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Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Final Fiscal Note
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 22-0999
Sen. Fields; Hinrichsen
Rep. Valdez A.
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
July 29, 2022
Signed into Law
Aaron Carpenter | 303-866-4918
Aaron.Carpenter@state.co.us
Bill Topic: REPURPOSE THE RIDGE VIEW CAMPUS
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☐ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☐ TABOR Refund
☐ Local Government
☐ Statutory Public Entity
The bill repurposes the Ridge View Campus to provide temporary housing and other
services to individuals experiencing homelessness. The bill increases state
expenditures starting in FY 2022-23.
Appropriation
Summary:
For FY 2022-23, the bill requires and includes an appropriation of $45.0 million to
multiple state agencies.
Fiscal Note
Status:
The fiscal note reflects the enacted bill.
Table 1
State Fiscal Impacts Under SB 22-211
Budget Year
FY 2022-23
Out Year
FY 2023-24
Out Year
FY 2024-25
Out Year
FY 2025-26
Revenue
- - - -
Expenditures General Fund $44,557 - $181,145 $19,694,850
Cash Funds
1
$45,000,000 - - -
Centrally Appropriated $81,965 $74,515 $74,515 $74,515
Total Expenditures $45,126,522 $74,515 $255,660 $19,769,365
Total FTE 2.7 FTE 2.3 FTE 2.3 FTE 2.3 FTE
Transfers - - - -
Other Budget
Impacts
General Fund Reserve $6,684 - $27,172 $2,954,228
1
FY 2022-23 funding will be spent over three fiscal years, as detailed in Table 2 in the State Expenditures section.
Money in the Economic Recovery and Relief Cash Fund consists of federal ARPA funds.
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Summary of Legislation
The bill transfers ownership of all or part of the Ridge View Campus from the Department of Human
Services (DHS) to the Department of Personnel and Administration (DPA) for use by the Division of
Housing in the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) as a supportive residential community for people
experiencing homelessness. DOLA, in collaboration with the DHS, must develop a master plan for
the redevelopment and operation of the Ridge View Campus into the Ridge View Supportive
Residential Community (community), including a financial plan for startup and ongoing operational
costs. The community must provide transitional housing, a continuum of behavioral health services
and treatment, medical care, vocational training, skill development, and transportation for residents
and the public. DOLA is required to select one or more contractors experienced in providing
statewide integrated housing, health care, recovery treatment, and supportive service programs for
people experiencing homelessness to establish the community. The administrator of the community
must also work with local providers across the state to set up a referral system for clients to live at the
community.
To be eligible for the community, an individual must be experiencing homelessness or at risk of
experiencing it; chooses to focus on recovery voluntarily; and is in a position where it is medically safe
to be in transitional housing. The community must provide a number of services including:
transitional housing for up to two years;
substance use recovery treatment and services through a continuum of care informed by the
American Society of Addiction Medicine Standards; and
a federally qualified health clinic.
Finally, DOLA must collect and report specified information to the General Assembly including the
success of the programs.
Funding. The bill requires the General Assembly to appropriate $45 million in FY 2022-23 from the
Economic Recovery and Relief Cash Fund, which contains American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds,
to fund the community. Any money not spent in FY 2022-23 remains available in subsequent state
fiscal years without further appropriations, subject to the requirements of federal law. DOLA may
spend up to 10 percent for administrative expenses, and another 10 percent for costs connected with
transportation.
State Expenditures
The bill increases state expenditures in DOLA and the DHS by $5.9 million in FY 2022-23 and
$19.8 million per year starting in FY 2023-24 from the Economic Recovery and Relief Cash Fund and
the General Fund. Expenditures are shown in Table 2 and detailed below.
