Colorado Title 26.5. Early Childhood Programs and Services § 26.5-3-102. Definitions

(1) “At-risk neighborhood” means an urban or rural neighborhood or community in which there are incidences of poverty, unemployment and underemployment, substance abuse, crime, school dropouts, illiteracy, teen pregnancies and teen parents, domestic violence, or other conditions that put families at risk.

(2) “Case management” means the process through which a family advocate for the family resource center assesses a family's need for services as provided in section 26.5-3-103(2).

(3) “Community applicant” means a local entity that is interested and willing to commit private and public resources to establish a family resource center and that applies for a family resource center grant pursuant to section 26.5-3-104. “Community applicant” includes, but is not limited to, a state or local governmental agency or governing body, a local private nonprofit agency, a local board of education on a cost-shared basis, a local recreational center, or a local child care agency.

(4) “Family resource center” means a unified single point of entry where vulnerable families, individuals, children, and youth in communities or within at-risk neighborhoods or participants in Colorado works, pursuant to part 7 of article 2 of title 26, can obtain information, assessment of needs, and referral for delivery of family services described in section 26.5-3-103(2) and for which a grant is awarded to a community applicant pursuant to section 26.5-3-104.

(5) “Family support and parent education” means a program or service that promotes a family's positive and meaningful engagement in its children's lives by providing an experiential and supportive adult learning environment through which a primary caregiver can learn how to create a safe, stable, and supportive family unit.

(6) “Local advisory council” means the body that oversees the operation of the family resource center as described in section 26.5-3-104(1)(b).