Due to budget constraints, the Larimer County Department of Human Services will implement changes to the Child Care Assistance Program effective Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. These changes will impact both child care providers and families currently participating in the program. The current CCAP enrollment freeze will also continue.
Help is hard to ask for, but we all need a helping hand at some point in our lives. Larimer County Human Services offers a variety of benefits to assist individuals and families in our community. We offer food, cash, medical, or child care assistance as well as other specialized programs. See below for more information on each of our benefit areas.
Eligibility for public assistance benefits is determined by federally set income limits. To see if you may be eligible, or to check your current benefits, visit Colorado PEAK. Our in-person services are limited to paperwork drop off and questions, no in-person interviews are being held in-person at this time. If you have a question that can't be answered by PEAK, call us at (970) 498-6300. Our phone operation hours are Monday through Friday from 8a-5p.
We provide opportunities for all members of our community to be healthy and self-sufficient by processing timely and accurate benefits and providing applicable resource referrals.
The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) is a federal block grant that supports low-income individuals in communities across the United States. Funding allocations are determined by geographic diversity, population diversity and alignment with the CSBG Needs Assessment. Larimer County, with the support of CSBG funding, works with partner agencies to achieve the following goals for low-income individuals:
Working together Larimer County and their partner agencies increase their capacity to achieve results.
In 2021, Larimer County and CSBG will fund 10 partner agency projects. These projects range from family to family care coordination and system navigation to preventative behavioral health services for underserved low-income, Latino families in the Estes Valley community.
The Larimer County CSBG Advisory Board assists in the delivering of improved services to the community. This Board is composed of community leaders and community members with lived experience. All Board meetings are open to the public.
If you are interested in learning more about CSBG, please contact Vanessa Fewell at fewellvl@co.larimer.co.us.
Per the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Larimer County will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with a disability who need assistance. Services can be arranged with at least seven business days notice. Please email hs-info@co.larimer.co.us. Walk-in requests for auxiliary aids and services will be honored to the extent possible but may be unavailable if advance notice is not provided.
