HB1347

Colorado HB1347 mandates county departments to apply for federal survivor benefits and federal supplemental security income (SSI) for children in.

Colorado HB1347 introduces provisions for county departments to apply for federal survivor benefits and federal supplemental security income (SSI) for children in foster care. The bill requires county departments to manage these benefits, ensuring they are saved for the individual child or youth. It mandates the establishment of accounts for any SSI amounts above the countable resource threshold for eligibility. The bill also requires annual accounting of all expenditures made on behalf of the child or youth, including those from SSI.