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PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For PRESENTATION ON CHILD WELFARE FUNDING

INTERIM COMMITTEE  COLORADO'S CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE
Date Sep 12, 2023      
Location HCR 0112



Presentation on Child Welfare Funding - Committee Discussion Only

09:04:26 AM  
Emily Hansen, Senior
Legislative Budget and Policy Analyst, Joint Budget Committee Staff; Minna
Castillo, Director, Office of Children Youth and Families, Colorado Department
of Human Services; Mollie Bradlee, Deputy Director, Office of Children
Youth and Families, Colorado Department of Human Services; Matthew Sundeen,
Accountable Care Collaborative Program Management and Section Manager,
Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF); Commissioner Wendy
Buxton-Andrade, Prowers County and County Co-Chair of Colorado's Child
Welfare Allocation Committee; and Mimi Scheuermann, Chief Operating Officer
and Acting Executive Director, Denver Human Services, presented to the
committee on child welfare funding.
09:07:05 AM  
Ms. Hansen reviewed
a memo provided to the committee (Attachment B).
09:15:11 AM  
Committee members asked Ms. Hansen questions.
09:17:43 AM  
Ms. Castillo presented
on recent changes to child welfare funding. A copy of the presentation
was provided to the committee (Attachment C).
09:31:52 AM  
Ms. Bradlee continued the presentation and covered potential changes to child welfare funding.
09:40:04 AM  
Committee members asked the panel questions about the child welfare funding model and workload studies.
10:10:13 AM  
Ms. Scheuermann and
Commissioner Buxton-Andrade presented on the county's perspective regarding
child welfare funding needs.
10:27:45 AM  
Jamison Lee, Chief
Financial Officer, Office of Children Youth and Families, Colorado Department
of Human Services, and Lennie Bottorff, Fiscal Manager, Weld County Department
of Human Services, joined the panel to answer questions from the committee.
10:29:05 AM  
Committee members
asked the panelists questions about how to fully fund child welfare in
Colorado, how prevention services fit into the conversation around funding,
and the impact underfunding has on families.
11:14:30 AM  
Mr. Sundeen continued
the presentation and provided an overview of HCPF's role in child welfare.
 A copy
of the presentation was provided to the committee (Attachment D).
11:35:32 AM  
Committee members
continued to ask the panel questions.






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