The bill creates the connecting Coloradans experiencing
homelessness with services, treatment, and housing supports grant program (grant program), administered by the division of housing (division) in the department of local affairs (department).
The grant program provides grants to local governments and
nonprofit organizations to enable those entities to make investments and improvements in their communities or regions of the state to address and respond to the needs of people experiencing homelessness.
The bill requires the division to develop policies, procedures, and
guidelines governing the administration of the grant program. The bill specifies how grant funding is to be awarded and the eligible uses of grant money awarded under the grant program. The bill specifies requirements for grant recipients.
The bill creates the connecting Coloradans experiencing
homelessness with services, treatment, and housing supports fund (fund) in the department. The bill specifies requirements pertaining to the administration of the fund. The bill requires a transfer of $105 million from the economic recovery and relief cash fund to the fund to administer the grant program.
The bill sets forth specified reporting requirements pertaining to
the grant program.
The bill requires the department, in conjunction with the
department of health care policy and financing, to report to the house of representatives public and behavioral health and human services committee and the senate health and human services committee, and to its committee of reference during its State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act hearing, any results, recommendations, and federal implications concerning any supportive housing pilot program currently being administered by the department in conjunction with the department of health care policy and financing.
The bill requires the division to report on the activities of the grant
program as part of the regular annual public report prepared by the division on affordable and emergency housing spending.
