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Home My WebLink About20212742.tiffRESOLUTION RE: APPROVE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROGRAM PLAN AND BUDGET FOR CHAFEE FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM (CFCIP) AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with a Federal Fiscal Year 2022 Program Plan and Budget for the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) from the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Department of Human Services, to the Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Child Welfare, commencing October 1, 2021, and ending September 30, 2022, with further terms and conditions being as stated in said plan and budget, and WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said plan and budget, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, that the Federal Fiscal Year 2022 Program Plan and Budget for the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) from the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Department of Human Services, to the Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Child Welfare, be, and hereby is, approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to sign said plan and budget. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 22nd day of September, A.D., 2021. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO ATTEST: dattkAji. JChd:t. Steve oreno7 Chair Weld County Clerk to the Board BY: Deputy Clerk to the Board APPROVED A ounty A orney Date of signature: 1O/4 /21 Lori Saine cc:HSD to/6/21 2021-2742 HR0093 PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL Cork act (914-5z37 MEMORANDUM DATE: September 7, 2021 TO: Board of County Commissioners — Pass -Around FR: Jamie Ulrich, Director, Human Services RE: Employment Services Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) Services Plan and Projected Budget, SFY 2021-22 Please review and indicate if you would like a work session prior to placing this item on the Board's agenda. Request Board Approval of the Department's Employment Services Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) Services Plan and Projected Budget, SFY 2021-22. 'The Department is requesting to continue the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP), a federally funded program that provides age -appropriate independent living services to youth, ages 14 through 23. The Plan has been developed in accordance with State Department of Human Services rules. The plan is effective October 1, 2021 -September 30, 2022. The Department is requesting $75,739.00. This is an increase of $1,944.00 over last year. These monies partially fund services for youth emancipating and are augmented with other funds. The Plan and Projected Budget are due to the State by Friday, September 24, 2021. I do not recommend a Work Session. I recommend approval of the Plan and Projected Budget and authorize the Director and Chair to sign. Perry L. Buck Mike Freeman Scott K. James, Pro -Tern Steve Moreno, Chair Lori Saine Approve Schedule Recommendation Work Session Alf\ v11& ervwtt Other/Comments: fr Pass -Around Memorandum; September 7, 2021 — CMS ID 5237 Page 1 2021-2742 /2Z, Karla Ford From: Sent: To: Subject: Lori Saine Weld County Commissioner, District 3 1150 O Street PO Box 758 Greeley CO 80632 Phone: 970-400-4205 Fax: 970-336-7233 Email: Isaine@weldgov.com Website: www.co.weld.co.us in God We Trust Lori Saine Tuesday, September 7, 2021 12:12 PM Karla Ford RE: Please Reply - PA FOR ROUTING: ES Chafee Plan (CMS 5237) Confidentiality Notice: This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify sender by return e-mail and destroy the communication. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action concerning the contents of this communication or any attachments by anyone other than the named recipient is strictly prohibited. From: Karla Ford <kford@weidgov.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 12:10 PM To: Lori Saine <Isaine@weidgov.com> Subject: Please Reply - PA FOR ROUTING: ES Chafee Plan (CMS 5237) Importance: High Please advise if you approve recommendation. Thank you! Karla Ford g Office Manager, Board of Weld County Commissioners 1150 0 Street, P.O. Box 758, Greeley, Colorado 80632 :: 970.336-7204 :: kford a weldgovsaj :: www.weldgov,corn **Please note my working hours are Monday -Thursday 7:00a.m.-5:00p.r .** 1 COLORADO Office of Children, Youth 6 Famines ©txtston of CE id Weh`are REQUEST FOR, STATE APPROVAL OF PLAN Does your county program intend on applying for Colorado Foster Youth Successful Transitifyi to Adulthood Grant Program (HB21-1094) funding? fB Yes Please complete all portions of the plan for the Chafee Faster Care Independence Program (Chafee).. This Chafee Program Services Plan is hereby submitted for Weld County (Indicate host county name), for the performance period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022, The Plan includes the following +� Completed and Signed "Request for State Approval" form Completed "FFY2.2 Program Plan Cover Page" form • Completed "Statement of Assurances" form • Completed "Narrative Summary and Program Description" ton" form Completed and Signed "Regional Collaborative MOU(s)" (if applicable) Completed "Financial Pre -award Questionnaire" form • Completed "Budget. and; Budget Justification Form Workbook" Completed "Population to be Served" Worksheet o Completed "Budget Template" Worksheet Completed "Workload Worksheet" (for each worker) This Chafee Program Services Plan has been de4gretwed fn accordance with State Deparrrnmt of Human Services rotes and is hereby submitted to the Colorado Depsrtmt tt of Human 5en'ces, Division of Child Welfare for ap.pres~a _ If the end -riled pcopuscd Chafee Program Services Plan Is approved. the plan will be administered in conformity with its provisions and the provisions of State Department rule2 and plan requirements. Contact information: Primary Contact: Name: Jasmin Dominguez Title: Youth Life grills Navigator (Chafee Worker) S -u rwsor/Adrr=inistrator Contact: Name: Greg Cordova Title: Youth F.mplicsyyrnent a Training Supervisor Accounting Contact: Name: Lennie Bottorff Title: Senior Fiscal Visor Phone.97O-' -6r7oi Ernait: 1dcminguez@weidgov.con Phone :470- LUX- 6762 Email; cloak do aL : wetdg v. corn Phcuie:9 -400-€537 Email: buttcrtligiseldg©v- can By sing below, you verify that the information provided in this plan Is correct arid current and the county agrees to provide services in acCarhance with this plan. Your signature also acknowledges agreement to the statement of assurances found herein. if two or more +countues propose this plan, he r fired signatures below are to be completed by e parti. r county. Please attach an additional /signature page as ntded. R 8 t� ram Director, County Department of Human Services DATE 21 Signature, CHAIR, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS or Appointed Representative DATE Page 1 of 32 COLORADO Office of Children, Youth & Families Division of Child Welfare CHAFEE PROGRAM SERVICES PLAN Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022 PROGRAM PLAN COVER PAGE Period of Performance: October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022 • Chafee Case Management and Support Services • Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Services ® National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) Services Host County Name: Weld County Fiscal Agent: Weld Host County DUNS Number: 0757579 55 Regional Chafee Collaborative Counties: • This section should be utilized to identify other counties which your program will be serving in FFY22. • Identify the counties that your program has an official collaboration with (signed MOU - see page 11 for the template). • It should also be used to designate those counties that aren't being served by an existing Chafee program where your program is willing to serve. • For those counties that you include in this section they will be added to your county for the purposes of the calculation of your annual award. • If two or more counties identify the same county that they are willing to serve the calculation will be split between those counties for the award. Collaborative Counties (please indicate if you have an MOU with each county listed): 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. MOU: Yes: No: MOU: Yes: No: MOU: Yes: No: MOU: Yes: No: MOU: Yes: No: Page 2 of 32 Does your county program have a formalized agreement (MOU, Interagency agreement, etc.) with the local Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Provider? Yes • No: No official agreement, but have recently met and are collaborating for referrals In -process Name of RHY Provider: Centennial Board of Cooperative Educational Services (CBOCES) Marc Fortney 970-381-3621 mfortney@cboces.org Additional Notes: Contracted Agency Name (if applicable) Name of Agency Contracted to Provide Chafee Services on behalf of the County: Agency Name: CHAFEE PROGRAM SERVICES PLAN STATEMENT OF ASSURANCES The following County(ies): Weld County Govenrment assures that, upon approval of the Chafee Program Services Plan and notice of funding, the following will be adhered to in the implementation of the Chafee Program Services Plan: . Chafee Program — Federal and State Required Statement of Assurances: 1. Funds shall be used exclusively for the purposes specified in the plan (12 CCR 2509-4 (7.305.41); 2. Funds shall not be used to supplant, duplicate, or replace existing child welfare funds and; 3. Funds shall not be used for county budget shortfalls; 4. Assistance and services shall be provided only to Chafee-eligible youth [Social Security Act (SSA), Title IV - E, Section 477(b)(3)(A)] on a voluntary basis; 5. Not more than 30 percent of the amounts allocated for Chafee for a fiscal year (performance period) will be expended for room and board for youth who have left foster care because they have attained 18 years of age and have not attained 21 years of age [SSA Section 477(b)(3)(B)]; 6. None of the amounts paid to the County Department from its Chafee award will be expended for room and board for any child who has not attained 18 years old [SSA Section 477(b)(3)(C)]; 7. The County Department will make every effort to coordinate the Chafee program receiving funds with other Federal and State programs for youth (especially transitional living youth projects funded under part B of Title III of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974), abstinence education programs, local housing programs, programs for disabled youth (especially sheltered workshops), and school -to -work programs offered by high schools or local workforce agencies [SSA Section 477(b)(3)(F)]; Page 3 of 32 8. Youth participating in the program under this section will participate directly in designing their own program activities that prepare them for independent living and the youth will be required to accept personal responsibility for living up to their part of the program [SSA Section 477(b)(3)(H)]; 9. The County Department will enter data on services into the State automated reporting system (Colorado Trails); 10. The County Department will assure that National Youth in Transitions Database (NYTD) program evaluation and youth survey requirements are met; and 11. Ensure all youth 18 to 21 have documents that demonstrate legal presence in the United States before Chafee services are provided [SSA Section 472(a)(3), Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) Section 245A(h), and INA Section 210(f)]. 12. Chafee services and funding are utilized only for those youth who qualify according to the eligibility standards contained in 12 CCR 2509-4 (7.305.42). The County's Chafee Program Services Plan is required to be approved annually. Given that services are not standardized across counties, it is important to provide detailed bullets of information about a County's projected services. According to Volume 7, the Chafee Program is a federally funded statewide independent living program that is county administered. The purpose of the Chafee Program is to provide flexible funding to enable programs to be designed and conducted for the following purposes [SSA Section 477(a)]: 1. Support all youth who have experienced out -of -home placement at age 14 or older in their transition to adulthood through transitional services such as assistance in obtaining a high school diploma and post- secondary education, career exploration, vocational training, job placement and retention, training, and opportunities to practice daily living skills, substance abuse prevention, and preventative health activities; 2. Help children who have experienced foster care at age 14 or older achieve meaningful, permanent connections with a caring adult; 3. Help children who have experienced foster care at age 14 or older engage in age or developmentally appropriate activities, positive youth development, and experiential learning that reflects what their peers in intact families experience; 4. Provide financial, housing, counseling, employment, education, and other appropriate support and services to former foster care recipients between 18-23 years of age to complement their own efforts to achieve self-sufficiency and to assure that program participants recognize and accept their personal responsibility for preparing for and then making the transition from adolescence to adulthood; 5. Make available vouchers for education and training, including postsecondary training and education, to youths who have aged out of foster care; 6. Provide the services to children who, after attaining 16 years of age, have left foster care for kinship guardianship or adoption, and 7. Ensure children who are likely to remain in foster care until 18 years of age have regular, ongoing opportunities to engage in age or developmentally -appropriate activities. 