CHSDA plays an active role in monitoring and developing proposals regarding the state budget. We are also actively involved in maximizing the amount of federal funds directed toward Colorado’s human services system. To find briefing documents and information from Joint Budget Committee Hearings, see below.
2025 Legislative Session
- CHSDA and CCI SFY 2025-2026 Budget Recommendations Letter (October 2024)
2024 Legislative Session
2023 Legislative Session
2022 Legislative Session
2021 Legislative Session
Governor FY2021-2022 Budget Request Documents
- Governor Polis’s 2021-2022 Request
- CDHS Budget Requests
- FY 2021-22 Budget Request
- Behavioral Health Services for Children in Crisis (R-01)
- Family First Prevention and Services Act (R-02)
- Supports for Early Childhood Educator Workforce (R-03)
- Extended Foster Care and Transition Age Youth (R-04)
- Early Intervention Program Changes (R-06)
- Increase Medicaid Match for Substance Use Treatment (R-07)
- Early Childhood Programs Federal Funds Refinance (R-08)
- Align Youth Services Facilities with Caseload (R-09)
- Align Youth Parole Services with Caseload (R-10)
- CCCAP Early Childhood Educator Salary Increase (R-12)
- Adjustment to Funding for Older Coloradans (R-13)
- Nurse Home Visitor Program Spending Authority (R-14)
- Reduction to Community Behavioral Health Services (R-15)
- Transition Single-District Program (R-16)
- Adjustment to the Colorado Youth Detention Continuum (R-17)
- Adjust Market Rate Study Frequency (R-18)
- Adjust Public Awareness Campaigns (R-19)
- PACE – State Ombudsman Program Refinance (R-21)
- Adjust Collaborative Management Incentive Funding (R-22)
- Align Contracted Youth Services with Caseload (R-23)
- Administrative Efficiency and Vacancy Savings (R-24)
- Employment Opportunities with Wages (R-25)
- Reduce Child Welfare Public Awareness Campaign (R-27)
- Reduce Appropriation for Child Welfare Funding Model (R-28)
- Refinance Child Welfare Services (R-29)
- HCPF Budget Requests
2020 Legislative Session
Governor FY2020-2021 Budget Request Documents
- Governor Polis’s 2020-2021 Request
- CDHS Budget Requests
- Community Provider Rate Increase (R-35)
- Comprehensive Approach to Improving Child Care Quality (R-01)
- CCCAP Direct Services (R-03)
- Redirect Intrastate Redistribution Fund (R-27)
- Expansion of Evidence-Based Home Visiting (R-09)
- Subsidized Employment Continuation (R-12)
- Adjust Old Age Pension Funding Based on Caseload (R-24)
- FFPSA and Trails (R-06)
- County Child Welfare Staffing – Phase 6 (R-13)
- Child Welfare Provider Rate Increase (R-16)
- Child Welfare Legal Representation (R-20)
- Adjust Medicaid Funding for Eligibility (R-22)
- Child Support Pass Through (R-10)
- Joint Agency Interoperability (R-14)
- HCPF Budget Requests
- DOE Budget Requests
2019 Legislative Session
Governor FY2019-2020 Budget Request Documents
- Governor Hickenlooper’s 2019-20 Request
- Highlights:
- CDHS Budget Requests
- CBMS PEAK (NP-01)
- Food Service Inflation (NP-02)
- Annual Fleet Vehicle Request (NP-03)
- Local Administration Transformation (NP-04)
- Integrated Document Solutions Increased Input Costs (NP-05)
- Essential Database Support (NP-06)
- Securing IT Operations (NP-07)
- Application Refresh & Consolidation (NP-08)
- Optimize Self-Service Capabilities (NP-09)
- Enterprise Data Integration Services (NP-10)
- Mental Health Institute Pueblo Bed Expansion (R-01)
- Compensation for Direct Care Employees (R-02)
- Youth Services Capacity & Behavioral Health (R-03)
- Reducing Child Neglect Via Employment (R-04)
- Improving Nutrition in Rural & Underserved Communities (R-05)
