§ 8-15.5-103 — Multipurpose service centers for displaced homemakers

Colorado § 8-15.5-103

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 08: Labor and
• Art.: Displaced Homemakers

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(1)
The executive director may establish multipurpose service centers for displaced
homemakers and is authorized to enter into contracts with and make grants to
agencies or organizations, public or private, to establish, organize, and administer
the various programs enumerated in section 8-15.5-104.

(2) Each service center shall include the following services:

(a) Job counseling services which shall:

(I) Be specifically designed for displaced homemakers; and

(II) Operate to counsel displaced homemakers with respect to appropriate
job opportunities;

(b) Job training and job placement services which shall:

(I) Develop, by working with state and local government agencies and private
employers, training and placement programs for jobs in the public and private
sectors;

(II) Assist displaced homemakers in gaining admission to existing public and
private job-training programs and opportunities; and

(III) Assist in identifying community needs and creating new jobs in the
public and private sectors;

(c) Health education and counseling services in cooperation with existing
health programs with respect to:

(I) General principles of preventive health care;

(II) Health-care consumer education, particularly in the selection of
physicians and health-care services, including, but not limited to, health
maintenance organizations and health insurance;

(III) Family health care and nutrition;

(IV) Substance use disorders; and

(V) Other related health-care matters;

(d) Financial management services which provide information and assistance
with respect to insurance, taxes, estate and probate problems, mortgages, loans,
and other related financial matters;

(e) Educational services, including:

(I) Outreach and information about courses offering credit through
secondary or postsecondary education programs, including bilingual programming
where appropriate; and

(II) Information about such other programs which are determined by the
executive director to be of interest and benefit to displaced homemakers;

(f) Legal counseling and referral services; and

(g) Outreach and information services with respect to employment,
education, health, public assistance, and unemployment assistance programs which
the executive director determines would be of interest and benefit to displaced
homemakers.

(3) Supervisory, technical, and administrative positions relating to centers
established under this article shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be filled by
displaced homemakers.

Legislative History

Source: L. 80: Entire article RC&RE, p. 453, � 1, effective July 1. L. 83: (1) amended, p. 395, � 2, effective June 3. L. 2017: (2)(c)(IV) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1263, � 33, effective May 25.