Mission Statement:  To provide services and support and to assist in obtaining and maintaining an improved quality of life for eligible residents.
Vision Statement:   All eligible individuals will receive information and assistance from available resources.

Our office is open to the public Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  To apply for assistance you can pick up an application from either our Glenwood Springs office or our Rifle office, call to make other arrangements to obtain an application or go online at www.cdhs.state.co.us

Potential clients have the ability to check if they may be eligible for the various Public Assistance programs below and existing clients may check their benefits on the State's new Peak site at www.colorado.gov/benefits

Our Public Assistance programs are:

• Food Stamp Program
• Colorado Works/TANF Program
• Medicaid
• Old Age Pension (OAP)
• Medicare Savings Program
• Aid to the Needy Disabled/Blind (AND)
• Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)
• Low Income Energy Assistance (LEAP)

Walk-in interviews are conducted Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 3:00pm.

We offer a variety of programs and services.  Each program has its own guidelines for eligibility; please refer to the chart below:

PROGRAM INCOME LIMITS April 2009
This chart is based on your monthly gross income, which is ALL earnings BEFORE taxes PLUS all unearned income in the household (Child Support, SSI, etc.)

Family Size	Food Stamps	Medicaid Pregnant Women* Children 1-6 yr	Medicaid Children 7-18	Colorado Works One Parent Families **	CCAP	AND	OAP	QMB	SLIM B	QI-1	LEAP
1	$1,174	$1,201	$903	$253 6+mo. pregnant		$200	$699	$923	$1,103	$1,239	$1604
2	1,579	1,615	1,215	331	$2,625			1,235	1,477	1,660	2159
3	1,984	2,030	1,526	421	3,300						2714
4	2,389	2,444	1,838	510	3,975						3269
5	2,794	2,859	2,150	605	4,650						3824
6	3,200	3,273	2,461	697	5,325						4379
7	3,605	3,688	2,773	770	6,000						4934
8	4,010	4,102	3,085	844	6,675						5489
Each Add-itional	406	415	312	67							555

* For Medicaid Only: Count unborn as a family member
** Two Parent and Caretaker/Relative TANF/Colorado Works amounts are not included  

EACH PROGRAM ALSO HAS RESOURCE LIMITS. AMOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Each program requires certain forms of verification.  The verification that will or may be requested is listed below:

VERIFICATION OF CITIZEN AND IDENTITY: 

WE MUST SEE THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT.

• PASSPORT
• STATE ISSUED BIRTH CERITIFICATES
• IDENTITY– DRIVER’S LICENSE, SCHOOL ID, GOVERNMENT ISSUED ID, AFFIDAVIT

 OTHER VERIFICATION THAT MAY BE REQUESTED:

• IDENTIFICATION FOR HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
• SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR CARD
• PROOF OF RESIDENCY
• INCOME(EARNED/UNEARNED
• SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR CARD
• ALIEN STATUS
• RESOURCES
• RENT/MORTGAGE RECEIPTS
• UTILITY EXPENSES
• PHONE BILLS
• CHILD SUPPORT EXPENSES DEPENDENT CARE EXPENSES
• MEDICAL EXPENSES IF YOU ARE ELDERLY OR DISABLED
• VERIFICATION OF PREGNANCY WITH DUE DATE
• BIRTH CERIFICATE
• MARRIAGE LICENCE
• DIVORCE DECREE
• MEDICARE CARD
• LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
• BURIAL POLICIES
• CHILDREN'S IMMUNIZATION RECORDS
• CHILD SUPPORT PAPERWORK

To report possible fraud, please call 1-877-934-6361 or send a letter to:

Fraud and Recovery
Garfield County Department of Human Services 
195 West 14th Street
Rifle, CO 81650

“Fraud means an individual secured or attempted to secure or aided or abetted another person in securing public assistance to which the individual was not entitled by means of willful misrepresentation or intentional concealment of an essential fact.”