{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-26-2-702","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 26-2-702","heading":"Legislative intent.","body":"(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:\n\n(a) Passage of the federal \"Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996\", Pub.L. 104-193, and the federal \"Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005\", Pub.L. 109-171, gives the state a unique opportunity to develop and maintain a public assistance program that emphasizes placing recipients in work and supporting them in sustained employment with food stamps, child care assistance, and medicaid;\n\n(b) The federal \"Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996\", Pub.L. 104-193, and the federal \"Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005\", Pub.L. 109-171, require increased local input in developing the state plan for public assistance under these laws and allow increased local control over the implementation of such state plan;\n\n(c) The federal \"Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996\", Pub.L. 104-193, and the federal \"Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005\", Pub.L. 109-171, require additional training for local employees in the area of case management to assist in making recipients self-sufficient.\n\n(2) Therefore, the general assembly finds and declares that it is in the state's best interests to adopt the Colorado works program set forth in this part 7.","path":["Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE","Article 2 - Public Assistance","Part 7 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-26.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"92f285acd2d6a71897c45b6c95e0cfa9a566129083de8cbf0143d56f454f76c8","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-26-2-701","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-26-2-703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}