County block grant support fund - created

(1) The state department shall create a county block grant support fund that shall consist of moneys annually appropriated thereto by the general assembly. Any unexpended moneys remaining in the county block grant support fund at the end of a fiscal year shall be remitted to the Colorado long-term works reserve. (2) The state department, with input from the works allocation committee, shall allocate moneys in the county block grant support fund to counties according to criteria and procedures established by the state department and the works allocation committee. (3) (a) A county that meets the criteria established by the state department and the works allocation committee pursuant to subsection (2) of this section may request money from the county block grant support fund. Priority shall be given to any county that exhausts all money available in the county's block grant for the Colorado works program for that fiscal year. (b) A county that is projected to exhaust all money available in the county's TANF reserve and faces a local or statewide natural disaster or other emergency may request money from the county block grant support fund. The state department, with input from the works allocation committee, shall develop criteria and procedures to include use of the fund in circumstances of a natural disaster or other emergency. (4) The state department, with input from the works allocation committee, may allocate moneys to counties out of the county block grant support fund during the state fiscal year or at the end of a state fiscal year. (5) If the general assembly appropriates money to the county block grant support fund, the state department shall make a report, as required by section 24-1-136 (9) and (11)(a), to the joint budget committee on any allocations made from the county block grant support fund, including the amount requested by each county and the county's reason for requesting the money, and the amount allocated to each county and the reasons for the state department's decision regarding each request.