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Ann M. Rosales, MSW, Director
November 7, 2018
Re: rFY2019 Weld County Chafee Allocation
Dear Director Griego:
The purpose of this letter from the Division of Child Welfare is to provide Weld County with the Chafee
Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) Plan approval, award information, and County Financial
Management System (CFMS) codes for October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. This information
should be shared with county finance staff.
background Information
The Chafee Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-109) provides Independent Living Services for
fold care youth "who are likely to remain in foster care until eighteen (18) years of age."
NCR 7.305 .12 [Rev. elf. 11/I/15] states that to be eligible for CFCIP services, the youth must:
A. Meet. program Area 4, 5, or 6 target group eligibility requirements or meet community placement
requirements, in a non•secure setting, with the Division of Youth Corrections, or meet requirements for
ongoing Chafee services in the state where the youth emancipated, was adopted or entered relative
guardianship, if other than Colorado,
6. Be at risk of aging out of foster care which includes youth:
Currently in out -of -home care, fourteen (14) up to twenty-one (21) years of age, and in out -of -home
placement for a minimum of six (6) months if under age seventeen (17). Consecutive months are not
required;
2. Sixteen (16) to twenty-one (21) years of age, who meet requirements for Relative Guardianship
Assistance and entered Relative Guardianship on or after age sixteen (16);
3. Sixteen (16) to twenty-one (21) years of age, who meet requirements for Adoption Assistance and
entered Adoption Assistance on or after age sixteen (16); or
4. Eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21), who were in out -of -home care on or after their eighteenth (18`h)
birthday.
Division of Youth Services (DYS) Community Placements
Services to young people in Division of Youth Services (DYS) community placements are addressed in the approved
County Chafee plan. Etigible DYS clients are included in the service population projections provided by the county.
Federal Fiscal Year IFFY) 2019 Plan Review
The 2019 Chafee Services Plan your county submitted has been approved for funding. An additional review by a
committee consisting of young people, representatives of community non -profits, and state agencies representing
multiple systems is being conducted. Upon completion of this review, the slate Chafee Program Coordinator will
provide your county program with written feedback (or consideration in county -level continuous quality
improvement (tCQl) efforts.
Funding Information
All the necessary information to access the Octobe=r 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019 CFCIP award has been
recur ed. The Weld County CFCIP Program is approved to expend a total of $66,297. This amount supersedes
the temporary porary spending authority granted at the start of the funding period for Chafee services for FFY 2019.
rrioro ftlan 3CSA of the funds may be spent for room and board which can only be paid for emancipated young
a, ta_r.. ages 1F to 21. Counties are also expected hr provide match fonds as described below,
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The County must enter expenditures into the CFMS. To report expenditures to CFCIP, which are 100`r
reimbursable, use the following codes:
Program Code
Function Code
Account Code
Description
E010
2810
65791
l Room/Board Reimbursement for Emancipated Youth"
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[010
2850
Not Restricted
! Direct Service Delivery (Personnel Costs)
2850
61910
1-[010 Purchase of Service
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E010
2850
65791
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' Room and Board can only be paid for young adults ages 18 to 21 who were in out -of -home care on or after their
18`h birthday.
Chafee awards must be expended prior to September 30, 2019. In order for expenditures to be reflected during
October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019, expenditures must occur prior to September 30, 1019 and must he
entered into CFMS prior to September 30, 2019, Guidance will be available from CDHS settlement accounting if
needed.
In order for Colorado to access Federal IV Independent Living Funds, there is a required match. To meet the
match requirement county departments of human/social services with an approved Chafee Fester Care
Independence Plan must code adolescent caseworkers currently reported in CFMS as an 80/20 Child Welfare
County Administrative Services (Program Code 3200 and Function Code 1210 to Program Code E05O, Function
Code 2875).
Chafee funds may be used to supplement, but cannot supplant or replace, other available funds for Independent
Living Services such as mandatory independent living planning, services provided by the county caseworker, and
services that may be contracted for or provided through congregate care, parole aftercare, or other community
placement services.
If you have questions regarding operations and delivery of services for the CFCIP, please contact Derek Blake at
303.866-5995 or at Derek.Blake'ystate.co.us
It is a pleasure to see the quality of this year's plan submissions and Weld County's commitment to the delivery of
Independent Living Services to Colorado's children, youth and families who have been involved with foster care
Sincerely,
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Ann Rosales
Director
Division of Child Welfare
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