Weld County Faith Partnership Council Newsletter September 2021
Weld County, Colorado sent this bulletin at 09/01/2021 04:05 PM MDT
September 1, 2021
Our mission is to serve as an advisory liaison between the faith-based community and the Weld County Commissioners. Established in 2008.
Child Support Awareness Month
The Weld County Board of County Commissioners has proclaimed August as Child Support Awareness Month. The Weld County Child Support Services Program is committed to promoting the financial stability and well-being of its children by providing services that help ensure parents pay child support on a regular and timely basis.
Services provided by the Program include locating parents, establishing paternity, establishing support orders administratively or through court, reviewing support orders for modification, and enforcing orders for medical coverage and monetary support.
In June 2021, the Weld County Child Support Program was awarded the Colorado Family Support Council Outstanding Large County Award. Through June of this year, the county program disbursed over $12 million to families, established 200 new support orders, modified 180 existing orders, and responded to over 7,000 inquiries for assistance.
Weld County foster families have been serving other families and youth in foster care through maintaining a local supplies and clothing closet that other foster and adoptive families in Northern Colorado can access. “We are open to donations of diapers, wipes, and new or gently used clothes (no holes, stains, etc.),” said Maddie, one of the foster parents who donates her time and energy towards this effort.
As we approach winter, donations of new or gently used coats and winter accessories for children and youth would be put to good use.
In our shared response to COVID-19, we showed that our whole Weld County community can take on any challenge. Join your community leader peers as well as United Way board of directors and staff as we reflect on lessons learned from our recent success and how, moving forward, we can solve our community-wide challenges together.
