People who meet any of the following criteria should not have to meet the work requirement.
- 18 years old or younger
- 65 years or older
- Parent or caregiver of a child age 13 or younger
- Parent or caregiver of people with disabilities
- Veterans with a total disability rating
- Enrolled in Medicare Part A or Part B
- Enrolled in a Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) program. For example, in a nursing home or enrolled in one of the following programs:
- Brain Injury Waiver (BI)
- Community Mental Health Supports Waiver (CMHS)
- Complementary and Integrative Health Waiver (CIH)
- Developmental Disabilities Waiver (DD)
- Elderly, Blind and Disabled Waiver (EBD)
- Supported Living Services Waiver (SLS)
- Programs for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
- Enrolled in Medicaid Buy-In Programs (Working Adults & Children’s)
- Have a confirmed disability demonstrated by:
- Receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and/or Social Security Administration (SSA) income, such as Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Social Security Retirement (SSR)
- The State Disability Determination vendor
- Foster youth or former foster youth age 0 to 26
- Current qualified Health First Colorado or CHP+ members who are pregnant or were pregnant within the last 12 months
- American Indian or Alaskan Native
- Medically frail
- Enrolled in a treatment program for a mental health or substance use disorder
- People who are incarcerated or people who have been released from incarceration in last 90 days
- Already meeting work requirements for TANF or SNAP
If Health First Colorado needs more information to decide if you must meet work requirements, we will send you a letter. Open and respond to letters from Health First Colorado right away.