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

76 affected county with a written justification within fourteen (14) calendar days including: a. Why the requirement or denial of the implementation or lifting of a wait list is necessary based on the reasons as allowed in subsections (A) and (B) above; and b. Directly addressing the county’s written justification that was provided as described in subsection (D)(2) above. 6. No Department-mandated requirement or denial of the implementation or lifting of a wait list shall go into effect until at least fourteen (14) calendar days after the date on which the Department provides the written justification as required by subsection (D)(5) above. 3.123 ENROLLMENT FREEZES A. A county may apply to the Department, or the Department may require a county, to implement a freeze when: 1. Department-generated projections indicate that a county’s allocation will be at least ninety-five percent (95%) expended by the end of the fiscal year; 2. A county is able to demonstrate a fiscal need that includes factors that are not accounted for in the Department-generated projections for county CCCAP expenditures, such as, but not limited to, drastic economic changes or; 3. The Department identifies a funding concern, and implementing a freeze is determined by the Department to be necessary or desirable for the administration of the program pursuant to section 26.5-4-104(4)(e), C.R.S., as described in rule section 3.104. B. A county may apply to the Department, or the Department may require a county to lift a freeze if the reason(s) for implementing the freeze as set forth in subsections (A)(1) through (A)(3) above are no longer present.