Tag: Colorado Department Of Human Services
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SNAP benefits on their way to Colorado families
With the government shutdown over after a vote Wednesday by the U.S. House, federal food aid, which has been delayed almost two weeks, is on its way to nearly 600,000 Coloradans. Colorado will move rapidly to deliver 100% of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, according to an announcement from the Polis administration. Some Coloradans…
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Colorado figured out how to load state money onto EBT cards, officials say
Colorado officials said they figured out a way to load state funds onto the electronic cards of food stamp recipients. Officials from the Department of Human Services told Colorado Politics they had spoken “extensively” with the vendor for the Electronic Benefits Transfer card. The EBT card is called Colorado Quest. A legislative Joint Budget Committee…
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Settlement funds to be used to refrigerate food banks
The Attorney General’s Office directed $400,000 in settlement funds to the Department of Human Services to be used for food storage improvements at Colorado food banks. Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Thursday that the office will be taking the money from a recent settlement with Dollar General. The settlement occurred in October, with investigators finding…
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Colorado task force recommends sweeping changes to child abuse reporting laws
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Colorado’s mandatory reporting laws for child abuse and neglect disproportionately impact communities of color and the disabled, and state law should specify that mandatory reporters should not make a report to child-protective services based on a parent’s indigence or socioeconomic status or a child’s disability, according to a legislative task force. The 34-member task force,…
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Jury awards $21.3M in damages in Colorado custody dispute involving false abuse allegations
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A jury has awarded $21.3 million in damages after finding an ex-husband corruptly manipulated his Routt County divorce proceedings to gain full custody of his children by falsely alleging his ex-wife’s new fiancé sexually abused one of the children. The mother of the three children…
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Federal lawsuit: Parental alienation theory, collusion jailed Colorado mom for year
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Bias and collusion have marred child custody cases in Arapahoe County, including one in which a judge terminated a mother’s right to parent her three daughters and jailed her for more than 10 months for violating a gag order barring her from publicly protesting, a federal lawsuit contends. The lawsuit asks a federal judge to…
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Three youth corrections leaders sued by inmate alleging excessive force
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A former Colorado correctional facility youth inmate who said he was choke-slammed, lifted by the throat and then had his complaints dismissed has filed a civil lawsuit against three men in leadership there. Frankie Chiles said that the beating was covered up by two guards and then dismissed as “no concern” by their supervisor, according…
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From painful past, a Colorado family rose to provide a home of hope for more than 130 foster kids
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PUEBLO COUNTY • Stan Krol could cry about his past and present, but he resists. In the present, he and his wife, Cora, foster children in need of a temporary home, continuing to provide as they have for 34 years — a span considered “remarkable” by the Colorado Department of Human Services. Over that time…
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Colorado to improve food stamp customer service with $500,000 federal grant
The Colorado Department of Human Services was awarded $517,961 on Thursday to improve efficiency in the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, provides monthly benefits to help low-income households purchase food. With this grant, Colorado plans to build an interactive voice response system that SNAP customers can talk…