Colorado § 27-60-505 - Grant program funding - requirements - reports.

§ 27-60-505. Grant program funding - requirements - reports.

(1) The general assembly shall appropriate to the state department seventy-five million dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created in section 24-75-230 to implement the grant program.

(2) Of the money appropriated to the state department, regardless of the source, the BHA shall award grants in the following manner:

(a) At least thirty-four million dollars for community investment grants, as described in section 27-60-502 (2); and

(b) At least thirty-nine million dollars for children, youth, and family services grants, as described in section 27-60-502 (3).

(3) (a) The state department, BHA, and any person who receives money from the BHA, including each grant recipient, shall comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements established by the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller in accordance with section 24-75-226 (5).

(b) To be eligible to receive grant money for a capital expenditure, the grant applicant that requests grant money that originates from the money the state received from the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund must submit to the BHA a written justification as set forth in 31 CFR 35.6 (b)(4) for the capital expenditure; except that this requirement does not apply if the BHA determines that the written justification is not required based on how the expenditures authorized pursuant to this part 5 will be reported to the United States department of the treasury. For grant money that did not originate from the money the state received from the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund, a written justification is not required, except as the BHA determines necessary to comply with federal written justification requirements.

Source: L. 2022: Entire part added, (HB 22-1281), ch. 182, p. 1217, § 2, effective May 18. L. 2024: IP(2) and (3)(b) amended, (HB 24-1466), ch. 429, p. 2945, § 40, effective June 5. L. 2025: (2) amended, (SB 25-312), ch. 301, p. 1538, § 18, effective May 30.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 24-1466, see section 1 of chapter 429, Session Laws of Colorado 2024.