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COLORADO BENEFITS PROGRAMS

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PREGNANT FEMALE INSURANCE PROGRAMS

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INFANT & YOUTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS

• INSURE KIDS NOW (website)
• DENVER EARLY CHILDHOOD CONNECTIONS
  Early Childhood Connections is a statewide system of support for families with infants and toddlers 0-3 with special needs. Denver ECC serves the families in the City and County of Denver by providing links to other agencies and resources in Denver. One simple phone call can immediately start the process of connecting families with multi-disciplinary evaluation, service coordination, early intervention and many other supports.

BenefitsCheckUpRx™ checks over 260 programs, covering more than 1,450 prescription drugs to see which ones you're eligible for. You will get a personalized report that tells you the programs that will save you the most money. Then, you can begin the enrollment process right here.

If you haven?t tried our new BenefitsCheckUpRx service and found out if you?re eligible for significant prescription savings, do it today! Between now and 2006, when the new Medicare benefit kicks in, you may be eligible for federal or state programs that help you with the costs of your medications or for company-sponsored discount programs.

• BOULDER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES  3400 Broadway, Boulder 303.441.1000 -or-  529 Coffman Street , Longmont 303.678.6000
  M-F: 8-4:30
  Services: provide basic economic assistance and human services to county residents in a manner which preserves or improves the quality of life for families and individuals. English, Espanol, French, German, Vietnamese

• INTAKE SERVICES 303.441.1000
  SERVICES: determines eligibility and provides information about available services within the department.
  --provides crisis intervention and referrals to other services in the community.

• COLORADO BENEFITS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• BENEFITS CHECKUP Rx™  - checks over 260 programs, covering more than 1,450 prescription drugs to see which ones you're eligible for. You will get a personalized report that tells you the programs that will save you the most money. Then, you can begin the enrollment process right here.

• EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

COLORADO BENEFITS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CBMS)

Statewide one-stop access to public assistance eligibility and medical benefits and payment system administered by counties and select medical assistance sites. 

CBMS replaced six systems -

• Client Oriented Information Network (COIN),

• Colorado Automated Food Assistance System (CAFSS),

• Colorado Automated Client Tracking Information System (CACTIS),

• Colorado Employment First (CEF),

• Colorado Adult Protection System (CAPS), and

• Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) - with one unified system for data collection and eligibility.

ask CBMS - Project stakeholders may submit any question regarding the CBMS Project to the ask cbms e-mail address for an e-mailed response within approximately ten (10) business days

FAQ directory page also has a search function. Click on the Search Link, and enter the key word or phrase for which you are searching.

to apply for public assistance and/or medical benefits, select the Client Information link.

Weekly Update link. Information posted to this page and its associated links will display four weeks of data, which will roll forward each week.

APPLICATION

• County Departments of Human/Social Services

• Medical Assistance Sites (selected)

• Online Application for Assistance - If you want to apply for public assistance and/or medical benefits in the State of Colorado, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Application for Assistance link above (or on the Application link in the left-hand margin).

2. Print Part I and Part II of the Application for Assistance.

3. You must complete both Part I and Part II in order to be considered for public assistance and/or medical benefits.

4. Submit the form to an office of your County Department of Human/Social Services in person or by mail.

County Departments of Human Services/Social Services Offices and Medical Assistance (MA) Sites Directory
This directory lists the offices or sites at which you can apply for public assistance and medical benefits in your county. To view the directory, click on the link above or the Directory link in the left-hand margin.

Colorado Benefits Management System
455 Sherman Street, Suite 390
Denver, Colorado 80203

For media inquiries about the project, please contact Liz McDonough, Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) Public Information Officer, by phone at (303) 866-5822 or via email at Liz.McDonough@state.co.us or Rhonda Bentz, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (CDHCPF) Public Information Officer, by phone at (303) 866-3972 or via email at Rhonda.Bentz@state.co.us.

CBMS DETERMINES ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFITS for the following programs:

• Adult Foster Care - (non-Medicaid medical program)

• Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) - (Medicaid medical program)

• Aid to the Blind & Needy Disabled (AB, SSI) - (Medicaid medical program)

• Aid to the Blind Treatment - (non-Medicaid medical program)

• Aid to the Blind/SSI (Colorado Supplement & Aid to the Blind) - (adult cast assistance program)

• Aid to the Blind & Needy Disabled (Colorado Supplement & Aid to the Blind & Needy Disabled) -  (adult cast assistance program)

• Baby Care / Kids Care - (Medicaid medical program)

• Baby Care / Kids Care Adults - (Medicaid medical program)

• Basic Cash Assistance - (Colorado Works program)

• Burials - (adult cast assistance program)

• Child Health Plan Plus - (non-Medicaid medical program)

• County Diversion - (Colorado Works program)

• Disabled Widow (ers) - (Medicaid medical program)

• Employment First - (food assistance program)

• Extended Medicaid - (Medicaid medical program)

• Food Stamps - (food assistance program)

• Home & Community-Based Service Waivers -  (Medicaid medical program)

• Home Care Allowance - (non-Medicaid medical program)

• Long Term Care - (Medicaid medical program)

• Medically Correctable Fund - (non-Medicaid medical program)

• Needy Newborns - (Medicaid medical program)

• Non-Citizens & Undocumented Persons - (restricted medical benefits)

• Nursing Facility _ (Medicaid medical program)

• Presumptive Eligibility - (restricted medical benefits)

• Qualified Individual 1 - (restricted medical benefits)

• Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries - (restricted medical benefits)

• Qualified Pregnant Women & Children - (Medicaid medical program)

• Qualified Working Disabled Individuals - (restricted medical benefits)

• Refugees - (Medicaid medical program)

• Repatriated Americans  (adult cast assistance program)

• Ribicoff Children - (Medicaid medical program)

• Old Age Pension - A., B., C.  (adult cast assistance program)

• Special Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries - (restricted medical benefits)

• SSI-Eligible but not receiving Colorado Old Age Pension (A&B) - (Medicaid medical program)

• State Diversion - (Colorado Works program)

• State Only Care for Non-qualified Immigrants - (non-Medicaid medical program)

• State Only Old Age Pensions - (non-Medicaid medical program)

• Workforce Development (Colorado Works program)

CBMS does not evaluate eligibility for::

• Automated Child Support Enforcement System (ACSES)

• Child Care Automated Tracking Systems (CHATS)

• Children, Youth & Families (CYF - TRAILS)

• Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP)