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

75 prioritize enrollment for teen parents or other segments of populations that are defined by the county based on local needs. D. Wait List Decision-Making Process 1. Upon identification by the Department or a county of a need to implement or lift a wait list based on the reasons as allowed in subsections (A) and (B) above, the Department or county must provide notice, in writing, of the need to the other party within fourteen (14) calendar days of identification of the need. Once that notice is delivered to the other party, a mandatory meeting must occur within fourteen (14) calendar days to discuss the need to implement or lift a wait list. 2. If, following the meeting, the Department and county disagree on whether or not to implement or lift a wait list, the parties shall have twenty-one (21) calendar days to provide a written justification for the disagreement to the other party. 3. Following the meeting, if both the parties agree on whether or not to implement or lift a wait list, or one party changes their position based on the written justification provided as described in subsection (D)(2) above, then, if applicable, the county shall submit a revised county plan as defined in rule section 3.103(KK) and subject to the requirements and Department approval as described in rule section 3.104. 4. Prior to the Department requiring or denying the implementation or lifting of a wait list, the Department must consider any written justification provided by a county as described in subsection (D)(2) above. Any implementation or lifting of a wait list shall not go into effect until the disagreement is resolved by the Department in accordance with this subsection (D). 5. If, after consideration of a county’s written justification as described in subsection (D)(2) above, the Department still chooses to require or deny the implementation or lifting of a wait list, the Department must provide the