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COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
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FAX(303)866-4740 Bill Owens
Governor
Marva Livingston Hammons
Executive Director
May 24, 2001
Commissioner M. J. Geile, Chair
Weld County Board of Commissioners
915 10th St.
P.O. Box 758
Greeley, Colorado 80632
Dear Commissioner Geile,
I received your letter of May 14 regarding the funding of the start-up costs of the City and County of
Broomfield's Dept. of Health and Human Services.
I appreciate your support of the use of Colorado Works short term reserve funds and federal pass through
funds to cover these costs. As you raised a concern about the child welfare allocation process, I want to
clarify that the current fiscal year allocation given to counties in accordance with the formula agreed upon
by the Child Welfare Allocation Committee and the State Dept. remains unchanged. Weld and all other
counties will receive and be able to spend all of their allocation should they need to. I am proposing to
incorporate Broomfield into the closeout process, which is an administrative function separate from the
allocation process overseen by the Child Welfare Allocation Committee. With respect to the use of
county administration and child care funds, I feel that Broomfield's expenses for administrative costs in
those areas are no different than any other county's and are therefore eligible for reimbursement.
I do appreciate your concern about the impact of incorporating the financial needs of a new county into
processes that did not anticipate such an event. We are committed to prioritizing our funding processes
in order to minimize the impact to other counties wherever possible while still trying to meet the legitimate
expenses of Broomfield.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Weld County for its role in working with Broomfield, its
neighbor counties and the State on a wide range of issues related to the creation of a new county
department of human services. Your participation and cooperation is much appreciated.
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