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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 26. Human Services Code § 26-2-706.5. Restrictions on length of participation--rules

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Unless cash assistance is provided through segregated funds pursuant to federal law and section 26-2-714, as of June 3, 1997, each month of cash assistance received by an assistance unit that includes a specified caretaker who has received assistance under Title IV-A of the social security act, as amended, shall count toward that specified caretaker's sixty-month lifetime maximum of TANF benefits as established in federal law.

(2) Any month in which a specified caretaker is determined to be a disqualified or excluded person from a basic cash assistance grant shall count as a month of participation in the calculation of the specified caretaker's overall sixty-month lifetime maximum.

(3)(a) The county department shall, where available and applicable, provide for or refer a disqualified or excluded person to other appropriate services, including services that may assist the person toward self-sufficiency.

(b) Nothing in this subsection (3) shall be construed to create any entitlement for services or to require any county to expend resources in addition to existing appropriations.

(4) No later than July 1, 2023, the state board shall promulgate rules:

(a) Establishing statewide standards and procedures that require counties to offer extensions beyond the sixty-month lifetime maximum for all households that demonstrate good cause, which includes, but is not limited to, an applicant or participant who is:

(I) A child-only case;

(II) The head of a single parent household unit and has a child under one year of age; or

(III) Experiencing hardship, as defined in rules promulgated by the state board; and

(b) To address how the state will monitor extensions in relation to requirements under the federal law.

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