8. These services shall supplement existing independent living resources and programs in county departments, residential child care facilities and child placement agencies, and by federal statute, shall not replace or duplicate existing services. Chafee Program funds shall not exceed 30% of a counties budget or be used for room and board for a youth under eighteen (18) years of age. Page 4 of 32 NARRATIVE SUMMARY AND PROGRAM DESCRIPTION It is acknowledged that the eligible youth for Chafee services per 12 CCR 2509-4 (7.305.42) represents a diverse population with many different developmental needs. For certain questions there is a request to provide information on how each population will be addressed by the department of human/social services and/or the Chafee program. It will be important to differentiate the services that are available when there is continued DHS/DSS involvement as opposed to when this is no longer an option. When completing each section please provide the requested information for the two separate identified populations: • Population #1: 14 through 17 -year -olds. • Population #2: 18 to 23 -year -olds. Positive Youth Development (PYD) is extremely important in guiding service implementation and should be taken into consideration and documented throughout the annual plan. The PYD principles are provided below. • Strengths -based — Taking a holistic approach that focuses on the inherent strengths of an individual, family or community, then building upon them. • Inclusive —Addressing the needs of all youth by ensuring that our approach is culturally responsive. • Engaging youth as partners — Ensuring the intentional, meaningful, and sustained involvement of youth as equitable partners in the programs, practices, and policies that seek to impact them. • Collaborative — Creating meaningful partnerships within and across sectors to effectively align our work. • Sustainable —Addressing long-term planning through funding, training, capacity building, professional development, and evaluation in order to ensure ongoing support and engagement of youth. Identification, Outreach, and Waitlist: I. Describe in bulleted detail how the program will identify and engage youth eligible for Chafee services in each of the eligible populations. Population #1: • Referred to Chafee by the Weld County Department of Human Services (WCDHS) Child Welfare (CW) Division through Family Engagement Meetings (FEM), Team Decision Making (TDM) meetings, Crystal Reports, Permanency Round Tables and Adolescent Care Exceptions Reports. • Outreach process: Referral received by Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker, contact made with youth, assessment completed with discussion regarding Chafee being a voluntary program, Transition Plan created with the youth, provide ongoing support and services focused on the identified outcomes in the Transition Plan. Population #2: • Referred to Chafee by the WCDHS CW Division through FEM's TDM's, Crystal Reports, Permanency Round Tables and Adolescent Care Exceptions Reports. Page 5 of 32 • Additionally, referred to Chafee by the WCDHS CW Division, State Educational and Training Voucher (ETV) list, Permanency Round Tables, or Kinship caseworker. • Outreach process: Referral received by Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker contact made with youth, assessment completed with discussion regarding Chafee being a voluntary program, Transition Plan created with the youth, provide ongoing support and services focused on the outcomes in the Transition Plan. II. Describe (in bulleted format) how the county will verify a youth meets the citizenship or qualified alien requirements before accessing Chafee services [SSA Section 472(a)(3), INA Section 245A(h), and INA Section 210(f)]. • At the time of their referral to the program, each applicant must verify lawful presence in the United States by the following: Produce either: o Valid Colorado Driver's License or a Colorado Identification Card issued pursuant to Article 2 of Title 42, C.R.S., OR o A United States Military Card or Military Dependent's Identification Card; OR o A United States Merchant Mariner Card; OR o A native American Tribal Document; OR Page 5 of 29 o Any other document authorized by rules adopted by the Department of Revenue; AND Execute an Affidavit stating that: He or she us a United States citizen or legal permanent resident; OR o He or she is otherwise lawfully present in the United States pursuant to the federal law III. Describe how the program will operate a waitlist if there is a need for one. Include how the program will prioritize youth with the most need and on what criteria this is based. • The primary Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will meet with each young adult referred to Chafee. During the initial assessment, mutually agreed upon goals and outcomes will be developed. Although Weld County does not project moving toward a waiting list for Chafee services, if Weld faces challenges and must initiate a waiting list process, young adults facing the most challenging barriers will be prioritized by: 1. Young adults currently experiencing homelessness. 2. Young adults who have aged out of foster care, are not enrolled in secondary education, and have not obtained a High School Diploma or Equivalency. 3. Young adults who have aged out of foster care and are unemployed. 4. Young adults who have aged out of foster care and are underemployed. 5. Young adults who may age out of foster care within 12 months. 6. Young adults ages 16 through 17 currently in out -of -home placement. 7. Young adults ages 14 through 15 currently in out -of -home placement. o If Weld County must implement a waiting list, foster youth/young adults will be provided with alternative services available through Employment Services of Weld County (ESWC) whenever possible. Alternative available programs include Pillars for Successful Independence (PSI), Resources for Independence Success and Employment (RISE — developed through HB18-1319), Governors Summer Job Hunt (GSJH), and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). OA). Page 6 of 32 Program Narrative: Describe in bulleted detail and short summary how the program will design and deliver individualized services to achieve the purposes below. I. Legal permanency and lifelong connections A. Describe how the County child welfare agency will help young people identify, develop, and strengthen relationships with family, kin, mentors, and other supportive adults through the course of ongoing casework practice for youth who continue to have ongoing involvement with child welfare. Population #1: • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker provide monthly independent living workshops. In addition to the many topics that are covered, workshops also address issues related to appropriate social skills, maintaining relationships, techniques for reaching out to others, and developing their own social traditions. Beginning with their initial involvement in a case, Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker are educating foster and adoptive parents, placement staff, caseworkers, and kinship providers regarding the importance of their continuing involvement and support of youth after they leave the child welfare system to support their successful emancipation. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker participate in TDM's, FEM's, Permanency Round Tables, (participate in other counties), youth voice permanency round tables (participate in other counties), monthly staffing's and permanency reviews to develop appropriate planning related to emancipation from child welfare and to prepare for appropriate permanency and ongoing supportive relationships. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker complete the Youth Connections Scale with youth entering the program. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker use the information gathered from this assessment to help encourage youth to continue building on connections that they have already identified in their life. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will also encourage youth to share this information with their team so that their caseworker, Guardian ad Litem (GAL), Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Workers, foster parents, and anyone else involved can help nurture these relationships while youth are in care. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will refer youth to the PSI program. This program offers workshops for only our youth ages 13 1/2-16. Population #2: • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker provide monthly independent living workshops. • In addition to the many topics that are covered, workshops also address issues related to appropriate social skills, maintaining relationships, techniques for reaching out to others, and developing their own social traditions. • Beginning with their initial involvement in a case, Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker being educating foster and adoptive parents, placement staff, caseworkers, and kinship providers regarding the importance of their continuing involvement and support of youth after they leave the child welfare system to support their successful emancipation. Page 7 of 32 • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker participate in TDM's, FEM's, Permanency Round Tables, (participate in other counties), youth voice permanency round tables (participate in other counties), monthly staffing's and permanency reviews in order to develop appropriate planning related to emancipation from child welfare and to prepare for appropriate permanency and ongoing supportive relationships. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker complete the Youth Connections Scale with youth entering the program. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker use the information gathered from this assessment to help encourage youth to continue building on connections that they have already identified in their life. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will also encourage youth to share this information with their team so that their caseworker, Guardian ad Litem (GAL), Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Worker, foster parents, and anyone else involved can help nurture these relationships while youth are in care. B. Describe how the Chafee program will serve as a support, rather than a replacement to the efforts described in question 1 above, to support the development of lifelong connections. Population #1: • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker support these connections by engaging the permanent supports that the youth have identified in the Youth Connections Scale as well as the Chafee Independence Living (IL) Plan. The worker will continue to review permanent connections often by reviewing the youth's IL plan as well as reviewing the Youth Connections Scale to bolster their permanent connections. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will continue to encourage youth to make new connections and maintain already existing relationships within their working circles. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker encourage the youth to identify these people to the rest of their team and invite these connections to their team meetings. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker work continuously with caseworkers regarding follow up efforts working from the diligent search findings. Population #2: • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker support these connections by engaging the permanent supports that the youth have identified in the Youth Connections Scale as well as the Chafee IL Plan. The worker will continue to review permanent connections often by reviewing the youth's IL plan as well as reviewing the Youth Connections Scale to bolster their permanent connections. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will continue to encourage youth to make new connections and maintain already existing relationships within their working circles. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker encourage the youth to identify these people to the rest of their team and invite these connections to their team meetings. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker work continuously with caseworkers regarding follow up efforts working from the diligent search findings. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker support these connections by engaging the permanent supports that the youth have identified in the Youth Connections Scale as well as the Chafee IL Plan. The worker will continue to review permanent connections often by reviewing the youth's IL plan as well as reviewing the Youth Connections Scale to bolster their permanent connections. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will continue to encourage youth to make new connections and maintain Page 8 of 32 already existing relationships within their working circles. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker work continuously with caseworkers regarding follow up efforts working from the diligent search findings. