§ 26.5-3-102 — Definitions

Colorado § 26.5-3-102

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 26.5: Early
• Art.: Family and Child Health and Well-being

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As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) At-risk neighborhood means an urban or rural neighborhood or
community in which there are incidences of poverty, unemployment and
underemployment, substance abuse, crime, school dropouts, illiteracy, teen
pregnancies and teen parents, domestic violence, or other conditions that put
families at risk.

(2) Case management means the process through which a family advocate
for the family resource center assesses a family's need for services as provided in
section 26.5-3-103 (2).

(3) Community applicant means a local entity that is interested and willing
to commit private and public resources to establish a family resource center and
that applies for a family resource center grant pursuant to section 26.5-3-104.
Community applicant includes, but is not limited to, a state or local governmental
agency or governing body, a local private nonprofit agency, a local board of
education on a cost-shared basis, a local recreational center, or a local child care
agency.

(4) Family resource center means a unified single point of entry where
vulnerable families, individuals, children, and youth in communities or within at-risk
neighborhoods or participants in Colorado works, pursuant to part 7 of article 2 of
title 26, can obtain information, assessment of needs, and referral for delivery of
family services described in section 26.5-3-103 (2) and for which a grant is awarded
to a community applicant pursuant to section 26.5-3-104.

(5) Family support and parent education means a program or service that
promotes a family's positive and meaningful engagement in its children's lives by
providing an experiential and supportive adult learning environment through which
a primary caregiver can learn how to create a safe, stable, and supportive family
unit.

(6) Local advisory council means the body that oversees the operation of
the family resource center as described in section 26.5-3-104 (1)(b).

Legislative History

Source: L. 2022: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 22-1295), ch. 123, p. 601, � 3, effective July 1.