- Employment Affairs Staffing (R-07)
- Colorado Crisis System Enhancements (R-11)
- Contracted Physician Salary Adjustment (R-12)
- Colorado Trails Maintenance (R-13)
- Old Age Pension Cost of Living Adjustment (R-16)
- State Staff for 24-hour Monitoring (R-17)
- Hotline for Child Abuse and Neglect (R-18)
- Covering Child Support Unfunded Disbursements (R-19)
- Food Service Inflation (R-20)
- Salesforce Shield (R-21)
- SNAP Quality Assurance Line Item (R-22)
JBC Budget Briefing Documents
- CDHS JBC Staff Briefings
- County Administration/ Self Sufficiency/Adult Assistance Programs (includes Old Age Pension Program)/Early Childhood – Briefing
- County Adminstration/ Self Sufficiency/ Adult Assistance Programs (includes Old Age Pension Program)/ Early Childhood – Summary
- Office of Behavioral Health – Briefing
- Office of Behavioral Health – Summary
- Services for People with Disabilities – Briefing
- Services for People with Disabilities – Summary
- Executive Director’s Office/Child Welfare /Office of Operations – Briefing
- Executive Director’s Office/Child Welfare /Office of Operations – Summary
- Office of Information Technology/Youth Services – Briefing
- Office of Information Technology/Youth Services – Summary
- HCPF JBC Staff Briefings
- Behavioral Health Community Programs – Briefing
- Behavioral Health Community Programs – Summary
- Office of Community Living – Briefing
- Office of Community Living – Summary
- All divisions except Behavioral Health Community Programs & Office of Community Living – Briefing
- All divisions except Behavioral Health Community Programs & Office of Community Living – Summary
JBC Hearing Documents
- CDHS JBC Hearing Documents
- HCPF JBC Staff Briefings
Other JBC Staff Memos
2018 Legislative Session
Governor FY2018-19 Budget Request Documents
- Governor Hickenlooper’s 2018-19 Request
- Highlights:
- CDHS Budget Requests
- County Child Welfare Staff (R-4)
- Community Based Intensive Residential Treatment Program (R-5b)
- CBMS/PEAK Base Adjustment Request (NP-01)
- Children’s Habilitation Residential Program Transfer (NP-05)
- ReHire Colorado Extension (R-07)
- Colorado SNAP Increased Food Security and County Technical Assistance (R-08)
- CMHT Act (R-10)
- Old Age Pension Program Cost of Living Adjustment (R-12)
- Increase Funding for Area Agencies on Aging (R-14)
- Enhancing County Colorado Works Case Management Performance (R-15)
- Promoting Permanency (R-16)
- Expansion of Evidence Based Incredible Years Program (R-17)
- Restore Regional Center Funding (R-18)
- Spending Authority for the Crimes Against At-Risk Persons (R-19)
- Reduce Micro Grants to Increase Access to Child Care (R-22)
- DHS 1% Provider Rate Increase (R-24)
2017 Legislative Session
Governor FY2017-18 Budget Request Documents
- Governor Hickenlooper’s 2017-18 Request
- CDHS Budget Requests:
- Facility Staffing (R-01)
- 24 Hour Medical Coverage (R-02)
- Detention Mental Health (R-03)
- County Admin (R-04)
- County Child Welfare Staff (R-05)
- Dept. Indirect Costs (R-06)
- Child Welfare Oversight and TA (R-07)
- Crisis Services System Enhancements (R-08)
- State Quality Assurance for Adult Protection Services (R-09)
- Mental Health Institutes Security Enhancements (R-10)
- Old Age Pension Program Cost of Living Adjustment (R-11)
- Two Generations Reaching Opportunity (R-12)
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment at the MHI’s (R-14)
- Healthy Steps Sustainability (R-15)
- Mental Health Institute Capital Outlay (R-16)
- CDOC/CDHS Interagency Agreement True-up (R-17)
- Optimization of Early Childhood Alignment (R-18)
