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RE: APPROVE ATTESTATION STATEMENT FOR ACCEPTANCE OF CHILD WELFARE
ALLOCATION AWARD 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 an Attestation Statement for Acceptance
of a Child Welfare Allocation Award 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 Office of Children, Youth and Families, Division of Child Welfare,
commencing upon full execution of signatures, with further terms and conditions being as stated
in said attestation statement, and
WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said attestation
statement, 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 Attestation Statement for Acceptance of a Child Welfare Allocation
Award 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
Office of Children, Youth and Families, Division of Child Welfare, be, and hereby is, approved and
accepted.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized
to sign said attestation statement.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted
by the following vote on the 15th day of August, A.D., 2018.
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Weld County Clerk to the Board
BY:
Deputy Clerk to the Boar
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Asst. County Attorney
Date of signature:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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Steve Moreno, Chair
Mike Freeman
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COLORADO
Office of Children,
Youth & Families
Div;sicrn of Child We.ifare
June 19, 2018
Ms. Judy Griego
Weld County Department of Human Services
PO Box A
Greeley, CO 80632
Re: Additional Child Welfare Allocation Award
Dear Director Griego:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you of the award to Weld County for the additional child welfare
allocation funds as authorized in SB 15-242. SB 15-242 provides an allocation to counties in addition to
the Child Welfare Block grant for the purpose of hiring new child welfare staff, and, in connection
therewith, making an appropriation.
The Child Welfare Allocation Committee decided on an allocation method -logy on 4/27/15 for these
funds. Based on this methodology, the award for your county is:
Number of FTEs: 5,75
Total dollars: 5388,339
The conditions of this award are as follows:
1. The funds have a match: 90% State/10% local share; unless your county is a Tier 1 or Tier 2
county as of June 30, 2018, in which there would be no match requirement.
2. These funds shall not be used to provide raises to existing child welfare staff.
3. These funds shall not be used to supplant other funds. If it is found that the county has used
these dollars in any other way, then the county shall be required to refund their allocation back
to the State to be redistributed to other counties.
4. Counties are required to report to the State by August 1, 2018 their plan for utilizing their
allocation amount. Counties will provide information regarding their staffing plans (e.g., Have
counties hired staff? If not, when will they be hiring and how many will they be hiring?) as well
as other information requested by the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) in its annual Request for
Information.
a. If the positions are not filled by September 1, 2018, regardless of what the plan is, the
funds will be refunded back to the State and redistributed to other counties.
5. In order for the Department to fulfill its reporting obligation to the JBC, the Department is
requesting the County Commissioners and County Directors attest that these positions are newly
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John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Reggie Bicha, Executive Director
June 19, 2018
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created county FIE (as defined below) after January 1, 2015. See enclosed "Attestation
Statement".
6. In order to track these funds/positions, please use the following County Financial Management
System (CMFS) codes to direct charge these positions: Program W505, Function 1577 (90% State,
10% County).
Upon receipt of this letter, counties are required to communicate to the State if they elect to receive all
their allocated positions by signing and returning the enclosed attestation statement.
If additional information is required please contact Kelly Sawka, Finance Manager, (303) 866.4980, or
Kelly.Sawka@state.co.us,
SincerQ(y,
Ann M. Rosales, M.S.W.
Director, Division of Child Welfare
Enclosure(s):
• Attestation Statement
1575 Sherman Street, 2nd Floor, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.5932 F 303.866.5563 www.colorado.gov/cdhs
John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Reggie Bicha, Executive Director
COLORADO
Office of Children,
Youth fr Families
vision of Chiai Welfare
Attestation Statement
In accepting the award for Weld County, we, the County Commissioner(s) and County Director, hereby
attest that the position(s) the County will be hiring are newly created county FTE after January 1, 2015.
The position(s) that this county will be hiring will abide by the following definitions;
Child Welfare Case Carrying Case Manager: FTE is a case manager with a caseload of child welfare
assessments and/or cases.
• Child Welfare Case Aide: FTE is a case aide who provides support to child welfare case carrying case manager
FTE as defined above.
• Child Welfare Supervisor: FTE is a supervisor who provides supervision to the child welfare case carrying case
manager FTE as defined above.
County Commissioner
Steve Moreno, Chair
Date
15 2018
Date
AUG 152018
Date
County Commissioner Date
Please sign and return to: James Fiala, Financial and Policy Supervisor, Colorado Department of Human
Services, Division of Child Welfare, iames.fiala@state.co.us via email as a scanned document, or by mail
to 1575 Sherman Street, 2' Floor, Denver, CO 80203
1575 Sherman Street, 2nd Floor, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866-5932 F 303.866-5563 www,colorado.gov/cdhs
John W, Hickenlooper, Governor I Reggie Bicha, Executive Director
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