Organization
Levetta E. Love, Director, Division of Colorado Works
Colorado Works is a Division within the State Department of Human Service’s Office of Economic Security. The Director is responsible for the overall implementation of the statewide TANF program through a wide range of administrative and management supports, community investment initiatives and policy advocacy. The State Colorado Works office is organized into three areas of program responsibility and oversight. For further details about these sections, including contact information for each manager, please see below.
Program Integrity, Compliance & Evaluation
Paula Lujan, Manager
The purpose of the Program Integrity, Compliance & Evaluation unit is to ensure the proper administration of the TANF program and the ability to meet the federal requirements. The unit is responsible for the monitoring of county activities and assuring that all counties are complying with the terms of their county policies and are in compliance with all federal and state statutes and regulations. Particularly, the unit is responsible for the ongoing quality assurance of data consistency performed by state staff as secondary stage supervisory reviews to assure accuracy at the county level and state supervisory reviews to check the county reviews, county case files and work processes which include work eligible indicators, review of data and verifications to ensure there are no data inconsistencies, and control for data errors, including transcription and coding errors, data omissions, computational errors, and compilation errors. They are also responsible for providing direction, technical assistance to Colorado county departments in an effort to provide guidance for conducting secondary Tier II stage supervisory reviews of case files and providing data to management for State Management Site Visits as part of the Tier III reviews.
Policy, Planning, Research and Evaluation Section
Sarah Marsh, Manager
This section supervises all fiscal and legislative aspects of the Colorado Works Program, while providing customers with evaluation data and relevant research. Section staff help to coordinate county policies, prepare fiscal and program reports as required by the federal government, and respond to the General Assembly on the impacts of proposed legislation. In addition, section staff oversee the yearly allocation of county TANF block grants and offer technical assistance and research support.
Program Development and System Innovation Section
Mary Roberto, Manager
This section supervises all of Colorado's initiatives under the national Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program related to healthy relationships/marriage, responsible fatherhood, workforce development, and mandatory performance measures such as the federal Work Participation Rate (WPR). Section staff are tasked with delivering training to Colorado's community and county partners, developing the Division's website, providing oversight for the Statewide Strategic Use Fund (SSUF), and identifying systems issues for county users.
Includes contact information for Colorado Works staff.