F6D994B9A277E3F587258A280058C1C9 Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For PRESENTATION ON CHILD WELFARE FUNDINGINTERIM COMMITTEE COLORADO'S CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEEDate Sep 12, 2023 Location HCR 0112 Presentation on Child Welfare Funding - Committee Discussion Only Attachment Tag File Name Attachment B http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/704B7C017C04...$File/Attachment B.pdf?OpenElement Attachment B.pdf Attachment C http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/EB38802F26CE...$File/Attachment C.pdf?OpenElement Attachment C.pdf Attachment D http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/52ACCE1A81DB...$File/Attachment D.pdf?OpenElement Attachment D.pdf 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.