Funding to Support Prevention Services &

Cross-System Financing Strategies

Understanding Claiming Under Family First

CDHS/CHSDA Series: August 2021

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Agenda

• County-facing Family First Implementation Guide
• Blending & Braiding Funding Panel Q&A
• Questions and Resources

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Presenters

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Yumiko Dougherty, CDHS, Director of Strategic Planning and Implementation

Heather Durosko, CHSDA, Senior Business Analyst

Angelina Callis, CDHS, DCW Family First PM

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https://co4kids.org/family-first-implementation-guide-county-directors

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Blending and Braiding Prevention Funding

Panelists:

(in no particular order)

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Joe Homlar, Director DCW

Matt Holtman, CAPTA and Federal Funding Administrator

Katy O’Connor Smith, CMP Administrator

Andrew Rauch, Senior Legislative & Fiscal Analyst OES, TANF

Carie Gayton, Finance Director, Community Behavioral Health

Andrew Gabor, Family First and Youth Services Liaison for Behavioral Health

Aaron Miller, Family Strengthening Director OEC

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Child Welfare Suite of Funding

(Block, Core, etc).

Collaborative Management Program (CMP)

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

Behavioral Health Funding

Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund

Title IV-B Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF)

Family First Transition Act Funding

Colorado Youth Detention Continuum Funding

Medicaid

COVID

Stimulus $

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Resources

• Implementation Guide for County Directors, at CO4Kids.org/family-first-implementation-guide-county-directors
• Layering or Blending and Braiding Funds from the Administration of Children & Families (ACF)
• Example of Colorado Behavioral Health Cross-System Financing Strategies DANSR Funding Guide (2019)

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Resources

• Find a helpful overview of TANF in Colorado here
• Recording of the Lunch & Learn session one.
• Track the CDHS progress of Family First implementation on the dashboard, CO4Kids.org/family-first-dashboard
• Submit Family First related questions on the CO4Kids website

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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US

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