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Karen L. Beye, Executive Director

Welcome to the Colorado Department of Human Services website. CDHS is the second largest agency in Colorado State Government, with an $1.8 billion budget for state fiscal year 2006.

CDHS oversees the state’s 64 county departments of social/human services, the state’s public mental health system, Colorado’s system of services for people with developmental disabilities, the state’s juvenile corrections system and all state and veterans’ nursing homes, through more than 5,000 employees and thousands of community-based service providers.

Colorado is a state-supervised, county-administered system for the traditional social services, including programs such as public assistance and child welfare services. Click on this link to find the location and telephone number of your county department of social/human services. Other information about CDHS should be easy to find by using the links at the left.

As Executive Director of CDHS, it is my commitment and the CDHS vision that we become the nation’s leader in the design and delivery of high quality human services that help individuals, families and communities to be safe and independent. I hope you find our website informative and user friendly.