C.R.S. 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)

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(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.

Source: Section 26-2-720.5 — County block grant support fund - created, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-26.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

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Short title
26‑2‑102
Legislative declaration
26‑2‑102.5
Foster care - Title IV-E of the social security act - Title IV-E administrative costs cash fund - rules
26‑2‑103
Definitions
26‑2‑104
Public assistance programs - electronic benefits transfer service - joint reports with department of revenue - signs - rules
26‑2‑105
Federal requirements
26‑2‑106
Applications for public assistance
26‑2‑107
Verification - record
26‑2‑108
Granting of assistance payments and social services - rules
26‑2‑109
Right to own certain property
26‑2‑110
Repayment not required
26‑2‑111
Eligibility for public assistance - rules - repeal
26‑2‑111.5
Access to supplemental security income program benefits for old age pension applicants and recipients
26‑2‑111.6
Old age pension work incentive program
26‑2‑111.8
Eligibility of noncitizens for public assistance
26‑2‑112
Old age pensions for inmates of public institutions
26‑2‑113
Funds for old age pensions
26‑2‑114
Amount of assistance payments - old age pension
26‑2‑115
State old age pension fund - priority
26‑2‑116
Old age pension stabilization fund
26‑2‑119
Amount of assistance payments - aid to the needy disabled - rules
26‑2‑119.7
Federal disability benefits - application assistance - fund - rules - report - legislative declaration
26‑2‑120
Amount of assistance payments - aid to the blind
26‑2‑121
Expenses of treatment to prevent blindness or restore eyesight
26‑2‑122
Public assistance in the form of social services
26‑2‑122.3
Home care allowance - repeal
26‑2‑122.5
Acceptance of available money to finance the low-income energy assistance program
26‑2‑123
Removal to another county
26‑2‑124
Reconsideration and changes
26‑2‑125
Colorado works cases - vendor payments
26‑2‑127
Appeals
26‑2‑128
Recovery from recipient - estate
26‑2‑129
Funeral - final disposition expenses - death reimbursement - definitions - rules
26‑2‑131
Public assistance not assignable
26‑2‑132
Limitation
26‑2‑133
State income tax refund offset - rules
26‑2‑134
Checks, drafts, or orders for payment of moneys for public assistance - identification of bearer
26‑2‑135
Medically correctable program - fund established - rules
26‑2‑137
Noncitizens programs
26‑2‑138
Refugee services program - state plan - rules - definitions - repeal
26‑2‑139
Food pantry assistance grant program - created - timeline and criteria - grants - definitions - repeal
26‑2‑140
Colorado diaper distribution program - diapering essentials - report - rules - definitions
26‑2‑141
High-quality work management system - implementation - funding - repeal
26‑2‑142
Colorado teen parent driver’s license program - report - rules - definitions - appropriation
26‑2‑143
Colorado commodity supplemental food grant program - creation - appropriation - rules - definitions
26‑2‑144
Food bank assistance grant program - creation - rules - definition
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Short title
26‑2‑202
Legislative declaration
26‑2‑203
Definitions
26‑2‑204
Mandatory minimum state supplementation of SSI benefits
26‑2‑205
Optional state supplementation
26‑2‑206
Interim assistance
26‑2‑207
Administration
26‑2‑208
Federal requirements
26‑2‑209
Limitations
26‑2‑210
State supplemental security income stabilization fund - creation
26‑2‑301
Food stamps - administration
26‑2‑301.5
Performance standards - incentives - sanctions
26‑2‑302
Federal requirements
26‑2‑304
Appeals - recoveries - rules
26‑2‑305
Fraudulent acts - penalties
26‑2‑305.5
Categorical eligibility - repeal
26‑2‑306
Trafficking in food stamps
26‑2‑307
Fuel assistance payments - eligibility for federal standard utility allowance - supplemental utility assistance fund established - definitions - repeal
26‑2‑308
Colorado employment first - supplemental nutrition assistance program - federal match - legislative declaration - definition - repeal
26‑2‑701
Short title
26‑2‑702
Legislative intent
26‑2‑703
Definitions
26‑2‑704
No individual entitlement
26‑2‑705
Works program - purposes
26‑2‑706
Target populations
26‑2‑706.5
Restrictions on length of participation - rules
26‑2‑706.6
Payments and services under Colorado works - rules
26‑2‑707.5
Community resources investment assistance
26‑2‑707.7
Information concerning immunization of children
26‑2‑708
Assistance - assessment - individual responsibility contract - waivers for domestic violence - rules
26‑2‑709
Benefits - cash assistance - programs - rules - repeal
26‑2‑709.5
Exit interviews and follow-up interviews of participants - reporting
26‑2‑710
Administrative review
26‑2‑711
Works program - sanctions against participants - rules
26‑2‑712
State department duties - authority
26‑2‑713
State maintenance of effort
26‑2‑714
County block grants formula - use of money - rules
26‑2‑714.5
Adjusted work participation rate - notification - county authorization - career and technical education
26‑2‑715
Performance contracts
26‑2‑716
County duties - appropriations - penalties - hardship extensions - domestic violence extensions - incentives - rules
26‑2‑717
Reporting requirements
26‑2‑718
Regionalization
26‑2‑719
Private contracting
26‑2‑720.5
County block grant support fund - created
26‑2‑721
Colorado long-term works reserve - creation - use
26‑2‑721.3
Colorado works program maintenance fund - creation - use - report
26‑2‑725
Outreach and engagement plan - family voice participation
26‑2‑1001
Short title
26‑2‑1002
Legislative declaration
26‑2‑1003
Definitions
26‑2‑1004
Individual development account program - rules
26‑2‑1005
Eligibility for participation in the individual development account program
26‑2‑1101
Legislative declaration
26‑2‑1102
Definitions
26‑2‑1103
Transitional jobs program
26‑2‑1104
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