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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20162144.tiffRESOLUTION RE: APPROVE 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 a Child Welfare Allocation Award and the Office of Children, Youth and Families, to the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Weld County Department of Human Services, from the Colorado Department of Human Services, commencing July 1, 2016, with further terms and conditions being as stated in said award, and WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve and accept said award, 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 Child Welfare Allocation Award from the Colorado Department of Human Services, and the Office of Children, Youth, and Families, to the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Weld County Department of Human Services, 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 award attestation statement. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 6th day of July, A.D., 2016, nunc pro tunc July 1, 2016. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO ATTEST:daj j S �C.LgO%r,C, Weld County Clerk to the Board BY: CU 2tAtIA, puty Clerk to utBoard Date of signature: 713°1 Mike Freeman, Chair C. n P. Conway, Pro-Tem Steve Moreno CcHs° C3co/St3) /DO/961Cp 2016-2144 HR0087 /D 502k May 31, 2016 COLORADO Office of Children, Youth & Families Department of Human Services Robert Werthwein, Ph.D, Director Ms. Judy Griego Weld County Department of Human Services PO Box A 315 N 11th Avenue Greeley, CO 80631 Re: SB15-242 Child Welfare Allocation Award for SFY 2016-17 Dear Director Griego: The purpose of this letter is to notify you of the award for Weld County for the SFY 2016-17 additional child welfare allocation funds as authorized in SB15-242: Concerning an allocation in addition to the Child Welfare Block grant to counties for the purpose of hiring new child welfare staff, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. Please refer to Memorandum titled: SB15-242 Child Welfare Allocation Award for SFY 2016-17: https://sites.google.com/a/state.co.us/cdhs-memo-series/home. The Child Welfare Allocation Committee decided on an allocation methodology on May 13. 2016 for these funds. Based on this methodology, the award for your county is:S.272,300 Upon receipt of this letter, please indicate your acceptance of this award by signing and returning the enclosed attestation statement. If additional information is required please contact Kenneth Ruterbories, (303) 866-3637, kenneth.ruterbories®state.co.us or Mary Alice Mehaffey. 303-8663326, maryalice.mehaffey®state.co.us. Robert Werthwein Director. Office of Children, Youth, and Families Enclosurets): • Attestation Statement cc: Mary Alice Mehaffey, Associate Director of Operations. Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Child Welfare 2016-2144 1575 Sherman Street, 2nd Floor, Denver, CO 80203 P 303-866'5932 F 303-866-5563 www.colorado.gov!cdhs John W Hickentooper, Governor i Reggie Bicha, Executive Director COLORADO Office of Children, Youth & Families Division of Child 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. In addition to attesting the position(s) please confirm the amount of allocated funds that Weld County is committed to spend. The county is committed to spend $ 7 z,300 of the $272,300 allocated in $615-242 for SFY 2016-17. 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. C U J ty Dire tor irytju County Commissioner, Chair Mike Freeman Da[ ioniplcuo 6/30/2016 Date County Commissioner Date Please sign and return to: Kenneth Ruterbories, Financial and Policy Analyst, Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Child Welfare, kenneth.ruterbories@state.co.us via email as a scanned document, or by mail to 1575 Sherman Street, 2nd Floor, Denver, CO 80203. 1575 Sherman Street, 2nd Floor, Denver, CO 80203 P 303-866-5932 F 303-866-5563 www.cotorado.gov/cdhs John W. Hickentooper, Governor I Reggie Bicha, Executive Director Hello