Colorado § 26-2-707.5 Community resources investment assistance

Colorado Statutes

§ 26-2-707.5 — Community resources investment assistance

Colorado § 26-2-707.5

Title 26Human

Art.Public Assistance

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26-2-707.5 (2026).

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(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 pursuan

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(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.