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
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Weld County Clerk to the Board
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Mike Freeman, Chair
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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
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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.
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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
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