HomeMy WebLinkAboutcolorado.works.mouMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE STATE OF COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR COLORADO WORKS
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
De_uarlmenl of Social Services
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
REGULAR SESSION DATE: August 11, 2004
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: COLORADO WORKS MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING
STAFF RESPONSIBLE: KATE JANGULA
DESCRIPTION OF ISSUE:
The Colorado Works Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is required by the State
Department of Human Services for Pitkin County Sogial Services to operate ~he Colorado
Works Program and the Child Care Assistance Program.
The MOU remaLqs much the same as past years.
Due to the number of pages, a qomplete Copy of the MOU and the Colorado Works Plan
are on file with the Clerk to the Board.
RECOMMENDED BOCC ACTION: APPROVE THE MOU
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
The State of Colorado Department of Human Services
and
The Board of County Commissioners of ?I:rKIN County, Colorado
This Memorandum of Understanding (or "MOU") is made this 1 l th day of
~ between the State of Colorado Department of Human Services (the
"Department") and the Board of County Commissioners of P/TKIN County,
Colorado (the "County").
WHEREAS, the Department is the sole state agency having the responsibility to
administer or supervise the administration of the human services programs set forth in
CRS 26-1-201; and
WI-~-KEAS, the Colorado General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 97-120 in
response to the passage of the federal "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996" and thereby adopted the Colorado Works Program (the
"Works Program") and the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (the "Child Care
Program"); and
WHEREAS, CRS 26-2-715 requires the Department and the County to enter into
an annual performance contract identifying the County's duties and responsibilities in
implementing the Works Program and the Child Care Program; and
WHEREAS, nothing in this MOU shall create a legal entitlement in any person to
assistance provided pursuant to the Works Program or the child care assistance provided
pursuant to the Child Care Program; and
WHEREAS, the parties understand and agree that the services and assistance
contemplated in this MOU are subject to available appropriations by the General
Assembly and the County, and neither party shall be obligated to provide services or
assistance if adequate appropriations have not been made; and
WHEREAS, the State Controller has approved execution of this MOU without
State Controller examination pursuant to the State fiscal rules.
any fees paid to panel members. The panel's decision shall be made by a majority
vote of its members.
3. By agreement of both parties, the parties may request that the State Board
of Human Services mediate a dispute arising following the execution of the
MOU. If the State Board agrees to such non-binding mediation, the provisions of
CRS 26-2-715(3) concerning time limits and final effect of the State Board's
decision shall not apply.
None of these options shall be a jurisdictional prerequisite to legal action by either party.
MARVA LIVINGSTON HAMMONS
STATE OF COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Executive Director
COUNTY OF PITKIN COLOKADO,
by and through the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Chairman
ATTEST:
DATE:
County Clerk to the Board
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