7 Colo. Code Regs. § 1105-1-9.207

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 24, December 25, 2024

Section 7 CCR 1105-1-9.207 - ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR SILS [Rev. eff. 4/1/13]

9.207.1STATE ALLOCATION [Rev. eff. 4/1/13]

The State shall allocate funds to CILs that participate in the SILS program. Funds to be allocated include funds appropriated in both Federal and State appropriations. The allocation represents the maximum amount of funds that a CIL may be reimbursed under the SILS program. DVR/OIL shall set forth specific procedures that allocate funds to all eligible CILs.

The allocation of funding to CILs is subject to periodic review by the Independent Living Allocations Committee. A review of allocations will:

A. Align with the State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL); or,

B. Occur if there is a change in the number of CILs eligible to receive funding.

C. DVR/OIL reserves the right to evaluate and/or change the allocation of funding if special, unforeseen, circumstances occur.

9.207.2INDEPENDENT LIVING ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE [Rev. eff. 4/1/13]

A. The SILC, CIL Network, and DVR shall participate in an Independent Living Allocation Committee. The Chairperson of the SILC shall make the appointment of two members who are advocates for individuals with disabilities and are not affiliated with CILs. The CILs Network shall appoint two individuals. The Director of DVR will appoint two individuals. The total number of allocation committee members shall equal six, two from each group.

B. The Independent Living Allocations Committee will work to establish criteria for allocating funds from the State General Fund for Independent Living and Federal Part B funds.

C. All funding formulas submitted by the allocation committee shall be in compliance with State fiscal rules and regulations, current Federal and State laws and regulations, including annotations and footnotes in appropriations, and the State Plan for Independent Living.

D. DVR/OIL will ensure that the Independent Living Allocations Committee participates in any change of funding allocation that is in DVR/OIL procedures. The final decision of how to allocate funds is the responsibility of DVR/OIL.

9.207.3STATE ALLOCATION FOR DELIVERY OF INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES

A. The Block Distribution of state moneys to independent living centers.

(A) A base amount of not less than six hundred thousand dollars; and

(B) Other factors agreed to by the independent living centers, which may include a per capita adjustment, a per county adjustment, or other adjustments.

B. Certified Centers for Independent Living will be allocated General Funds in addition to their base amount of General Funds with a weighted formula that divides County disability population, plus County population, and Land Area by population to determine for each County. The resulting figure is the amount which each CIL will receive.

Specific calculations of the formula are:

A. 1st assign each Colorado County a score of: 40% x (County 16-64 Disability Population/State 1664 Disability Population)

B. 2nd add the weighted score of: 20% x (County 65+ Population/State 65+ Population)

C. 3rd add the weighted score of: 40% x (County Quantile Average of Land Area/Population)

D. 4th multiply this score of each County by the available funds;

E. 5th divide it by 100.

F. 6th sum up all the County scores from within each CIL's catchment area.

CILS whose catchment areas share a County shall report to the Department, how they will allocate County scores between them. If these CILS do not reach an agreement, the Department shall determine and document the allocation of County scores between the CILS.

7 CCR 1105-1-9.207

40 CR 04, February 25, 2017, effective 3/17/2017

41 CR 05, March 10, 2018, effective 3/30/2018

42 CR 03, February 10, 2019, effective 3/2/2019

42 CR 17, September 10, 2019, effective 9/30/2019

43 CR 02, January 25, 2020, effective 3/1/2020

45 CR 21, November 10, 2022, effective 11/30/2022