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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Families with children or youth at imminent risk of out-of-home placement are eligible for emergency assistance. Assistance is available to or on behalf of a needy child or youth who is less than twenty-one years of age and any other member of the household in which the child or youth lives if:
(a) The child or youth is living with kin, as defined in section 26-6-903, in a place of residence maintained by the kin;
(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 5.3 may be used for, but is not limited to:
(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(e) Repealed by Laws 2024, Ch. 289 (S.B. 24-008), § 4, eff. September 1, 2024.
(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.
(h) Goods needed for the child's basic care, including beds, clothing, and transportation costs; and
(i) Limited rental or housing assistance, not to exceed a sixty-day subsidy.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 26. Human Services Code § 26-5.3-105. Eligibility requirements--period of eligibility--services available - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-26-human-services-code/co-rev-st-sect-26-5-3-105/
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