- Mount View Youth Services Center Ditch Repair (R-19)
- Staff Training Long Bill (R-20)
- Aging and Disabilities Resources for Colorado Medicaid Claiming (R-21)
- Reduction of Client Managers (R-23)
- Budget Request Chart
- Supplemental Budget Request: Behavioral Health
- Supplemental Budget Request: Office of Operations and Services for People with Disabilities
- Supplemental Budget Request: Office of Information Technology Services, County Administration, Office of Self Sufficiency, Adult Assistance Programs, Division of Youth Corrections
- Supplemental Budget Request: Executive Director’s Office, Office of Early Childhood
- HCPF Budget Requests
- Medical Services Premiums (R-01)
- Behavioral Health (R-02)
- CHP+ (R-03)
- Medicare Modernization Act (R-04)
- Office of Community Living (R-05)
- Delivery System and Payment Reform (R-06)
- Oversight of State Resources (R-07)
- MMIS Operations (R-08)
- Long Term Care Utilization Management (R-09)
- Regional Center Taskforce Recommendation Implementation (R-10)
- Vendor Transitions (R-11)
- LPHA Partnerships (R-12)
- Quality of Care and Performance Improvement Projects (R-13)
- Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (R-14)
JBC Budget Briefing Documents
- Figure Setting Documents
- CDHS Office of Operations/Services for People with Disabilities (Davisson)
- CDHS Division of Youth Corrections (Neimond)
- CDHS Office of Information Technology/County Admin/Self Sufficiency/Adult Assistance Programs (Neimond)
- CDHS Behavioral Health (Kampman)
- CDHS Executive Director/Child Welfare/Early Childhood (Smart)
- Other JBC Staff Memos
- JBC Questions for CDHS/HCPF
- Office of Community Living (HCPF) and Office of Operations/Services for People with Disabilities (CDHS)
- Office of Information Technology/County Admin/Self Sufficiency/Adult Assistance Programs/Youth Corrections (CDHS)
- Behavioral Health (HCPF and CDHS)
- Executive Director/Child Welfare/Early Childhood (CDHS)
- CDHS JBC Staff Briefings
- CDHS Behavioral Health Briefing
- CDHS Behavioral Health Summary
- CDHS Executive Director/Child Welfare/Early Childhood Briefing
- CDHS Executive Director/Child Welfare/Early Chilchood Summary
- CDHS Office of Operations/Service for People with Disabilities Briefing
- CDHS Office of Operations/Service for People with Disabilities Summary
- CDHS Office of Information Technology (CBMS /County Administration/Self Sufficiency/Adult Assistance Programs) Briefing
- CDHS Office of Information Technology (CBMS /County Administration/Self Sufficiency/Adult Assistance Programs) Summary
- HCPF JBC Staff Briefings
2016 Legislative Session
- 2016-2017 CCI/CHSDA Budget Priorities
- JBC Briefing Documents
- CDHS: Executive Director’s Office and Services for People with Disabilities (excluding Community Based Services)
- CDHS: Office of Information Technology Services, County Administration, Office of Self Sufficiency, Adult Assistance Programs, and Division of Youth Corrections
- CDHS: Office of Operations, Division of Child Welfare, Office of Early Childhood
- CDHS: Mental Health/Substance Abuse Services
2015 Legislative Session
- JBC FY2015-16 Briefing Documents
- Executive Director’s Office and Services for People with Disabilities (excluding Community Based Services)
- Services for People with Disabilities (Community Based Services Only)
- OIT/Office of Operations/Office of Self Sufficiency/Adult Assistance Programs/Division of Youth Corrections
- County Admin/Division of Child Welfare/Child Care/Early Childhood
- Behavioral Health/Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services
- Budget Request Documents
