SB 17-292

Senate Bill 17-292, titled "Colorado Works Employment Opportunities With Wages," aims to create a program that helps people find jobs and earn better wages. The Colorado Department of Human Services will work with local counties and businesses to develop this employment program and ensure it meets its goals. The bill also requires the department to report annually on how well the program is working until 2021, when the program will end. Since the bill has been signed into law, the program is now in development and implementation phases as of September 1, 2017.

Official Summary

Joint Budget Committee. The bill directs the department of human services (department) to work with counties and the Colorado work force development council to develop program and reporting requirements for an employment opportunities with wages program (employment program). The department shall seek input from community-based organizations and businesses when creating the employment program. The department is authorized and directed to contract with an independent entity to evaluate the employment program to annually assess its efficacy and effectiveness in meeting the objectives of the Colorado works program. A final evaluation report must be completed on or before October 1, 2020. The department is required to submit 3 annual reports to the joint budget committee and joint health and human services committee, beginning October 15, 2018. The employment program is repealed, effective September 1, 2021. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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