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Human Services Network of Colorado

Modernizing the Colorado Benefits Management System

  • 06/20/2012
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Boys & Girls Clubs Program Support Center, 2017 W 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80204
  • 3
  • 47 registrants

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Anyone who has tried to navigate the Colorado Benefits Management System knows how frustrating it can be. Attend this brief presentation to learn about the planned changes that will make it easier and more efficient. 

Presenter: Julie Kerksick, Director of the Office of Economic Security, Colorado Department of Human Services

Julie Kerksick directs programs that support low income Coloradans in a variety of ways, including Food Assistance, Colorado Works, energy assistance, refugee programs, child support, food distribution, and vocational rehabilitation.

Previously, Ms. Kerksick was the Administrator of the Division of Family and Economic Security (DFES) in the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families.  She served in the position from July 2008, when the Department was formed, until January 2011.In Wisconsin, she was responsible for the oversight and administration of the W-2, Transitional Jobs, Child Support, Refugee Assistance and Community Service Block Grant programs. 

Ms. Kerksick has spent her entire professional career working with and on behalf of unemployed and low-income workers. She has helped design public policy, but has also shared in the responsibility of translating those policies into operating programs and procedures.

Ms. Kerksick serves on the Steering Committee of the National Transitional Jobs Network and a work group on research for the Federal Administration for Children and Families, part of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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As with all our lunch n' learns there will be time for sharing and networking between participants.

Eligible for 1.5 hours CEU

Future Courses: Don't forget, our training calendar is always available online. No need to wait for our individual class announcements! 

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