1. Division of Child Welfare
SFY Long Bill Highlights

2. Child Welfare Services
Referred to as the “Child Welfare Block”:
100% allocation
80/20% allocation
Mitigation
Sources of funding:
General Fund
Local funds
Title IV-E
Title XX
Title IV-B
Medicaid
Title IV-E waiver

3. Child Welfare Services (continued)
Is the primary source of county funding for:
County administration
Out-of-home care
In-home care and preventive services
Subsidized adoption and relative guardianship
Other necessary and appropriate services

4. Child Welfare Services (continued)
In SFY , the Child Welfare Allocations Committee began using a model with the following 3-year average drivers:
Child population
Children in poverty
Program services costs
Days paid in foster care
Days paid in congregate care
Days paid in subsidized adoptions
New adoptions

5. Child Welfare Services (continued)
Utilizing the Outcomes Allocation Model
This model was first put in place for half of SFY

6. Child Welfare Services (continued)
Senate Bill , Revising the Child Welfare Funding Mechanism, was passed by the Legislature
Rate-setting review process:
A report including the rate-setting process and implementation timeline is due to the Joint Budget Committee on January 1, 2017 and every January 1 thereafter
On or before June 15, 2016 the Child Welfare Allocations Committee shall consider developing an allocations model
On or before August 1, 2016, the Department shall convene a group to review the rate-setting process for provider compensation
On or before December 15, 2016, the group shall proved the Joint Budget Committee and the Child Welfare Allocations Committee with a report recommending any changes, and if so, the process or methodology

7. Child Welfare Services (continued)
Child Welfare funding review and process:
On or before August 1, 2016, the Child Welfare Allocations Committee shall consider whether a restructuring of child welfare funding policy would be advisable
On or before December 15, 2016, the Child Welfare Allocations Committee shall provide the Joint Budget Committee with its findings and any recommendations for restructuring
On or before January 1, 2018 and January 1 thereafter, the Child Welfare Allocations Committee shall submit an annual report to the Joint Budget Committee

8. Family and Children’s Programs
Referred to as the “Core Services Program”
More restrictive funding
Child Welfare Services funding can be used for Core Services
Core Services funding cannot be used for Child Welfare Services
Core Services are a specific set of services
To prevent out-of-home placements
To promote the safe return of children to the home
To promote care in the least restrictive setting

9. Family and Children’s Programs (continued)
Eight basic Core Services
Home-based intervention
Intensive family therapy
Life skills
Day treatment
Sexual abuse treatment
Special economic assistance
Mental health services
Substance abuse

10. County Level Child Welfare Staffing Senate Bill 15-242
For SFY :
Child Welfare Allocations Committee allocated funding for 100 new child welfare staff
For SFY :
Child Welfare Allocation Committee allocated funding for another 84 new child welfare staff
Total On-going funding is over $12 million
Eligible staff must be hired after January 1, and considered additional FTE appropriation.

11. County Level Child Welfare Staffing (continued)
The bill also directed that each county receiving an allocation for new staffing will provide a 10% match, except for counties qualifying for the County Tax Base Relief Fund as a:
Tier 1county
Tier 2 county
Tier 1 and Tier 2 counties do not have a match and are funded at 100% State funds

12. County Level Child Welfare Staffing (continued)
SFY County Tax Base Relief
Tier 1 Counties
Tier 2 Counties
Alamosa
Bent
Conejos
Delta
Crowley
Huerfano
Fremont
Logan
Otero
Rio Grande
Prowers
Saguache
Pueblo

13. Title IV-E Waiver Demonstration
Senate Bill created the Title IV-E Waiver Demonstration Project Cash Fund
The Cash Fund provides spending authority for Title IV-E Waiver savings
Funds will be directed to counties for:
Existing or new interventions
Family engagement
Permanency round tables
Trauma-informed assessments
Trauma-informed treatment
Kinship support
Additional child welfare services

14. Title IV-E Waiver Demonstration (continued)
Title IV-B expenses for preventative services are approximately $100 million annually
Colorado receives approximately $4 million in Title IV-B
Title IV-E Waiver allows Colorado to apply unmatched Title IV-B expenditures to Title IV-E. The matched funds are added to the Title IV-E Waiver $12 million Cash Fund to be used for interventions.

15. Title IV-E Waiver Demonstration (continued)
Allocations to counties
Fiscal Year
Allocation
SFY
$6.7 million
SFY
$8.1 million
SFY
$12.1 million
SFY (projected)
$18.0 million

16. Parental Fees
In 1990, the amount of parental fees collected by county was calculated and identified as the base year to determine incentives in ensuing fiscal years.
Excess parental fees above the established base year amount is the basis for counties.
$3,208,511 is held out of the allocation of the Child Welfare Block for the incentives each fiscal year

17. Parental Fees (continued)
Incentives are distributed to counties by an upload through the County Financial Management System
Incentives can be used for:
Early intervention
Placement prevention
Family preservation
Any program funded pursuant to , and 310 (C.R.S.)

18. Collaborative Management Program
Funding originated in House Bill for incentives to promote a collaborative system of services for children and families with multi-system involvement.
$3 million Cash fund derived from docket fees in civil actions (Divorce Fees)
Senate Bill provided additional $1.5 million in general funds for incentives
43counties participate in the program and receive approximately $4.5 million in incentives.

19. Collaborative Management Program (continued)
Counties enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with local representatives of various agencies
Judicial districts
Health departments
School districts
Community mental health center
Behavioral Health Organization
Division of Youth Corrections
Managed service organization for alcohol and drug abuse treatment services
Domestic abuse program
Probation
Department of Human/Social Services

20. Independent Living Programs
$2,117,352 supports the federal Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
Helps current and former foster care youth achieve self-sufficiency
Currently 18 host counties and 22 collaborative counties

21. Independent Living Programs (continued)
Host Counties
Adams
Garfield
Alamosa
Jefferson
Arapahoe
La Plata
Boulder
Larimer
Broomfield
Mesa
Denver
Montrose
Elbert
Pueblo
El Paso
Weld
Fremont
Yuma

22. Independent Living Programs (continued)
Collaborative Counties
Archuleta
Jackson
Chaffee
Lincoln
Clear Creek
Mineral
Conejos
Montezuma
Costilla
Mountain Ute Tribe
Crowley
Otero
Custer
Rio Grande
Dolores
Saguache
Douglas
San Juan
Gilpin
Southern Ute Tribe
Huerfano
Teller

23. Independent Living Programs (continued)
Activities and programs include, but are not limited to:
Education
Employment
Financial management
Housing
Emotional support
$719,688 Educational and Training Vouchers Program was added to the program in 2002
Educational and training needs
Post secondary educational and training needs

24. Contact Information
Mary Alice Mehaffey
Associate Director of Operations, Division of Child Welfare
(303)
Kelly Sawka
Contracts and Grants Supervisor, Division of Child Welfare
Tiffany Sewell
Collaborative Management/ICWA Administrator
(303)