As used in this article 6.8, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. (1) Board means the Tony Grampsas youth services board created in section 26-6.8-103.
2. (2) Entity means a local government, a Colorado public or not-for-profit school, a group of public or not-for-profit schools, a school district or group of school districts, a board of cooperative services, an institution of higher education, the Colorado National Guard, or a private nonprofit or not-for-profit community-based organization.
3. (3) Executive director means the executive director of the state department of human services.
4. (4) Grant program or program means the Tony Grampsas youth services grant program created in section 26-6.8-102.

5. (5) Intermediary entity means an eligible entity that applies for a grant to promote and support evidence-based or evidence-informed strategies or programs with subcontracted entities and:

   1. (a) Interacts with local, community-based organizations, as well as with statewide or nationwide entities, to effectively monitor a specific evidence-based or evidence-informed strategy or program;

   2. (b) Has the capacity to provide a variety of services to local programs that implement the same specific evidence-based or evidence-informed strategy or program as the intermediary entity, including the following services:

      1. (I) Community preparation for program implementation;
      2. (II) Staff training on the evidence-based or evidence-informed strategy or program;
      3. (III) Technical assistance;
      4. (IV) Program monitoring;
      5. (V) Liaison for entities that develop or oversee a specific evidence-based or evidence-informed strategy or program;
      6. (VI) Evaluation coordination; and
      7. (VII) Financial administration through subcontracts;
   3. (c) Serves as the fiscal and coordinating entity with the intent of subcontracting grant-related services to community partners;
   4. (d) Allocates fifty percent or more of the entity's budget to partner entities;
   5. (e) Has an application process to identify partner entities either prior to submitting the grant application or once the entity receives the funding notification; and
   6. (f) Has a memorandum of understanding with each partner entity that is a subcontracted entity.

6. (6) Multi-entity means an eligible entity that applies for a grant in collaboration with a partner entity and:

   1. (a) Has an established collaborative partnership between two or more entities for the purpose of providing community-based services;

   2. (b) Has one lead entity that enters into subcontracts with other partner entities and:

      1. (I) Serves as the liaison to the grant program as the primary contact and coordinates and submits all required grant program reports pursuant to section 26-6.8-102 (6) on behalf of the partner entities;
      2. (II) Manages and coordinates all grant program procedures for the partner entities;
      3. (III) Conducts program monitoring with partner entities to ensure alignment with the grant program;
      4. (IV) Coordinates grant program-related evaluation processes with the partner entities; and
      5. (V) Allocates fifty percent or more of the lead entity's budget to the partner entities; and
   3. (c) Has a memorandum of understanding with each partner entity participating in the collaborative.
7. (7) Single entity means an eligible entity that applies for a grant independently despite any programmatic collaboration that may exist with other service providers.
8. (8) State department means the state department of human services.

Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1117), ch. 169, p. 573, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2022: IP and (2) amended, (SB 22-037), ch. 23, p. 148, § 1, effective March 17. L. 2025: Entire section amended, (SB 25-197), ch. 256, p. 1271, § 2, effective August 6.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 25-197, see section 1 of chapter 256, Session Laws of Colorado 2025.