Colorado § 26-2-706.5 - Restrictions on length of participation - rules.
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§ 26-2-706.5. Restrictions on length of participation - rules.
(1) Unless cash assistance is provided through segregated funds pursuant to federal law and section 26-2-714, as of June 3, 1997, each month of cash assistance received by an assistance unit that includes a specified caretaker who has received assistance under Title IV-A of the social security act, as amended, shall count toward that specified caretaker's sixty-month lifetime maximum of TANF benefits as established in federal law.
(2) Any month in which a specified caretaker is determined to be a disqualified or excluded person from a basic cash assistance grant shall count as a month of participation in the calculation of the specified caretaker's overall sixty-month lifetime maximum.
(3) (a) The county department shall, where available and applicable, provide for or refer a disqualified or excluded person to other appropriate services, including services that may assist the person toward self-sufficiency.
(b) Nothing in this subsection (3) shall be construed to create any entitlement for services or to require any county to expend resources in addition to existing appropriations.
(4) The state board shall adopt rules:
(a) Establishing statewide standards and procedures that permit counties to offer extensions beyond the sixty-month lifetime maximum for all households that demonstrate good cause, which includes, but is not limited to, an applicant or participant who is the head of a single parent household unit and has a child less than one year old; and
(b) To address how the state will monitor extensions in relation to requirements under the federal law.
Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 49, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 142, § 2, effective March 27. L. 2008: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1953, § 5, effective January 1, 2009. L. 2010: (1) and (2) amended, (SB 10-068), ch. 160, p. 551, § 4, effective January 1, 2011. L. 2022: (4) added, (HB 22-1259), ch. 348, p. 2481, § 4, effective June 3. L. 2026: IP(4) and (4)(a) amended, (SB 26-181), ch. 313, p. 1836, § 1, effective June 2.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 22-1259, see section 1 of chapter 348, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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