C.R.S. Section 26-2-725
Outreach and engagement plan

  • family voice participation

(1)

No later than September 30, 2022, the state department shall develop an outreach and engagement plan to promote access to the Colorado works program for eligible persons.

(2)

The state department shall partner with counties and nonprofit organizations when developing and implementing the outreach and engagement plan and shall incorporate feedback from current and former participants to ensure participants are influential stakeholders in the process.

(3)

At a minimum, the outreach and engagement plan must include specific strategies for:

(a)

Outreach to monolingual, non-English-speaking communities and families, including a linguistically diverse website and translation of other materials that include information about the works program in the seven most common languages spoken in each county of the state;

(b)

Developing culturally appropriate messaging;

(c)

Sharing information about the services and supports available and participants’ rights and responsibilities under the works program;

(d)

How to appeal if redetermination is denied;

(e)

Confidentiality protections for applicants and participants; and

(f)

Outreach through a variety of settings, including but not limited to social media, schools, child care centers, food banks, libraries, federally qualified health centers, home visiting programs, mobile home parks, head start and early head start centers, and mobile sites.

(4)

The state department shall:

(a)

Require that county staff working with applicants and participants receive comprehensive training regarding the works program. The training must include trauma-informed approaches to interacting with participants, consistency in communicating information about child care access and assistance, the alignment of a participant’s work requirements with child care access and family medical needs, the full scope of options for the participant to meet work and education requirements in alignment with the participant’s goals, and the availability of support services for families.

(b)

Develop toolkits, manuals, and other materials for county staff, applicants, and participants that include information about child care access and assistance, the alignment of a participant’s work requirements with child care access, the full scope of options for the participant to meet work and education requirements in alignment with the participant’s goals, and the availability of support services for families;

(c)

Partner with counties, nonprofit organizations, and participants to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate messaging and ensure that applicants and participants have access to sufficient supports and communication in the seven most common languages spoken in each county of the state, or, in the instance of a monolingual speaker of a language other than the seven most common languages, use best efforts to provide supports and communication in the language spoken by the individual;

(d)

Ensure adequate and meaningful representation by, feedback from, or engagement with current and former participants when making decisions and recommendations regarding the works program, including during any rule-making or regulatory process and other policy changes that impact recipients. To the extent possible, the state department shall ensure that participants involved pursuant to this subsection (4)(d) are diverse with regard to race, ethnicity, age, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and geography and that participant feedback has a genuine opportunity to influence substantial changes to the works program. The state department may utilize any established councils at the state and local level that have current and former participants represented or appointed to comply with the requirements of this subsection (4)(d). To the extent possible, the state department shall consider reimbursing participants involved pursuant to this subsection (4)(d) for travel expenses and attendant and dependent care.

(5)

Beginning January 2023, and each January thereafter, the state department shall include information on the implementation of the requirements in this section in its report to the house of representatives public and behavioral health and human services committee and the senate health and human services committee, or their successor committees, as part of its “State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act” presentation required by section 2-7-203.

(6)

The state department may review and consider information technology solutions for the implementation of this section.

Source: Section 26-2-725 — Outreach and engagement plan - family voice participation, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-26.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

26‑2‑101
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 26‑2‑201
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
Repeal
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 26-2-725’s source at colorado​.gov