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker can schedule TDM's at any time with the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) to focus on lifelong connections. C. For Population #2 describe how your Chafee program will help young people identify, develop, and strengthen relationships with family, kin, mentors, and other supportive adults, including your program's use of the Youth Connections Scale and other tools to support the development of lifelong connections. Population #2: • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker support these connections by engaging the permanent supports that the youth have identified in the Youth Connections Scale as well as the Chafee IL Plan. The worker will continue to review permanent connections often by reviewing the youth's IL plan as well as reviewing the Youth Connections Scale to bolster their permanent connections. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will continue to encourage youth to make new connections and maintain already existing relationships within their working circles. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker work continuously with caseworkers regarding follow up efforts working from the diligent search findings. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker can schedule TDM's at any time with the MDT to focus on lifelong connections. II. Wellbeing A. Describe the services the program will provide to help youth meet their physical, dental and mental health needs. Include your program's efforts to educate and enroll youth in Former Foster Care Medicaid. • The Weld County Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker utilize many of the services offered by the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment (WCDPHE). Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker connect youth to services provided by WCDPHE, including information and resources on sexual health strategies. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker include programming provided by WCDPHE in independent living groups, monthly workshops and individually with youth. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker engage with the Assistance Payments Eligibility Technicians if any youth who qualify for Former Foster Care Medicaid are having issues. With help from the technicians, we can help our youth utilize their insurance as soon as they need it. • Chafee also works with caseworkers, foster parents, kinship providers, and youth to encourage the youth's ongoing education regarding personal hygiene, regular health care checkups, how to make appointments, and creating a portfolio of the documents needed to access services successfully. B. Describe the services the program will provide to help young people make informed sexual health decisions and meet their sexual health needs. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker have youth identify on their own what resources they are aware of by way of the Chafee assessment and one on one discussion. Based off the information provided Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker connect youth to services provided by the WCDPHE, including information and resources on sexual health strategies. This will be a subject in a particular workshop (topic of conversation), one on one discussion, referral to their primary care physician and if Page 9 of 32 needed will refer to other community resources. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker also encourage youth to research these resources in whatever community they are or will be living in. C. Describe the services and supports the program will provide to young people who are pregnant and parenting. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker connect youth to services provided by community resources, appropriate medical professionals, and parenting classes. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will refer to primary care physicians, the WCDPHE, Safe Care®, Nurse -Family Partnership and other community resources. If there are specific needs that these resources are unable to meet the needs of the youth's Chafee will refer the youth to Core Services for assistance. D. Describe the services the county and program will provide to help young people make healthy relationship decisions. Population #1: • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will offer specific topic workshops, one on one discussion, and referrals to community resources WCDPHE. Chafee collaborates with community resources through the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) and Aims Community College for specific supports. Chafee also collaborates with the PSI program for workshops specific to these topics. Population #2: • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will offer specific topic workshops, one on one discussion, and referrals to community resources WCDPHE. Chafee collaborates with community resources through UNC and Aims Community College for specific supports. E. Describe the services the county and program will provide to help young people make healthy lifestyle decisions (including but not limited to substance use, exercise, tobacco use prevention, etc.). Population #1: • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will offer specific topic workshops, one on one discussion, and referrals to community resources such as North Range Behavioral Health (NRBH), WCDPHE, and Turn Around Bikes. Chafee will also refer to specialized community support groups and resources such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Nurse Family Partnership and parenting groups. Chafee will refer to Medicaid services or Core Services depending on the need or decisions being made for extra support. Chafee will also utilize the PSI program for support as needed. Population #2: • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will offer specific topic workshops, one on one discussion, and referrals to community resources such as NRBH, WCDPHE and Turn Around Bikes. Chafee will also refer to specialized community support groups and resources such as NA, AA, Nurse Family Partnership and parenting groups. Chafee will refer to Medicaid services or Core Services depending on the need or decisions being made for extra support. Page 10 of 32 F. Describe how your program will collaborate with family, kin, mentors, other supportive adults, community health and mental health centers, and community partners to support the wellbeing of young people in the program. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will be involved in monthly staffing's with caseworkers and other MDT members, TDM's, FEM's, Permanency Round Tables, Youth Voice Permanency Round Tables, Administrative Review Division (ARD), community meetings, school meetings and one-on-one meetings with youth and families (foster and kin). Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker continue to build collaborative relationships with support systems in and/or outside the home. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker also connect with foster parents through engagement in foster care parent trainings such as National Training & Development Curriculum (NTDC), Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker continue to go through trainings themselves to collaborate with family on how to support the wellbeing of youth in the program. G. Describe how the county and program will collaboratively serve young people with physical and developmental disabilities. Population #1: • Chafee has collaborative relationships with community agencies that specialize in working with individuals with disabilities. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will work with these agencies to meet the special needs of our youth. Two specific programs that Chafee works with are the School to Work Alliance Program (SWAP) and the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR). The WCDHS has a Disability Specialist that is able to collaborate with Chafee staff and individualized projects to meet needed accommodations. Population #2: • Chafee has collaborative relationships with community agencies that specialize in working with individuals with disabilities. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will work with these agencies to meet the special needs of our youth. Two specific programs that Chafee works with are SWAP and DVR. The WCDHS has a Disability Specialist that is able to collaborate with Chafee staff and individualized projects to meet needed accommodations. H. Describe how the program will support the young people you serve when it comes to their culture, linguistic needs, racial and ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, and gender identifies. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will meet the linguistic issues of participants by providing interpreters as needed. All staff have access to Voiance, and the Language Line as well as multilingual employees are available, as needed. The Chafee Assessment provides individual information regarding racial and cultural identifiers and practices. Specific needs will, and are, being incorporated into group and one-on-one interaction with workers. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker attend and participate in many multi -cultural and sexual orientations/gender identities trainings throughout the year. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker utilize several community resources for further education and support. Page 11 of 32 III.Safe and stable housing A. Describe how the county will strategically access the full continuum of financial housing resources for youth including Independent Living Arrangements (ILA), Chafee, and Family Unification Program (FUP) vouchers. • The team looks at youth/young adults to explore Job Corps as an option for supportive independence. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker also work closely with caseworkers by meeting one-on-one with the youth, monitoring adherence to the Independent Living Assistance (ILA) contract, and other supportive parties to ensure success. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will complete the Family Unification Program (FUP) pre - application with youth when they are 90 days prior to their 18th birthday. If a youth gets pulled for a FUP voucher, Chafee staff will attend all FUP related meetings with the youth, educate youth on housing research, attend apartment walk-through's, attend, and educate on lease signing and provide any other supports that are needed. Chafee staff will meet with youth one-on-one to discuss compliance with the program. B. Describe the housing supports including financial assistance (fees, deposits, rental assistance, and emergency funds), referral services, and assistance locating housing the program will provide to help youth secure safe and stable housing. • For Populations 1 and 2 these funds cannot be utilized for room and board. However, these funds can be used for items such as new worker uniforms, employment license fees, temporary assistance with emergency medical co -pay fees, and tuition for training or a class for employment. Chafee strives to collaborate with other agencies and programs such as the WIOA program, United Way of Weld County (UWWC) and other agencies and programs to also help meet these financial needs. The amount for both populations will not exceed $480 per participant per year so long as funds are available. For Population 3, Weld County Chafee will work with the Family Unification Program (FUP) to ensure all eligible youth have completed applications for a FUP voucher. Staff will also refer individuals to the Special Economic Assistance (SEA) funds to help with housing before accessing Chafee funds for housing assistance. Youth will also be referred to Dream Makers and the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) for other emergency funds. • Chafee will offer temporary housing, rental deposit, and food by utilizing no more than 30% of the allocations received. The amount will not exceed $480 per participant per year so long as funds are available. Payment will be made directly to the vendor through a voucher. This expenditure will be approved by the Youth Life Skills Navigator and the Youth Employment and Training Supervisor. Through the grant, Chafee will offer temporary Emergency Economic Assistance when all other resources have been exhausted or are unavailable. The goal of these funds is to continue to encourage the youth to be self-sufficient, provide a temporary safety net for unexpected needs and help youth avoid homelessness. C. Briefly describe barriers to securing safe and stable housing in the communities you serve and efforts your county is engaged in to address those barriers. • Barriers include affordable housing, lack of credit or a co-signer, and landlords or property management companies unwilling to work with the voucher. