Colorado § 24-32-727 - Denver-metropolitan regional navigation campuses grant - regional navigation campuses cash fund - creation - definitions.

§ 24-32-727. Denver-metropolitan regional navigation campuses grant - regional navigation campuses cash fund - creation - definitions.

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Community partner" means a nonprofit organization that undertakes any of the activities described in subsection (3) of this section.

(b) "Local government" means the city and county of Denver, Adams county, Arapahoe county, Jefferson county, Douglas county, the city and county of Broomfield, the Denver regional council of governments, or a municipality located within one of those counties.

(2) A local government or local governments applying together or a community partner in conjunction with one or more local governments may submit an application for a grant to the division in accordance with policies, procedures, and guidelines adopted by the division in order to build or acquire, and then facilitate, one or more regional navigation campuses in the Denver metropolitan area to respond to and prevent homelessness. The division, in collaboration with the department of human services and the behavioral health administration in the department of human services, shall establish the application requirements, which must include a plan by which an applicant intends to sustain funding for the regional navigation campus or campuses after the grant period ends.

(3) Each applicant shall demonstrate how the applicant plans to build or acquire, and then facilitate, one or more navigation campuses that may include, but are not limited to, the following:

(a) Services for behavioral health, mental health, and substance use disorders, including a continuum of behavioral health services and treatment;

(b) Medical care, including dental care;

(c) Transitional housing;

(d) Permanent supportive housing;

(e) Emergency shelter;

(f) Recovery-oriented services and care;

(g) Vocational rehabilitation and employment skills training with the requisite supportive services that support those initiatives;

(h) Assistance enrolling eligible individuals into public assistance benefits programs;

(i) Services for individuals exiting other residential facilities or programs and who are at risk or imminently at risk of experiencing homelessness; and

(j) Other supportive services including, but not limited to, transportation, case management, life skills training, and other supportive services described in 42 CFR 578.53 and others determined by the division.

(4) In selecting grant recipients, the division, in collaboration with the department of human services and the behavioral health administration in the department of human services, shall consider:

(a) An applicant's commitment to regional and transformational projects that address homelessness;

(b) An applicant's commitment to providing wraparound services for the residents at each supportive residential campus;

(c) The impact of each proposed navigation campus in the community where it will be located and in the Denver-metropolitan region as a whole; and

(d) The ability of the applicant to manage each location and determine long-term operational costs and sustainability.

(5) In adopting policies, procedures, and guidelines, the division shall collaborate with the department of human services and the behavioral health administration in the department of human services to create a process that ensures that grants are only awarded after a fair and rigorous open competition among eligible applicants. The division shall review applications and select grant recipients in collaboration with partnering agencies.

(6) The division, a grant recipient, or any other person who receives money from the division pursuant to this section 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).

(7) On July 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer fifty million dollars from the economic recovery and relief cash fund, created in section 24-75-228, that originates from the money the state received from the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund, to the regional navigation campuses cash fund for the purposes of this section. The division may expend up to ten percent of the money appropriated or transferred to the fund to pay for its direct and indirect costs in administering grants. All administrative costs must be paid out of the money transferred to the fund pursuant to this subsection (7).

(8) (a) The regional navigation campuses cash fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money transferred to the fund pursuant to subsection (7) of this section and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund.

(b) The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund. Except as otherwise required by this subsection (8)(b), all money not expended or encumbered, and all interest earned on the investment or deposit of money in the fund, remains in the fund and does not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year. The money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the department of local affairs for use by the division for the purposes of this section.

(c) For state fiscal year 2022-23, the general assembly shall appropriate money from the fund to the department of human services for the implementation of this section.

(d) A grant recipient must expend or obligate any money received pursuant to this section in accordance with section 24-75-226 (4)(d).

(e) On June 30, 2025, the state treasurer shall transfer from the fund to the general fund fifteen million three hundred sixty thousand eight hundred fifty-two dollars that did not originate from the money the state received from the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund.

Source: L. 2022: Entire section added, (HB 22-1378), ch. 287, p. 2055, § 2, effective May 31; (8)(d) amended, (HB 22-1411), ch. 271, p. 1959, § 13, effective May 31. L. 2023: (2), IP(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)(a), and (8)(d) amended, (HB 23-1232), ch. 217, p. 1122, § 3, effective May 17. L. 2025: (8)(e) added, (SB 25-312), ch. 301, p. 1537, § 11, effective May 30.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 22-1378, see section 1 of chapter 287, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.