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Table 2
Expenditures Under SB 22-211
Cost Components FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26
Department of Local Affairs
Personal Services $168,374 $168,374 $168,374 $168,374
Operating Expenses $3,105 $3,105 $3,105 $3,105
Capital Outlay Costs $12,400 - - -
Other Costs $7,567 $9,666 $9,666 $9,666
Contractor $5,000,000 $19,513,704 $19,513,705 $19,513,704
Master Plan and Evaluation Contract $600,000 - - -
Centrally Appropriated Costs
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$74,515 $74,515 $74,515 $74,515
FTE – Personal Services 2.3 FTE 2.3 FTE 2.3 FTE 2.3 FTE
DOLA Subtotal $5,865,961 $19,769,365 $19,769,365 $19,769,365
Department of Human Services
Personal Services $38,357 - - -
Capital Outlay Costs $6,200 - - -
Centrally Appropriated Costs
1
$7,450 - - -
FTE – Personal Services 0.4 FTE - - -
DHS Subtotal $52,007 - - -
Total $5,917,968 $19,769,365 $19,769,365 $19,769,365
Total FTE 2.7 FTE 2.3 FTE 2.3 FTE 2.3 FTE
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Centrally appropriated costs are not included in the bill's appropriation.
Department of Local Affairs. Starting in FY 2022-23, DOLA will have costs to hire staff to administer
a contract for the Ridge View Campus, to pay a contractor to run the community, and to facilitate the
master plan development and evaluate the success of the community.
Staffing costs. Starting in FY 2022-23, DOLA requires 2.3 FTE to contract with organizations to
administer the community, to collect and report data, to oversee the contract, and to provide other
administrative duties such as accounting and human resource needs. Staff will begin on
July 1, 2022, and costs are included for standard operating costs. Other costs include IT support,
travel reimbursement, cell phone service fees, and computer licenses. Staffing costs will be paid
from the Economic Recovery and Relief Cash Fund through FY 2023-24, and then starting in
FY 2024-25, these positions are assumed to be paid from the General Fund.
Community administrator contract. Starting in FY 2022-23, expenditures in DOLA will increase
to contract with organizations to administer the community as well as the other programs
required in the bill. The fiscal note assumes that $5.0 million will used in FY 2022-23 and
$19.5 million in FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25 to contract with organizations. These amounts
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administrative expenses. Starting in FY 2025-26, General Fund expenditures will increase by an
estimated $19.5 million to continue the program at the assumed levels in prior years. The fiscal
note assumes that the contractor will provide transportation services within these amounts.
Master plan and evaluation contract. Expenditures in DOLA will increase to enter into
two contracts—one to develop a master plan for the community and another to evaluate the
success of community. Both contracts are estimated at $300,000 each. Costs will be paid from the
Economic Recovery and Relief Cash Fund.
Department of Human Services. In FY 2022-23 only, the DHS will require 0.4 FTE to coordinate with
DOLA to develop the master plan and to help develop the substance use disorder services provided
at the community. Standard operating and capital outlay costs are included with an assumed
September 1, 2022, start date.
Centrally appropriated costs. Pursuant to a Joint Budget Committee policy, certain costs associated
with this bill are addressed through the annual budget process and centrally appropriated in the Long
Bill or supplemental appropriations bills, rather than in this bill. These costs, which include employee
insurance and supplemental employee retirement payments, are shown in Table 2.
Other Budget Impacts
General Fund reserve. Under current law, an amount equal to 15 percent of General Fund
appropriations must be set aside in the General Fund statutory reserve. Based on this fiscal note, the
bill is expected to increase the amount of General Fund held in reserve as shown in Table 1, which
will decrease the amount of General Fund available for other purposes.
Effective Date
This bill was signed into law by the Governor and took effect on May 31, 2022.
State Appropriations
The bill requires and includes the following appropriations:
$45,000,000 from the Economic Recovery and Relief Cash Fund to the Department of Local Affairs
and 2.3 FTE with roll forward spending authority through December 30, 2024; and
$44,557 from the General Fund to the Department of Human Services and 0.4 FTE.
State and Local Government Contacts
Human Services Information Technology
Local Affairs Personnel
The revenue and expenditure impacts in this fiscal note represent changes from current law under the bill for each
fiscal year. For additional information about fiscal notes, please visit: leg.colorado.gov/fiscalnotes.