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker address the barrier of affordable housing by continuing to outreach to the Housing Authority, collaborating closely Page 12 of 32 with the FUP vouchers through UWWC and NRBH, and communicating with community landlords to educate about the needs of Weld County youth. The Chafee staff work on educating youth on the importance of credit as well as safely building credit when they turn 18. The Chafee staff will assist youth with communication with landlords to mediate issues as well as educate youth on using their permanent connections as references. By taking these steps the landlords are more willing to work with our program and our youth in the future. The Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker collaborate with other county staff to investigate alternative housing options, including diligent searches. • Chafee provides several specific workshops on community resources, permanent connections, and rental/housing workshops yearly to teach our youth the importance of community connections. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker ask the community members that are experts in these fields to teach these topics. For example, we have partnered with a local property management company who accepts FUP vouchers to teach a workshop about things landlords are looking for on a rental applications and proper landlord/tenant communications. This helps build trust among our local landlords on our program as well as utilizing the FUP voucher as they see the youth have supports. D. Describe ways in which the program will collaborate with family, kin, mentors, supportive adults, housing authorities, or community partners to help young people secure safe and stable housing. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will work with each youth and the youth's supportive connections on an individual basis. Chafee will be involved with monthly staffing's, TDM's FEM's, Permanency Round Tables and Youth Voice Permanency Round Tables and one-on-one support as needed. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will collaborate with case involved members of the team in coming up with creative and supportive plans for youth in their endeavor to secure safe and supportive housing. E. Describe the status of the county and Chafee partners with local runaway and homeless youth (RHY) providers, and/or continuums of care (CoC). Include efforts underway, through those partnerships, to prevent youth from discharging from foster care to a homeless shelter facility. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker and Weld County Government collaborate with the Northern Colorado Continuum of Care as well as community agencies to see how we can best bolster our youth to become successful independent young people, as well as see what resources are available in our community. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker collaborate with UWWC through the Collective Impact Youth Group now known as Thrive by 25. This group is comprised of youth serving agencies in the Weld County Community and is currently working on youth/young adults ages 9-25 having a trusted adult they can turn to when support is needed. This group reports to the Northern Colorado planning region of the Colorado Balance of State on their efforts. Weld County Chafee also collaborates with The Rural Collaborative, an agency that works and receives funding to help address and prevent youth homelessness as well as the State Office of Homeless Youth Services (OHYS) to address and meet the needs of youth discharging from foster care. • Chafee also collaborates with NRBH with the FUP vouchers. Chafee continues to work with youth in workshops and in one-on-one settings to discuss important life skills they will need to be self-sufficient such as having enough savings for startup costs, utilizing their permanent connections, and utilizing community resources. Page 13 of 32 • Weld County does not emancipate youth unless they have a strong and successful plan. They remain in care until they are fully ready with a plan to prevent homelessness. The youth will show that they are able to follow their plan successfully. The MDT works with the youth diligently to have a plan and back up plans in place before Weld County will emancipate youth. F. Describe the status of the county and Chafee program efforts to re-engage youth who may be receiving services through an RHY provider and are Chafee or re-entry eligible, and/or may be on the run from foster care. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker collaborate with partnering agencies to communicate needs of our youth in the community. Also, Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker establish rapport with youth at age 14 so they can reach out to the CFCIP program at any time of need. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker continue to build community relationships to maintain communication. If at any time a youth is on the run from foster care, Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will continue to outreach youth via e-mail, phone calls and/or text to try to re-engage the youth. An introduction was recently made with the RHY provider in Weld County and communication has started for collaboration and referrals. IV. Secondary educational attainment A. Describe how the county and program will support or encourage young people as they work to complete their high school diploma or GED. Population #1: • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will mediate and support eligible Chafee youth's relationships with secondary educators to encourage the successful completion of their High School Diploma or High School Equivalency (HSE) programming. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker join the MDT on any school staffing's and/or Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings to support youth during the one-on-one meetings. They also connect youth to appropriate educational services offered in the community such as special education assessments, transitional education programming, and tutoring. These services are available through Aims Community College, UNC, the Jesus Rodarte Cultural Center, the Greeley -Evans Alternative Program (GAP), private programs, alternative schools, the WIOA program, Job Corps, and DVR. Population #2: • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will mediate and support eligible Chafee youth's relationships with secondary educators to encourage the successful completion of their High School Diploma or High School Equivalency (HSE) programming. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker join the MDT on any school staffing's and/or Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings to support youth during the one-on-one meetings. They also connect youth to appropriate educational services offered in the community such as special education assessments, transitional education programming, and tutoring. These services are available through Aims Community College, UNC, the Jesus Rodarte Cultural Center, the Greeley -Evans Alternative Program (GAP), private programs, alternative schools, the WIOA program, Job Corps, and DVR. Page 14 of 32 B. Describe ways in which the program will collaborate with family, kin, mentors, supportive adults, and education and community partners to support the achievement of high school diplomas or GEDs by youth in your program. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker complete applications for all eligible youth to participate in the Annual Celebration of Educational Excellence. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker talk to youth in workshops and one-on-one settings to encourage and celebrate the youth's educational successes and dedication. Weld County also recognizes all individuals who have achieved success with a High School Diploma or High School Equivalency and are involved with the Weld County Division of Child Welfare through a separate graduation ceremony. Youth are encouraged to invite their family, friends, and any permanent supportive connections they have to participate in the celebration. V. Post -secondary training and educational attainment A. Describe how the program will support and encourage young people as they work to complete their postsecondary educational goals. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker use the rapport built with youth to successfully promote post- secondary education. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker educate youth on the benefits of post- secondary education, help youth research employment opportunities, and help youth research requirements for employment goals. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker assist the youth in visiting post -secondary training and education alternatives, facilitating meetings with faculty, counselors, and other youth on the opportunities that post -secondary education provides. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker assist youth with completing enrollment applications/forms, EN application, FASFA, and other scholarships they qualify for. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker assist youth by teaching them to manage their stipends, follow their budgets, and maintain their schedule so that they can keep up with their education planning. Weld County is the only County that provides monetary support to all eligible Weld County High School or Equivalency Graduates through the Bright Futures Program. B. Describe how the program will collaborate with family, kin, mentors, supportive adults, institutions of higher education, and community partners to support the achievement of postsecondary certifications or degrees by youth in your program. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker are very involved in disseminating information throughout the Department regarding the importance of Educational Training Vouchers (EN) as well as information related to financial aid for youth who are preparing for post -secondary educational opportunities. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will collaboratively work with youth and the supports that they have identified to problem solve any issues, communicate processes and opportunities, educate regarding financial assistance, encourage motivation, identify resources available such as, but not limited to, tutors and study groups, and assist youth with organizational skills. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker assist youth on time management skills to balance work, school, and family. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker assist youth with crisis intervention and transportation issues that arise. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will continue to meet with the support team to further identify needs and work with youth one-on-one as needed to increase skills for success. Page 15 of 32 VI. Adequate employment A. Describe how the county and program will help young people gain the experience and skills needed to become or remain employed. Population #1: • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker meet with youth on a one-on-one basis. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker discuss and educate youth on different knowledge about employment based off of the answers from their Chafee Assessment. During these one-on-one meetings Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker are also able to talk to the youth about how they can build work experience prior to having a job, such as volunteering, as well as working with the youth to create a resume. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker provide multiple workshops throughout the year on different employment topics. Some of these workshops include but are not limited to, What Not to Wear, Mock Interviewing, and Soft Skills. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker connect youth with County contacts with the Workforce Center, PSI, WIOA program, SWAP, and DVR. Population #2: • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker meet with youth on a one-on-one basis. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker can discuss/educate youth on different knowledge about employment based off the answers from their Chafee assessment. During these one-on-one meetings Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker are also able to talk to the youth about how they can build work experience prior to having a job, such as volunteering, as well as working with the youth to create a resume. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker provide multiple workshops throughout the year on different employment topics. Some of these workshops include but are not limited to, What Not to Wear, Mock Interviewing, and Soft Skills. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker connect youth with County contacts with the Workforce Center, PSI, WIOA program, SWAP, and DVR. B. Describe how the county and program will collaborate with family, kin, mentors, supportive adults, local workforce centers (WIOA), and community -based workforce programs to help youth prepare for and attain adequate employment. Population #1: • The uniqueness of the Weld County Chafee program is that it is housed within Employment Services of Weld County (ESWC). This provides the Chafee program to work alongside the WIOA program as well as a variety of additional youth programs offered through ESWC. This provides a one -stop location for Chafee youth/young adults to receive all services in one location and with the same staff. