PolicyEngine-US appears to still use the 2024-07-01 Colorado Works / TANF grant-standard amounts, while the current Colorado rule effective 2025-07-01 updates 9 CCR 2503-6 § 3.606.1.F.
Official sources:
Examples where current law differs from policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/tanf/grant_standard:
| Assistance unit |
PE-US 2024 value |
Current 2025-07-01 value |
| No caretaker, 1 child |
165 |
173 |
| One caretaker, 1 child |
466 |
488 |
| Two caretakers, 1 child |
619 |
649 |
| Each additional child |
86 |
90 |
The full 2025 grant-standard rows in the current rule are:
- No caretaker:
0, 173, 362, 543, 724, 869, 1003, 1117, 1226, 1337, 1460, additional child 90
- One caretaker:
374, 488, 620, 754, 894, 1031, 1138, 1248, 1359, 1467, 1574, additional child 90
- Two caretakers:
527, 649, 788, 927, 1057, 1163, 1273, 1387, 1492, 1598, 1707, additional child 90
Need standards and the $10 pregnancy allowance look aligned with the current rule; this issue is specifically for the grant standard update. This affects co_tanf_grant_standard and downstream co_tanf calculations.
PolicyEngine-US appears to still use the 2024-07-01 Colorado Works / TANF grant-standard amounts, while the current Colorado rule effective 2025-07-01 updates
9 CCR 2503-6 § 3.606.1.F.Official sources:
Examples where current law differs from
policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/tanf/grant_standard:The full 2025 grant-standard rows in the current rule are:
0, 173, 362, 543, 724, 869, 1003, 1117, 1226, 1337, 1460, additional child90374, 488, 620, 754, 894, 1031, 1138, 1248, 1359, 1467, 1574, additional child90527, 649, 788, 927, 1057, 1163, 1273, 1387, 1492, 1598, 1707, additional child90Need standards and the $10 pregnancy allowance look aligned with the current rule; this issue is specifically for the grant standard update. This affects
co_tanf_grant_standardand downstreamco_tanfcalculations.