, p. 1013.)
(2) This part 9 was added in 1998 and was not amended prior to its repeal in 2003. For the text of this part 9 prior to 2003, consult the 2002 Colorado Revised Statutes.
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 26-2-1001 - Short title

This part 10 shall be known and may be cited as the "Individual Development Account Act".
L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 1469, § 1, effective May 31.
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 26-2-1002 - Legislative declaration

(1)
The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that:
(a)
The unrealized and lost human resource potential of low-income and working-poor individuals of this state results in an overall loss to the potential of the entire state;
(b)
It is in the best interests of all Coloradans to structure incentives in a way that will result in a greater likelihood that low-income and working-poor individuals will attain self-sufficiency;
(c)
It is in the best interests of all Coloradans to concentrate appropriate assets and investments on low-income and working-poor individuals and in low-income and working-poor neighborhoods and communities in order to allow low-income individuals, neighborhoods, and communities to benefit from the developments achieved through the growth in assets and investments;
(d)
Achieving self-sufficiency and assessing economic opportunity for low-income and working-poor individuals can be addressed through public policy that invests in asset accumulation and is supported by private sector philanthropy;
(e)
Providing a structured savings situation for low-income and working-poor individuals enhances such individuals' chances of fulfilling major life goals and opportunities and incorporates such individuals into the economic mainstream; and
(f)
Such self-sufficiency may, in turn, result in fewer people needing to seek public assistance.
(2)
Therefore, the general assembly hereby authorizes the implementation of an individual development account program to provide incentives and motivation for low-income and working-poor individuals and families to develop and concentrate assets and investments for use by such individuals who are striving for self-sufficiency and need a jump-start for economic opportunity.
L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 1469, § 1, effective May 31.
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 26-2-1003 - Definitions

As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Charitable donor" means a person who contributes to a sponsoring organization for the purposes of the IDA program.
(2)
"Financial institution" means an organization that is federally insured and is authorized to do business under state or federal laws relating to financial institutions and includes a bank, trust company, savings bank, building and loan association, savings and loan company or association, and credit union.
(3)
"Individual development account" means a contract of deposit between a depositor and a financial institution selected by a sponsoring organization.
(4)
"Program" or "IDA program" means the individual development account program established pursuant to this part 10.
(5)
"Service provider" means an institution of higher education; a provider of occupational or career and technical education; a trade school; a bank, savings and loan, or other mortgage lender; a title company; or the lessor or vendor of any office supplies, office equipment, retail space or office space or other business space, or such other provider of goods or services to be used for the commencement of a business.
(6)
"Sponsoring organization" means a nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501 (c)(3) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, that participates in IDA programs, and that verifies authorized use of individual development accounts.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 264,§ 97, eff. 5/25/2017.
L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 1470, § 1, effective May 31. L. 2017: (5) amended, (SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1410, § 97, effective May 25.
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 26-2-1004 - Individual development account program - rules

(1)
The IDA program shall provide that eligible individuals who establish individual development accounts, as set forth in section
26-2-1005
, shall receive the benefit of matching moneys payable directly to the service provider at the time of the eligible individual's expenditure of the moneys in his or her individual development account for any of the following purposes:
(a)
Securing postsecondary education, including but not limited to community college courses, courses at a four-year college or university, or post-college, graduate courses for either the individual or the individual's dependent;
(b)
Securing postsecondary occupational training, including but not limited to vocational or trade school training for either the individual or the individual's dependent;
(c)
Purchasing a home for the first time, either individually or with another family member; or
(d)
Business capitalization.
(2)
In addition to the purposes set forth in subsection (1) of this section, an eligible individual may expend up to ten percent of the total moneys from his or her individual development account for supportive counseling, mentoring, tutoring, or other related services as provided by sponsoring organizations and as approved by such individual development account holders.
L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 1471, § 1, effective May 31.
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 11 - TRANSITIONAL JOBS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-1101 — 26-2-1104) › Section 26-2-1101 - Legislative declaration

(1)
The general assembly hereby finds and declares:
(a)
Transitional jobs have proven to be an effective policy response to stubbornly high unemployment rates and the difficulties that many smaller employers face in filling job vacancies and expanding job opportunities. Transitional jobs have helped to:
(I)
Stabilize individuals and families with earned income;
(II)
Stimulate local economies through wages paid;
(III)
Contribute to the economic health of employers;
(IV)
Provide unemployed and underemployed adults an opportunity to experientially learn, model, and practice successful workplace behaviors that will help them to get and keep unsubsidized employment;
(V)
Build work histories and references for participants to more easily move into unsubsidized and stable employment;
(VI)
Address barriers to work that have kept the unemployed and underemployed out of the regular labor market; and
(VII)
Reduce recidivism and public costs.
(b)
Colorado has already demonstrated the value of transitional jobs through its successful HIRE Colorado initiative. Operated with federal funds from October 2009 through September 2010, HIRE Colorado provided transitional jobs to over one thousand seven hundred unemployed Coloradans, enabling them to do productive, wage-paying work for local governments, nonprofit agencies, and for-profit employers. According to data from the Colorado department of human services, HIRE Colorado helped nearly seventy-five percent of its participants to move into unsubsidized employment. In states whose transitional jobs programs focused on those with the most acute job search challenges, nearly fifty percent, an unusually high success rate for such a population, moved into unsubsidized work.
(c)
While nationally unemployment is falling slowly and although Colorado's unemployment rate is better than the national average, Coloradans still face difficulty in finding full-time jobs. According to a recent analysis, nearly two hundred thousand Coloradans are "officially" unemployed, but there are fewer than seventy-five thousand job openings. At the same time that unemployed and underemployed Coloradans struggle to find employment in the face of this job shortage, many employers have found it difficult to fill the job vacancies they do have. Transitional jobs are part of the solution to both unemployment and unfilled job vacancies.
(d)
The department anticipates further increasing the number of counties served by the transitional jobs program, focusing on rural areas and small- and medium-sized counties.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 91,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2023.
Added by 2013 Ch. 357, § 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1004), ch. 357, p. 2097, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Ch. 91, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
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 11 - TRANSITIONAL JOBS PROGRAM (§§ 26-2-1101 — 26-2-1104) › Section 26-2-1104 - Repeal

This part 11 is repealed, effective July 1, 2030.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 91,§ 3, eff. 8/7/2023.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 190, § 2, eff. 8/8/2018.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 191, § 2, eff. 8/10/2016.
Added by 2013 Ch. 357, § 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1004), ch. 357, p. 2103, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (HB 16-1290), ch. 191, p. 678, § 2, effective August 10. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1334), ch. 190, p. 1271, § 2, effective August 8.
2023 Ch. 91, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 3 - [Repealed] (§ 26-3-101) › Section 26-3-101 - to 26-3-114 - [Repealed]

L. 91: Entire article repealed, p. 1784, § 16, effective July 1.
This article was numbered as article 6 of chapter 119 in C.R.S. 1963.