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker are involved with monthly staffing's, TDM's, FEM's, Permanency Round Tables and Youth Voice Permanency Round Tables. During these meetings the team works with the youth to identify their goals related to employment. Chafee utilizes the supports of identified permanent connections to continue to encourage youth into finding and maintaining employment. Page 16 of 32 • Chafee works with youth on a one-on-one basis to help bolster youth with the skills they feel that aren't as strong as they would like. These might include working with the youth to build soft skills, interview skills through mock interviews, and helping the youth to build a resume and complete job applications among other work -related skills. • Chafee continues to work collaboratively in the community. Chafee hosts workshops every month on different independent living skills, several that include different aspects of employment. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker have experts in the community come and teach those workshops. Through some of those workshops Chafee has been able to have some employers in the community consider Chafee youth for employment first before others. • Chafee works collaboratively with WIOA and ESWC. Chafee will utilize the program to come in and teach different workshop topics related to employment. The Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will refer/enroll youth in specific programs as appropriate. • Chafee youth participate yearly in the Annual Young Adult Job Fair hosted by ESWC and the City of Greeley. As part of this Job Fair, Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker ensure that their youth are signed up with Connecting Colorado, a state and county run database where youth can upload their resume as well as job search. Chafee also refers all eligible youth to apply to the Weld Works 4 Youth program. This is a summer program that ESWC offers youth, ages 14 and 15 years old, for summer employment throughout Weld County. Chafee also works collaboratively with the PSI program. This program offers a summer work program for Chafee youth between the ages of 13 1/2 through 16 years old within Weld County. Population #2: • The uniqueness of the Weld County Chafee program is that it is housed within Employment Services of Weld County (ESWC). This provides the Chafee program to work alongside the WIOA program as well as a variety of additional youth programs offered through ESWC. This provides a one -stop location for Chafee youth/young adults to receive all services in one location and with the same staff. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker are involved with monthly staffing's, TDM's, FEM's, Permanency Round Tables and Youth Voice Permanency Round Tables. During these meetings the team works with the youth to identify their goals related to employment. Chafee utilizes the supports of identified permanent connections to continue to encourage youth into finding and maintaining employment. • Chafee works with youth on a one-on-one basis to help bolster youth with the skills they feel that aren't as strong as they would like. These might include working with the youth to build soft skills, interview skills through mock interviews, and helping the youth to build a resume and complete job applications among other work -related skills. • Chafee continues to work collaboratively in the community. Chafee hosts workshops every month on different independent living skills, several that include different aspects of employment. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker have experts in the community come and teach those workshops. Through some of those workshops Chafee has been able to have some employers in the community consider Chafee youth for employment first before others. Page 17 of 32 • Chafee works collaboratively with the WIOA program and ESWC. Chafee will utilize the program to come in and teach different workshop topics related to employment. Chafee youth participate yearly in the Young Adult Annual Job Fair that is hosted by ESWC and the City of Greeley. As part of this Job Fair, Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker ensure that their youth are signed up with Connecting Colorado, a State and County run database where youth can upload their resume as well as conduct job searches. C. Describe how the County and Chafee utilize the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standards to support youth in engaging with employment opportunities while in foster care. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker meet regularly with SWAP and DVR counselors and other job coaches along with the foster families to share support and understanding for normalcy regarding employment opportunities. VII. Financial stability A. Describe how the county and program will work with youth to develop a functional knowledge of budgeting, money management, and basic financial literacy. Population #1: • Chafee provides eligible youth with an individualized, comprehensive assessment that identifies strengths and deficits relative to financial management. All youth involved in Chafee must develop and maintain a self-sufficiency budget. That budget is reviewed monthly with the Chafee worker and the assigned WCDHS caseworker. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will provide monthly support by means of one-on-one appointments that provide information regarding these skills. Chafee staff will work with youth on an individual basis depending on level of skills and will refer to the WCDHS Disability Specialist when the youth require customized services to meet the youth's individual needs. Youth will be given individualized assignments to complete based on their identified needs in the IL Plan. • Chafee also offers workshops in a group setting to discuss different aspects of financial literacy. Chafee partners with community banks and credit unions to teach how to create a budget, when to re-evaluate a budget, as well as learn about what a credit score is, what can affect a credit score, why a person should check their score regularly and where to go amongst many other financial topics. • Chafee refers eligible youth to PSI where they also receive continued support and skill building in financial literacy. Population #2: • Chafee provides eligible youth with an individualized, comprehensive assessment that identifies strengths and deficits relative to financial management. All youth involved in Chafee must develop and maintain a self-sufficiency budget. That budget is reviewed monthly with the Chafee worker and the assigned OHS caseworker. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will provide monthly support by means of one-on-one appointments that provide information regarding these skills. Chafee staff will work with youth on an individual basis depending on level of skills and will refer to the WCDHS Disability Specialist when the youth require customized services to meet the youth's individual needs. Youth will be given individualized assignments to complete based on their identified needs in the IL Plan. Page 18 of 32 • Chafee also offers workshops in a group setting to discuss different aspects of financial literacy. Chafee partners with community banks and credit unions to teach about how to create a budget, when to re - evaluate a budget, as well as learn about what a credit score is, what can affect a credit score, why a person should check their score regularly and where to go amongst many other financial topics. B. Describe how the county will provide youth in out -of -home care with practical money management experience prior to emancipation or discharge, including providing opportunities to open savings and/or checking accounts. Population #1: • The WCDHS will complete the self-sufficiency budget with youth and have identified saving goals in the IL Plans. The workers collaborate with all involved parties to work on their identified financial goals. If the youth obtains employment, Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will talk with youth, caseworker, Guardian ad Litem (GAL), foster parents, and permanent connections about the steps to opening an account. As youth are minors, they cannot have an account without an adult. The team will identify the best person fit to create the account with the youth. Chafee will provide information about banks and credit unions and allow the youth to pick which type of financial institution they would like to bank with as well as which company (i.e., Chase versus Bank of the West). Chafee will provide information on how much money the youth will need to open both a checking and a savings account. Upon the youth and the youth's team request, Chafee can attend the meeting to open the account. • Chafee also works with youth on a one-on-one basis. During these one -on -ones, Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will assign individual assignments to help the youth practice money management. Some of those assignments include, but are not limited to, check writing worksheets, check balancing worksheets, and mock bill pay based off either their projected bills or possible bills due while working and earning minimum wage. • Chafee refers eligible youth to PSI where they also receive continued support and skill building in practical money management. Population #2: • The WCDHS will complete the self-sufficiency budget with youth and have identified saving goals on the IL Plans. The workers collaborate with all involved parties to work on their identified financial goals. If the youth obtain employment, Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will talk with the youth, caseworker, Guardian ad Litem (GAL), foster parents, and permanent connections about the steps to opening an account. If youth is still 17 and doesn't have a checking or savings account, they cannot have an account without an adult. The team will identify the best person fit to create the account with the youth. Chafee will provide information about banks and credit unions and allow the youth to pick which type of financial institution they would like to bank with as well as which company (i.e., Chase versus Bank of the West). Chafee will provide information on how much money the youth will need to open both a checking and a savings account. Upon the youth and the youth's team request, Chafee can attend the meeting to open the account. If youth is 18 or older, Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker provide the same information to the youth and allow them to decide which financial institution they will utilize. Chafee informs the youth that they can attend the initial meeting to set up the account if youth Page 19 of 32 desire —the Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will only attend these meetings upon request from the youth. • Chafee also works with youth on a one-on-one basis. During these one -on -ones Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will assign individual assignments to help the youth practice money management. Some of those assignments include, but are not limited to, check writing worksheets, check balancing worksheets, and mock bill pay based off either their projected bills or possible bills due while working and earning minimum wage. C. Describe how your program will collaborate with family, kin, mentors, supportive adults, financial literacy programs, and community partners to support the financial education and decision making needs of young people in the program. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will talk with youth, caseworkers, Guardian ad Litem (GAL), foster parents, and permanent connections about the youth's financial goals. • Chafee partners work with local Credit Unions/Banks to help educate our youth on their financial literacy skills. This is a key element to the youth being able to have the support from the community as well as family and professional supports in creating a strong foundation in financial success. • Chafee collaborates with the family and professional supports so that these connections can be continual access points for assistance on financial decision making and education outside of Chafee and their financial institution. VIII.Successful transition to adulthood from foster care. A. Describe ways in which the county and the Chafee program promotes and supports normalized experiences among young people through age or developmentally appropriate activities. • Weld County promotes and supports normalized experiences among young people by providing monthly workshops covering areas of life skills that will be a benefit to them as they move into adulthood and emancipate. The program does this through workshops offered twice a month. The workshops are offered both on site at the agency and out in the community to give youth options for broader opportunities in their community. Chafee also partners with PSI. The PSI sponsored workshops allow Chafee youth to interact with other youth outside of Chafee. Chafee youth are encouraged to attend events in the community such as hiring events, job fairs, leadership seminars, healing seminars and other learning environments. • During Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker one -on -ones with youth, the Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker can build rapport with the youth. This time allows youth to express to workers things that they would like to participate in (e.g., prom, riding bikes, additional activities). Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker, with the team in agreeance, will partner with agencies to make these things possible. For example, Chafee has utilized Dream Makers to provide a prom dress for one of our youth as well as household supplies for a youth that was moving out on their own for the first time. Chafee has also utilized community partner, Turn Around Bikes, to help several youths get bicycles as well as equipment. Chafee has been able to receive incentives for youth to use with their friends outside of the program such as free tickets to the local movie theatre or free ice cream at the local ice cream Page 20 of 32 shop. By providing these to our Chafee youth they are encouraged to engage in opportunities that youth outside of foster care would have as well. B. Briefly describe any group classes or activities not already mentioned including the name of the group, purpose of the group, intended audience, expected frequency and length of time, and name of the curriculum used for the group, if applicable. Population #1: • Workshops for Chafee youth are held on the second Wednesday of the month and last for approximately 90 minutes. Population 1 youth are also eligible to work with the PSI where they receive two additional workshops a month lasting approximately 120 minutes. The curriculums are specific to the age range of 13 1/2-16 years old and begin as an orientation program that will feed into the program for the older age group of 16 -21-year-olds. Both Chafee and PSI programming will cover topics of housing, employment, taxes, cooking, shopping, banking, credit information, personal skills, and other important independent living skills. Population #2: • Workshops for Chafee youth are held on the second Wednesday of the month and last for approximately 90 minutes. Both Chafee and PSI programming will cover topics of housing, employment, taxes, cooking, shopping, banking, credit information, personal skills, and other important independent living skills. C. Describe any services not addressed previously in this section that the program will provide to help young people develop life skills and self-sufficiency competencies. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker also provide additional one-on-one services to youth depending on the youths need and time availability of the workers. One-on-one services can include resume building, assisting with job applications, attending apartment walk-throughs, discussing employment skills and other skills on a more in-depth basis. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker also provide tools that youth can utilize outside of workshops and one-on-one opportunities to continue to gain knowledge/skills for independence. Some of these include but are not limited to bill pay exercises, check writing and account balancing worksheets, and additional homework on a case -by -case basis that relates to the youth, such as comparing banks to credit unions or researching all potential costs of moving out on their own. D. Describe collaborative partnerships or leveraging of resources not addressed previously in this section. • Weld County Chafee partners with the following organizations: Dream Makers, Turn Around Bikes, Canvas Credit Union, Weld County Garage, Weld Food Bank, Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment, United Way of Weld County, certified public accountants from the community, Employment Services of Weld County, Aims Community College, the University of Northern Colorado, Banner Health, UCHealth The Verge Apartments, Free Our Girls, the Human Society of Weld County, the Page 21 of 32 Educational Opportunity Center, Northern Colorado Health Alliance, Weld County Drug Task Force, 365 Real Property Management and TRI Property Management. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker help youth complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as well as any scholarships that they qualify for. Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker collaborate with the youth's local Educational Opportunity Center (EOC). Both Chafee and the EOC will help youth apply for schools and scholarships. • Chafee will work with the youth on a one-on-one basis to plan out potential costs youth will occur while in school. Chafee helps youth create a realistic budget while engaged in post -secondary education. Chafee will talk with youth about different scenarios that they may face as well as what new decisions they may be having to make for themselves. Chafee will have youth identify permanent and community connections that they can count on, besides Chafee, if youth have any questions or youth realizes they need extra support. IX. Sex Trafficking Reporting requirement A. Describe how your program will identify victims of sex trafficking according to the definition of Sexual Servitude of an Adult (C.R.S. § 18-3-504). • Chafee staff will screen aftercare youth at risk of sex trafficking using a State approved sex trafficking screening tool. The tool is designed to identify who may be at risk for sex trafficking based on knowledge that the county and/or collateral contacts may have about the aftercare youth. This tool does not require an interview with the youth. The screen will be staffed with a supervisor/manager to determine level of need and if it meets mandated reporter requirements. Chafee staff will also utilize this tool if they receive a direct report from a youth or collateral contact. B. Describe the county's reporting procedure including who from the county program will make the report to law enforcement and to which law enforcement agency this report will be made. If the county provides Chafee services through an independent contractor, include the procedure for how the contractor will notify the county and how the county will ensure a report is made to law enforcement. • The Chafee worker will report suspicions to local law enforcement. C. Identify what information will be presented in the report to law enforcement. • Chafee will provide information regarding concerns of safety to the youth. Chafee will report any concerning comments that the youth has reported to said workers. D. Detail how and what will be documented in Trails about the report law enforcement. • Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will create a record of the contact in the Trails system. E. Discuss how your program will mitigate the potential effect of reporting youth to law enforcement and the impact that may have on the professional relationship. • The Chafee worker will notify all aftercare youth of the mandated requirements prior to the assessment process. The Chafee worker will advise all youth that strong information is required to make a report to local law Page 22 of 32 enforcement. The Chafee worker will determine individualized services needed for each aftercare youth and ensure that the aftercare youth is involved in. X. Training and Program Support A. Describe the training needs of staff in your program, ways in which your county will help staff develop skills to more effectively work with youth and young adults, and gaps in training opportunities offered through the Child Welfare Training System and in the community. • Chafee staff are expected to attend all relevant trainings possible through various entities to enhance skills and knowledge of how to best assist the participants that are served. The Chafee team will facilitate a training to caseworkers to engage with their youth, ages 14-21, to develop an IL Plan and an Emancipation Transition Plan (ETP), self-sufficiency budget and how to complete the Ansell-Casey assessment. This training will be conducted a few times a year to further emphasis the importance of staying up on the planning with young people for their success. Xl. Program Reporting A. Describe in bulleted detail how your county will engage foster parents and caseworkers to ensure full documentation of all independent living skill activities in Trails. Population #1: • County staff will be trained on how to create an IL plan. County staff and foster parents will understand the usefulness of completing the Ansell-Casey assessment with all youth required. Information is documented in the youth's case file, during court reviews, foster care reviews, and in the Trails system. Population #2: • County staff will be trained on how to create an IL plan. County staff and foster parents will understand the usefulness of completing the Ansell-Casey assessment with all youth required. Information is documented in the youth's case file, during court reviews, foster care reviews, and in the Trails system. B. Describe ways in which your county and program will support efforts to contact youth participating in National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) surveys. • A Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will provide education to caseworkers, foster parents and youth to ensure awareness of the National Youth in Database (NYTD) requirements and benefits of participation after emancipation. While the youth is still in the care of the department, caseworkers and Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will contact individuals to have them complete the information either on their own or with the assistance of a supportive individual. If the youth is no longer in the custody of the department, Youth Life Skills Navigator/Chafee Worker will attempt to contact eligible youth from their last known contact information (phone, e-mail and mailing address). Page 23 of 32 CHAFEE PROGRAM REGIONAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Date: This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is between County (Host County) and County) regarding the provision of Chafee program services. County (Partnering This MOU is entered into in order to clarify and define the roles and responsibilities for each County (listed above) in order to meet the requirements of the Chafee Program regarding Regional County agreements for service delivery to CFCIP participants. It is the intent that by entering into this agreement that County (Host County) and County (Partnering County) mutually agree to adhere to State and Federal statutes and policies that apply to the CFCIP program. General Provisions: 1. It is expected that the Directors (or Director's designee) from both the Host County and the Partnering County sign this MOU. 2. It is expected that both Counties entering this agreement shall be responsible to communicate and coordinate with each other regarding case referral and to provide each other with pertinent information regarding the child and any other issues deemed necessary for effective and constructive service delivery. 3. The Host County shall be responsible for Trails documentation. 4. The Host County is responsible for providing funds for a Chafee participant being served by the Host County. 5. The Host County shall be responsible for documenting and tracking the Chafee funds disbursed and such funds shall be reflected in the Host County's annual reporting. 6. The Host County shall be responsible for expending funds per CFCIP and Federal guidelines, documentation of expenditures and reporting the annual expenditures in annual reports. 7. The Host County shall be responsible for compiling the annual individual data reports and submit them to the Chafee Program Coordinator. 8. The writing and revision of Youth Transition Plans shall include the Chafee participant; care providers, and both the Host County and the Partnering County. 9. The Host County will agree to update the partnering County by use of Trails entry. 10. The Host County will provide any Chafee services determined necessary by the initial assessment in accordance with CFCIP regulations. 11. The Host County is responsible for initial follow up reports. 12. The Host County will inform the Partnering County of case closure through written documentation and will close the Independent Living case in Trails. 13. The Host County is responsible for providing a copy of the annual County Collaborative Chafee Plan to the Partnering County upon plan approval and ensures that expenditures are allowable costs. Specific Provisions: 1. Please list specific services to be provided by the Host County: 2. Financial agreements: The Host County receives a total regional award of $ for the County Collaborative Chafee Plan submitted by the Host and Partnering Counties to the Division of Child Welfare. This award includes an amount of $ available for Chafee services to be provided to Chafee eligible youth from the Partnering County and for which referral is made to the Host County by the Partnering County requesting services. Any funds not expended by August 31st shall be expended at the discretion of the Host County. Page 24 of 32 3. Chafee funds shall be used in accordance with Federal guidelines in Public Law 106-169 and 2 C.F.R. Part 200, and per federal statute Title IV -E of the Social Security Act at Section 477. Signatures: County, Host Collaborative County Director (or Director's designee) Administrator Chafee Supervisor Chafee Caseworker County, Partner Collaborative County Director (or Director's designee) Administrator Chafee Supervisor Chafee Caseworker Page 25 of 32 CHAFEE PROGRAM SERVICES PLAN ABOUT THE AWARD AND SUB -RECIPIENT DETERMINATION Per the Uniform Administrative Requirements for grants and agreements at 2 CFR Part 200, DCW is required to notify funding recipients about the source of federal funds and about whether the recipient is considered a vendor or a sub -recipient of those federal funds. County recipients of Chafee Independent Living Awards are considered sub -recipients and are subject to the provisions of 45 CFR Part 92 and the Uniform Administrative Requirements of 2 CFR Part 200 (formerly OMB Circulars A-87, A-122, and A-133). About the Award: Federal Award Identification Number: 2101COCILP Federal Award Date: October 1, 2020 - September 30, 2022 Federal Award CFDA #: 93.674 Total Amount of Federal Award: $1,642,271 Awarding Agency: US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families Pass -through Entity: Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Child Welfare Award Description: John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence (Chafee ILP) Program under Title IV -E of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677 et. Seq.). Awarding Agency Contact Information: Derek Blake, Chafee Program Coordinator 303-866-5995 / Derek.Blake@State.co.us Indirect cost rate for the Federal award (including if the de minimis rate is charged per 2 CFR §200.414 Indirect (F&A) costs). CDHS uses an actual cost allocation model to assess indirect costs. The budget exhibit outlines any indirect costs assumed by the sub -recipient. 