Code of Colorado Regulations
2500 - Department of Human Services
2503 - Income Maintenance (Volume 3)
9 CCR 2503-3 - COLORADO REFUGEE SERVICES PROGRAM (CRSP)
Section 9 CCR 2503-3.310 - PROGRAM SUMMARY

The Colorado Department of Human Services, through the Colorado Refugee Services Program (CRSP), is the single State agency with responsibility for the overall supervision and coordination of this program in Colorado, and for the development and supervision of the annual state plan for Colorado. CRSP operates under the Refugee Act of 1980 and Title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended.

CRSP serves eligible populations (see General Definitions in section 3.320) who are residents of Colorado for up to five years after their date of entry into the United States or the date status was granted. These eligible populations are considered qualified aliens and are exempt from the five year bar for public assistance (with exceptions under the category of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors). These populations may access public assistance programs provided by the Colorado Department of Human Services and the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, such as, but not limited to: Colorado Works/TANF, SNAP/Food Assistance, and medical programs provided through the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.

For Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM), CRSP can serve this population through the URM program until the youth turns twenty-one (21) years of age. If needed, a URM who is no longer in the URM program can receive CRSP services for up to five years after receiving status that enables him/her to receive services through the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).