Food Stamp Application Process – Colorado

Long delays in Colorado food aid may spur another lawsuit, By Allison Sherry, February 1, 2010, Denver Post: “Two years after the state promised to solve the long delays in its food- stamp and Medicaid programs, lawyers say there has not been enough improvement and are weighing whether to take the state back to court. Colorado is out of compliance with a legal settlement reached in 2007 that requires food stamps and Medicaid to be delivered within federal time frames, typically 30 days after an application is filed for food stamps and 45 days for Medicaid. Thousands of Coloradans are waiting beyond that. Roughly 19 percent of new food- stamp applications were delayed statewide in October. For Medicaid, 18 percent of new applicants didn’t get timely benefits that month, according to lawyers who get the data from the state as part of the 2007 settlement…”