0% of this award is R&D. The tentative Federal Fiscal Year 2022 award for each county is shown in Attachment 1. This is for planning purposes only and should be treated as an estimate. Only county programs that received Chafee funds in FFY 2020 are listed. The actual award may increase or decrease. Page 26 of 32 CHAFEE PROGRAM SERVICES PLAN FINANCIAL PRE -AWARD QUESTIONNAIRE Per 2 CFR Part 200, effective July 1, 2015, DCW is also required to conduct a financial risk assessment for all sub -recipients prior to awarding grant funds. Counties must complete and submit this financial pre -award questionnaire and submit it along with their county plan. Name of organization: Weld County Government Name and title of person completing this form: Greg Cordova, Youth Employment & Training Supervisor 1) Please complete the following table (adding lines as necessary) or attach your own document detailing your organization's current sources of funding for services for the Chafee-eligible population (including CDHS grants). Provide the funding agency, the program name, the types of funds (i.e., Federal, State, local, private, etc.), and the contract/award budget amount: Grantor Agency Type of Funds Program Contract/Award Budget Amount Contract/Award Period CFCIP CFCIP CFCIP $75,739 2021-2022 2) Describe your experience managing similar awards. You may use the table below as needed. Program Name Program Dates Program Description Granting Agency Amount CFCIP 2020-2021 CFCIP CFCIP $73,795 CFCIP 2019-2020 CFCIP CFCIP $63,822 CFCIP 2018-2019 CFCIP CFCIP $77,997 CFCIP 2017-2018 CFCIP CFCIP $77,997 3) For the accounting/fiscal FTE assigned to this project, provide their name, title, and how long they have worked for your organization in their current role. Identify the person that is in charge of maintaining your accounting and financial records for this project and provide a brief description of their accounting experience and qualifications. Identify any new accounting personnel assigned to this project within the previous 12 months, and whether any of your accounting systems have changed within the previous 12 months. Leonard Bottorff, Senior Fiscal Advisor Page 27 of 32 4) Does your organization receive an annual financial statement audit under: • The Single Audit Act/OMB Circular A-133 (Government Auditing Standards) YES OR • Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) • Click here for more information on audit requirements for sub -recipients. If yes, please provide a copy (electronic preferred) or link to your most recent audit report and STOP HERE AND SIGN /DATE BELOW. IF NO, PLEASE ANSWER ALL THE REMAINING QUESTIONS AND SIGN/DATE BELOW. 5) Are your organization's financial records maintained in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)? 6) Are accounting records supported by original documentation specific to contracting with your vendors? 7) What controls are followed to ensure all of the following: a) The reasonableness of cost; b) The allowability of costs; c) The allocability of costs to a contract? 8) Do you have available accounting policies and procedures to review? If not, please describe your organization's overall fiscal controls and structure to sufficiently: a) Permit the preparation of financial statements. b) Allow the organization's staff, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements in financial reporting or the loss of assets in a timely manner. c) Compare the budget to actual expenditures. Please Sign and Date Below: Leonard Bottwr;f (Sep 8, 2021 10:43 MDT Sep 8, 2021 Signature Date Page 28 of 32 MHP CPAs I TRUSTS I CONSULTING INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT Board of County Commissioners Weld County, Colorado Greeley, Colorado Report on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities, the business -type activities, the aggregate discretely presented component units, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of Weld County, Colorado (the County) as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the County's basic financial statements as listed in the table of contents. Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Auditor's Responsibility Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the County's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the County's internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinions. Opinions In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the governmental activities, the business -type activities, the aggregate discretely presented component units, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the County as of December 31, 2020, and the respective changes in financial position and, where applicable, cash flows thereof for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 15 Other Matters Required Supplementary Information Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the Management's Discussion and Analysis on pages 17 through 24; Schedule of Changes in Net Pension Liability and Related Ratios; Schedules of Employer Contributions; Schedules of the County's Proportionate Share of Net Pension Liability and Net OPEB Liability; modified approach for infrastructure assets; and General Fund, Public Works Fund, Social Services Fund, and Contingent Fund Schedule of Revenues Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances — Budget and Actual on pages 94 through 112 be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such information, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board who considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic, or historical context. We have applied certain limited procedures to the required supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management about the methods of preparing the information and comparing the information for consistency with management's responses to our inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during our audit of the basic financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the information because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or provide any assurance. Supplementary Information Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that collectively comprise the County's basic financial statements. The Combining Statements of Non -major Governmental Funds, Local Highway Finance Report, Combining Statements of Internal Service Funds, Combining Statements of Custodial Funds, budgetary information, Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards as required by Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, and the introductory and statistical sections are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements. The aforementioned supplementary information, other than the introductory section and statistical tables, is the responsibility of management and was derived from and relates directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements. Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and certain additional procedures, including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements or to the basic financial statements themselves, and other additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, this information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial statements as a whole. The introductory section and statistical tables have not been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on them. Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated June 29, 2021 on our consideration of the County's internal control over financial reporting and on our tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements and other matters. The purpose of that report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control over financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the County's internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the County's internal control over financial reporting and compliance. •e,e2e_c., vut-L d / cV Fort Collins, Colorado June 29, 2021 16 CHAFEE PROGRAM SERVICES PLAN BUDGET AND BUDGET JUSTIFICATION FORM INSTRUCTIONS Introduction All counties who submit a plan are required to submit a plan budget and budget justification using the attached budget form. This form is the same as last year application, but see additional information below: 1. The Division of Child Welfare (DCW) has estimated county awards for federal fiscal year (FFY)22. Counties should use the tentative FFY22 county awards table to formulate their budget for FFY22. 2. The budget categories and level of justification required are more closely aligned with standard federal grant budget categories and justification requirements. The budget and justification breaks out personnel, supplies and operating, travel, and indirect expenditures from the standard Chafee activities. Accordingly, please use the budget form to describe how the categorical costs are derived. In the "description" field discuss the necessity, reasonableness, and allocation of the proposed costs. Calculations should include estimation methods, quantities, unit costs, and other similar quantitative detail sufficient for the calculation to be duplicated. For example: Telephone costs. Average cost is $40 per month per staff. Two 0.5 FTE staff are assigned for 12 months. $40 x 2 x 12 x 0.5 = $480. 3. DCW is requesting additional information about the additional funds that are utilized in meeting the needs for serving the Chafee population. In addition to knowing the planned use for your Chafee award, DCW is interested in knowing the actual total cost of serving the Chafee-eligible population, above and beyond what the Chafee grant is able to cover. Please include all of the costs of serving the Chafee population, and indicate in the appropriate column whether that cost is traditionally covered by Chafee or by another county funding source. DCW will not assume that the non-Chafee costs are match for the CFCIP funding. Please use the following categories and guidelines for preparing the budget and budget justification form. If applicable, please review the guidance under 'Host Counties'. This form was designed to make automatic calculations. However, it is your responsibility to DOUBLE CHECK ALL CALCULATIONS to ensure accuracy before submitting your final application. Personnel - CFMS - Program Code E010, Function Code 2850 Description: Costs of employee salaries/wages and benefits. If CFCIP is not funding 100% of the cost, please provide information about the other funding sources you are using and whether those are a part of your CFCIP match. Justification: Indicate information for each employee for whom CFCIP funding is proposed in whole or in part. For each staff person, provide their title, monthly salary/wages/rates, monthly fringe/benefits costs, time commitment to the project as a percentage or full-time equivalent, and time commitment to the project in months per year. Do not include the costs of consultants or personnel costs of delegate agencies, unless otherwise indicated. If Chafee is not funding 100% of the position, please provide information about the other funding sources you are using. Example personnel line items include: Page 29 of 32 Chafee Coordinator: Direct program time associated with providing leadership to the program. Adolescent caseworker*: Administrative staff: Administrative support positions such as a receptionist, administrative assistant or program assistant, general clerical help, temporary help, etc. *Federal IV -E requires a 20% match for the state/county programs to access Independent Living Funds. To meet the match requirement the county should code adolescent caseworkers currently reported in CFMS as (Program Code 3200, Function Code 1210) to an 80/20 (Program Code E050, Function Code 2875). Supplies ft Operating - CFMS - Program Code E010, Function Code 2850 Description: Costs of operating the program and of tangible personal property other than that included in the "Other" or "Indirect" categories. Such costs, where applicable and appropriate, may include but are not limited to: insurance, food, space and equipment rentals, printing and publication, computer use, training costs such as tuition and stipends, staff development costs, and administrative costs. This used to be included in the 'Personnel' budget category, which distorted budget projections for personnel. If Chafee is not funding 100% of the cost, please provide information about the other funding sources you are using, and whether those are a part of your CFCIP match. Justification: Specify general categories of supplies