This bill proposes amendments to Colorado law to encourage greater collaboration between county departments of social services and other local agencies in providing coordinated services to children and families. Specifically, it adds community colleges, early childhood councils, boards of cooperative services, regional service councils, family resource centers, and workforce centers to the list of entities that may enter into agreements with county departments of social services to establish local interagency groups and teams to manage multi-agency service provision. It aims to improve economic opportunity and reduce poverty in Colorado through comprehensive, coordinated family support services and education.
This bill proposes amendments to Colorado law to encourage greater collaboration between county departments of social services and other local agencies in providing coordinated services to children and families. Specifically, it adds community colleges, early childhood councils, boards of cooperative services, regional service councils, family resource centers, and workforce centers to the list of entities that may enter into agreements with county departments of social services to establish local interagency groups and teams to manage multi-agency service provision. It aims to improve economic opportunity and reduce poverty in Colorado through comprehensive, coordinated family support services and education.
This bill proposes amendments to Colorado law to encourage greater collaboration between county departments of social services and other local agencies in providing coordinated services to children and families. Specifically, it adds community colleges, early childhood councils, boards of cooperative services, regional service councils, family resource centers, and workforce centers to the list of entities that may enter into agreements with county departments of social services to establish local interagency groups and teams to manage multi-agency service provision. It aims to improve economic opportunity and reduce poverty in Colorado through comprehensive, coordinated family support services and education.
This bill proposes amendments to Colorado law to encourage greater collaboration between county departments of social services and other local agencies in providing coordinated services to children and families. Specifically, it adds community colleges, early childhood councils, boards of cooperative services, regional service councils, family resource centers, and workforce centers to the list of entities that may enter into agreements with county departments of social services to establish local interagency groups and teams to manage multi-agency service provision. It aims to improve economic opportunity and reduce poverty in Colorado through comprehensive, coordinated family support services and education.
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Second Regular Session DRAFT
Sixty-seventh General Assembly 10.8.09
STATE OF COLORADO BILL 8
LLS NO. 10-0288.01 Brita Darling INTERIM COMMITTEE BILL
Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task Force
@House1 Committees @House2 Committees
SHORT TITLE: "Collaborative Mgmt Multi-agency Services"
A BILL FOR AN ACT
101 C ONCERNING COLLABORATION IN THE PROVISION OF MULTI-AGENCY 102 SERVICES.
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.)
Specifies that community colleges, early childhood councils, boards of cooperative services, regional service councils, family resource centers, and workforce centers may also enter into agreements with county departments of social services that are designed to promote a collaborative system of local-level interagency oversight groups and individualized service and support teams to coordinate and manage the
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute. Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. DRAFT 10.8.09 provision of services to children and families who would benefit from integrated multi-agency services. Makes conforming amendments to clarify that the additional agencies or entities who may enter into agreements shall have the same rights and responsibilities as the agencies and entities currently specified in the statute.
1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
2 SECTION 1. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly
3 hereby finds and declares that:
4 (a) Achieving the goals of improving economic opportunity and
5 decreasing poverty in Colorado will require a coordinated effort on the
6 part of state policymakers and program administrators;
7 (b) Programs and policies that assist families in need of immediate
8 assistance, short-term assistance, and long-term support need to be crafted
9 and administered with the overriding goals of poverty reduction and
10 family self-sufficiency in mind;
11 (c) No person or family is the same, and public programs for
12 struggling families cannot be crafted or carried out in a vacuum;
13 (d) By supporting a wide range of approaches, including applying
14 prevention strategies, creating partnerships with the private sector,
15 identifying and encouraging community-based efforts, and exploring
16 tax-based strategies, state leaders can improve the lives of children and
17 families while at the same time strengthening local economies.
18 (2) The general assembly therefore finds that it is appropriate to
19 encourage collaboration and alliances among existing entities with the
20 goal of reducing poverty in Colorado through the provision of
21 comprehensive and coordinated support services and education to
