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Chaffee County DHS outlines benefits, child-care and TANF funding challenges
Summary
County DHS supervisor Mandy Jackson reviewed SNAP, Employment First, Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) and other assistance programs, and described statewide TANF reserve rules that threaten local funding stability and may force creative county-level swaps.
Mandy Jackson, supervisor of the Chaffee Benefits Team in the county Department of Human Services, gave a detailed overview of public-assistance programs the county administers and highlighted state-level funding rules that could squeeze local services.
Jackson listed major programs: SNAP (food assistance) with associated local initiatives such as Double Your Bucks at the farmers market and Summer EBT for students; Employment First (voluntary work-based supports for SNAP recipients, including supportive-service payments and training); Colorado Child…
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