C.R.S. Section 26-5.3-105
Eligibility requirements

  • period of eligibility
  • services available

(1)

Families with children at imminent risk of out-of-home placement shall be eligible for emergency assistance. Assistance shall be available to or on behalf of a needy child under twenty-one years of age and any other member of the household in which the child lives if:

(a)

Such child is living with any of the relatives described in section 26-2-103 (4)(a) in a place of residence maintained by the relative as the relative’s own home;

(b)

Such child is without resources immediately accessible to meet the child’s needs; and

(c)

The emergency assistance is necessary to avoid destitution or to provide living arrangements for the child in a home.

(2)

Assistance shall be authorized for a family no more than once during a twelve-month period.

(3)

Emergency assistance provided pursuant to this article shall be used for, but shall not be limited to, the following:

(a)

Twenty-four-hour emergency shelter facilities or caretakers for children who must be removed from their homes in emergency situations;

(b)

Counseling, including crisis counseling available by telephone twenty-four hours a day;

(c)

Information referral;

(d)

Intensive family preservation services;

(e)

In-home supportive homemaker services;

(f)

Services used to develop and implement a discrete case plan, as provided by the federal “Social Security Act”;

(g)

Day treatment services for children.

Source: Section 26-5.3-105 — Eligibility requirements - period of eligibility - services available, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-26.­pdf (accessed May 26, 2025).

Current through Fall 2025

§ 26-5.3-105. Eligibility requirements's source at colorado​.gov