As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
"At-risk neighborhood" means an urban or rural neighborhood or community in which there are incidences of poverty, unemployment and underemployment, substance abuse, crime, school dropouts, illiteracy, teen pregnancies and teen parents, domestic violence, or other conditions that put families at risk.
"Case management" means the process whereby a family advocate for the familyresource center assesses a family's need for services in accordance with section 26-18-104 (2).
"Community applicant" means any local entity interested and willing to commit private and public resources to establish a family resource center and which applies for a family resource center grant pursuant to section 26-18-105. "Community applicant" includes, but is not limited to, any state or local governmental agency or governing body, a local private nonprofit agency, a local board of education on a cost-shared basis, a local recreational center, or a local child care agency.
Repealed.
"Family resource center" means a unified single point of entry where vulnerable families, individuals, children, and youth in communities or within at-risk neighborhoods or participants in Colorado works, pursuant to part 7 of article 2 of this title, can obtain information, assessment of needs, and referral to delivery of family services described in section 26-18-104 (2) and for which a grant is awarded to a community applicant in accordance with section 26-18105.
"Family support and parent education" means a program or service that promotes afamily's positive and meaningful engagement in its children's lives by providing an experiential and supportive adult learning environment through which a primary caregiver can learn how to create a safe, stable, and supportive family unit.
"Local advisory council" means the body that oversees the operation of the familyresource center and which is described in section 26-18-105 (1)(b).
Repealed.
"State department" means the department of human services created in section 26-1105.
Source: L. 93: Entire article added, p. 1901, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2000: (6) repealed, p. 583, § 2, effective May 18. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 247, § 2, effective March 29. L. 2004: (3.5) amended, p. 114, § 4, effective August 4. L. 2009: (4.5) added, (SB 09-055), ch. 48, p. 172, § 2, effective March 20. L. 2013: (3.5) repealed and (7) added, (HB 13-1117), ch. 169, p. 584, § 9, effective July 1.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in the 2013 act repealing subsection (3.5) and adding subsection (7), see section 1 of chapter 169, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.