and operating expenses. Show computations and provide other information that supports the amount requested. Travel - CFMS - Program Code E010, Function Code 2850 Description: Costs of employee's project -related travel (This item does not include costs of consultant travel). This used to be included in the 'Personnel' budget category, which distorted budget projections for personnel. If Chafee is not funding 100% of the cost, please provide information about the other funding sources you are using, and whether those are a part of your Chafee match. Justification: For each type of trip show: the purpose, the duration, per diem, mileage allowances, and other transportation costs and subsistence allowances. Room and Board Reimbursement - CFMS - Program Code E010, Function Code 2810 Description: Reimbursement for room and board is available to young adults, ages 18-23, who emancipated from foster care on or after their 18th birthday. Room and board is defined as rent, rental deposits, furniture, and household start-up items. No more than 30% of your total award may be spent for room and board. If Chafee is not funding 100% of the cost, please provide information about the other funding sources you are using, and whether those are a part of your Chafee match. Justification: Indicate the number of young adults for whom reimbursement is to be provided, the estimated rate of reimbursement, the quantity, and the percent that will be billed to Chafee. If Chafee is not funding 100% of the cost, please provide information about the other funding sources you are using, and whether those are a part of your Chafee match. Purchase of Service Contracts - CFMS - Program Code E010, Function Code 2850 Description: Indicate information for each specific provider from whom Chafee services are proposed to be purchased. The definition of 'purchase of service contracts' is found in 12 CCR 2509-1 (Volume 7.607). If CFCIP is not funding 100% of the cost, please provide information about the other funding sources you are using, and whether those are a part of your Chafee match. Justification: The justification shall include the provider's name, the description of services provided, the rate of services, the quantity of services, and the percent of the cost assigned to Chafee. The description field shall Page 30 of 32 describe the solicitation method for all known or anticipated purchase of service contracts greater than $10,000. Youth Direct Service - CFMS - Program Code E010, Function Code 2850 Description: Youth Direct Services shall be used according to federal guidelines [SSA Section 477(d)(1)] as incentives for completing goals in the plan for transition to independent living. It should include other expenditures that will assist Chafee youth to emancipate and when no other funding sources exist. This may not be used for Room and Board. If Chafee is not funding 100% of the cost, please provide information about the other funding sources you are using, and whether those are a part of your Chafee match. Justification: The justification shall include the provider's name, the description of services provided, the rate of services, the quantity of services, and the percent of the cost assigned to Chafee. Host County/Other - CFMS - Program Code E010, Function Code 2810 Description: If you are a host county or the fiscal agent for a county, provide details for how much is being requested for each hosted county, including a description of the services offered and details about the calculation methodology. Also, use this section to indicate any other types of services your Chafee program will provide. If CFCIP is not funding 100% of the cost, please provide information about the other funding sources you are using, and whether those are a part of your Chafee match. Justification: Provide computations, a narrative description and a justification for each cost under this category. Indirect Charges Description: Indirect costs are those that have been incurred for common or joint purposes. These costs benefit more than one cost objective and cannot be readily identified with a particular final cost objective without effort disproportionate to the results achieved. After direct costs have been determined and assigned directly to federal awards and other activities as appropriate, indirect costs are those remaining to be allocated to benefited cost objectives. A cost may not be allocated to a federal award as an indirect cost if any other cost incurred for the same purpose, in like circumstances, has been assigned to a federal award as a direct cost. Justification: Describe your indirect rate or allocation methodology, including whether that methodology has been approved by the federal government and whether it has changed with the introduction of 2 CFR Part 200, Appendix VII (Uniform Administrative Guidance for Grants and Cooperative Agreements, States and Local Government Indirect Cost Proposals). Page 31 of 32 CHAFEE PROG "` =.M ANNUAL PLAN Attachment I PROJECTED FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2022 COUNTY FUNDING TABLE County Amount Adams $133,498 $100,384 $70,333 Arapahoe Boulder Broomfield $10,713 Chaffee Delta Denver El Paso Garfield $7,631 $16,817 $168, 329 $284, 356 $9,005 Jefferson $103, 667 La Plata $22, 358 Larimer $103, 667 Mesa $88,459 Montrose $15,231 Morgan $22, 893 Pueblo $76,091 Weld $75,739 Balance of State TOTAL $0 $1,304,252 These funding amounts are tentative and shall be treated as an estimate for budgeting purposes only. If your county is not listed, you do not need to complete a plan unless you would like to apply for Chafee Program funds for FFY21 If you have a need for Chafee funds but do not wish to apply for full funding, please review the Balance of State application process which can be found in the Informational Memorandum titled Chafee Foster Care Independence Program Services Plan 2019-2020 Planning Package Due on September 25, 2020 (IM-CW_2019- xx)o). The memo can be found on the Memo Website (https: //sites.googte.com/a/state.co.us/cdhs-mend" series/home). Page 32 of 32 Chafee Worker #1 Name: Jasmin Dominguez 'Key Tasks, Requirements, and Standards of Practice Hrs/Week firs/Month ' r ear % of Time 1 Case Management and Support Services Recommended full-time. caseloads: ® Single County Metro, Suburban and Second City Programs - 25 youth ® Rural and Regional Collaborative Programs —15-20 youth 30 120 1440 64% 2 Reports Program reporting requirements: ® Annual County Chafee Program Plan s Annual County Chafes Program Report ® Monthly Wait -List Report 6 24 288 13% 3 Technical Assistance Training and technical assistance with caregivers, new Chafee workers, caseworkers, CASAs, Guardians ad Litem, and community partners. 3 12 144 6% 4 Collaborative Services Development 3 12 144 6% Chafee program staff may engage in: ® Local collaborative service and resource development ® Local youth advisory board development and support 0 State Chafee program projects, committees and task groups, including: o Celebration of Educational Excellence Planning Team o Colorado 9 to 25 Youth Summit Planning Team o Colorado Youth Leadership Network o Chafes assessment review committee o Chafee program guidance development team 5 Program Evaluation a National Youth in Transition Database Youth Surveys (NYTD) ® County quality improvement efforts (including young people and stakeholders) 3 12 144 6% 6 Continuing Education: Minimum 40 hours per year 9 Required Chafee/Adolescent Services Quarterlies (four full -day meetings annually) to receive training, updates, and to provide county input on program decisions. ® Required minimum of 40 hours of training per year. 1 4 48 2% 7 Staff Support Time (e.g. annual leave; sick leave, holidays, etc.) 1 4 48 2% ' /' -n'<1 YrLt�j""r Ji:Wk, •..; , •�, y -• za r /...,.. .1 W4 8.:; .. .... u.. a. .r Mn .r y �y�v ix rx `K. k3: -.. 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'i{./�f�?%�i!_t/d'{r<x�4. �'tx;cit il. . �t�l5e`J^3+b,3Fwf_J � Q l @ :�$v.l xl, M x {i a 47 tY. .. .�. �I.rP- `45.9 Sk3^,7rY:., at.,5d.' nR / ^ � xS '3a / b.: a K' �.�� '�.-. :�"�£> 100% < � _ r Chafee Worker #2 Name: Greg Cordova KeyTasks, equirerne %.. ts, ad - -. -...3 _ S".f.'l•`•�h:Y�9F. tand rds of Pr _�r ii, .. :'.3,,' ,, >... :-- ik5:Ei?YKP'F ... - firs/Weej �:tiavTY ; N•` Hrs/Month -..: Firs ear ` 6f Time 1 Case Management and Support Services Recommended full-time caseloads: * Single County Metro, Suburban and Second City Programs - 25 youth i Rural and Regional Collaborative Programs —15-20 youth 0 0 0 0% 2 Reports Program reporting requirements: ® Annual County Chafee Program Plan ® Annual County Chafee Program Report ® Monthly Wait -List Report 6 24 288 33% 3 Technical Assistance Training and technical assistance with caregivers, new Chafee workers, caseworkers, CASAs, Guardians ad Litem, and community partners. 6 24 288 33% 4 Collaborative Services Development 3 12 144 17% Chafee program staff may engage in: ® Local collaborative service and resource development ® Local youth advisory board development and support ® State Chafes program projects, committees and task groups, including: o Celebration of Educational Excellence Planning Team o Colorado 9 to 25 Youth Summit Planning Team o Colorado Youth Leadership Network o Chafee assessment review committee o Chafes program guidance development team 5 Program Evaluation ® National Youth in Transition Database Youth Surveys (NYTD) ® County quality improvement efforts (including young people and stakeholders) 3 12 144 17% 6 Continuing Education: Minimum 40 • Required Chafee/Adolescent Services Quarterlies updates, and to provide county input on program • Required minimum of 40 hours of training per hours per year (four full -day meetings annually) to receive training, decisions. year. 0 0 0 0% 7 Staff Support Time (e.g. annual leave, sick leave, holidays, etc.) 0 0 0 0% Totals: 18 72 864 100% Chafee Worker #3 Name: Key Tasks, Requirements, and Standards of Practice Hrs/Week Hrs/Month Hrs/Year % of Time 1 Case Management and Support Services 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 2 Reports 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 3 Technical Assistance 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 4 Collaborative Services Development 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 5 Program Evaluation 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 6 Continuing Education: Minimum 40 hours per year 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 7 Staff Support Time (e.g. annual leave, sick leave, holidays, etc.) 0 0 0 #DIV/0! Chafee Worker #4 Name: Totals: 0 0 0 #DIV/0! Key Tasks, Requirements, and Standards of Practice Hrs/week Hrs/Month Hrs/Year % of Time 1 Case Management and Support Services 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 2 Reports 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 3 Technical Assistance 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 4 Collaborative Services Development 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 5 Program Evaluation 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 6 Continuing Education: Minimum 40 hours per year 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 7 Staff Support Time (e.g. annual leave, sick leave, holidays, etc.) 0 0 0 #DIV/0! Totals: 0 0 0 #DIV/O! Contract Form New Contract Request Entity Information Entity Name* Entity ID* COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN gO0003650 SERVICES New Entity? Contract Name* Contract ID CHAFEE FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM (CFCIP) 5237 SERVICES PLAN AND PROJECTED BUDGET, SFY 2O21-22 Contract Status CTB REVIEW Contract Lead* HLOONEY EY Contract Lead Email hl ooneygweldgov.com: cobb xxlk(gveldgov.com Parent Contract ID Requires Board Approval YES Department Project # Contract Description* CHAFEE FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM (CFCIP) PLAN SFY 2021-22. IF APPROVED, THE PLAN WILL BE ADMINISTERED IN CONFORMITY WITH ITS PROVISIONS AND THE PROVISIONS OF STATE DEPARTMENT RUI FS AND PLAN REQUIREMENTS. Contract Description 2 PA ROUTING THROUGH NORMAL APPROVAL PROCESS. ETA TO CTB 09 r 09 2021. Contract Type* CONTRACT Amount * $75,739.00 Renewable* NO Automatic Renewal Grant IGA Department HUMAN SERVICES Department Email CM- HumanServices'weldgov.co m Department Head Email CM-HumanServices- DeptHeadgweldgov.com County Attorney GENERAL COUNTY ATTORNEY EMAIL County Attorney Email CM- COU NTYATTO RN EY''WELDG OV.COM Requested BOCC Agenda Date* 09j 1 5,`2021 Due Date 09/11'2021 Will a work session with BOCC be required?* NO Does Contract require Purchasing Dept. to be included? If this is a renewal enter previous Contract ID If this is part of a MSA enter MSA Contract ID Note: the Previous Contract Number and Master Services Agreement Number should be left blank if those contracts are not in On Base Contract Dates Effective Date Termination Notice Period Contact Information Contact Info Contact Name Purchasing Review Date* 07 29,:2022 Committed Delivery Date Renewal Date Expiration Date* 09/3012022 Contact Type Contact Email Contact Phone l Contact Phone 2 Purchasing Approver Purchasing Approved Date Approval Process Department Head JAMIE ULRICH DH Approved Date 09/1512021 Final Approval BOCC Approved BOCC Signed Date BOCC Agenda Date 09:22;2021 Originator HLOONEY Finance Approver BARE CONNOLLY Legal Counsel KARIN MCDOIJGAL Finance Approved Date Legal Counsel Approved Date 09/ 15 2021 09,, ] 7,%2021 Tyler Ref # AG092221 Hello