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CODE OF COLORADO REGULATIONS 8 CCR 1403-1 Colorado Child Care Assistance Program

7 parent(s) in becoming self-sufficient by strengthening the economic and social stability of households. DD. “Colorado Works Child Care” means a child care component within CCCAP for Colorado Works households with an adult caretaker or teen parent who have been referred for child care by the county Colorado Works worker and are determined work eligible per Colorado Works Program rules located at 9 CCR 2503-6 (July 1, 2025), herein incorporated by reference. No later editions or amendments are incorporated. These regulations are available at no cost from the Colorado Department of Human Services, 1575 Sherman St., Denver, Colorado 80203, or at https://www.sos.state.co.us/ccr. These regulations are also available for inspection and copying at the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, 710 S. Ash Street, Bldg. C, Denver, Colorado 80246, during regular business hours. EE. “Colorado Works households” means members of the same Colorado Works household who meet requirements of the Colorado Works program, through receipt of basic cash assistance or state diversion payments while working toward achieving self-sufficiency through eligible work activities and eventual employment where the adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) is included in the assistance unit, as defined in The Colorado Works Program Rules (9 CCR 2503- 6), incorporated by reference in subsection (CC) of this rule. FF. “Collateral Contact” means a verbal or written confirmation of a household's circumstances by a person outside the household who has first-hand knowledge of the information, made either in person, electronically submitted, or by telephone. GG. “Complaint” means a verbal or written expression of dissatisfaction by an applicant, adult caretaker, teen parent, or child care provider to a county or the Department that is: (1) significant, meaning not yet resolved and severe enough that resources should be contributed to resolve it immediately, and (2) controllable, meaning the county had the ability to alter the negative event preceding the complaint, but failed to take the necessary steps to prevent it.