§ 26.5-3-207 — Disbursement of grants from the trust fund - restrictions

Colorado § 26.5-3-207

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

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(1)
Grants may be awarded to provide money for the start-up, continuance, or
expansion of primary or secondary prevention programs, including pilot programs
and educational programs for professionals and the public, and to study and
evaluate primary and secondary prevention programs. In addition, grants may be
awarded for programs to prevent and reduce the occurrence of prenatal substance
exposure and an evidence-based or research-based child sexual abuse prevention
training model to prevent and reduce the occurrence of child sexual abuse.

(2) The distribution of money credited to the trust fund by reimbursement for
prevention services and programs identified in the federal Title IV-E prevention
services clearinghouse must fund programs and services that align with the state's
prevention strategy, pursuant to the federal Family First Prevention Services Act
of 2018, including consideration of variable needs and resources across the state
and data-driven approaches, and be informed by the department in consultation
with county departments of human or social services and other entities that deliver
the eligible services or programs. Eligible services or programs may include those
under evaluation for the purposes of petitioning the federal government for
inclusion in the federal Title IV-E prevention services clearinghouse; except that, if
the service or program at the time of federal review is rated to not meet criteria for
inclusion in the federal Title IV-E prevention services clearinghouse, money
credited to the trust fund by reimbursement for prevention services must not be
allocated for that purpose in the next fiscal year, unless there is an evaluation of
the service or program already underway that will build substantial new evidence
that has the potential to change the service or program rating, or the service or
program has been submitted to the federal clearinghouse for re-review.

(3) The board has discretion to oversee the disbursement of money from the
trust fund to ensure its appropriate use and make recommendations for the total
grant amount to be awarded each year.

(4) The board shall not authorize any grant awards pursuant to subsection (1)
of this section for political, election, or lobbying purposes.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2022: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 22-1295), ch. 123, p. 611, � 3, effective July 1.