Job Description
Department Information This position is open to current Colorado residents. Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies. **This is a Term Limit Position through September 29, 2027. Hybrid position - 2 times per week in the BHA office, based on business needs and subject to change.** Opt in below to receive text message updates on CDHS recruiting events! CDHSCareers Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details! Description Of Job About This Position: Located within the Behavioral Health Administration work unit, pursuant to House Bill (HB) 21-1097. HB21-1097 provides that the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) was created to be a single-state entity. It was initially established under CDHS as of July 1, 2022, and provides administrative and “back-of-the-house” support as long as the BHA remains under CDHS’ purview. The BHA is a permanent entity that is responsible for leading and promoting the state’s behavioral health priorities and efforts across agencies, creating shared goals, improving collaboration, and driving accountability and transparency. The BHA provides oversight and coordinates service standards across the hundreds of behavioral health programs that currently exist under multiple state agencies and the Judicial Branch. The BHA also works to ensure the recommendations that resulted from the work of the Behavioral Health Task Force (BHTF) and multiple ancillary projects evolving out of the work of the BHTF are honored and implemented, to ensure and meet our vision of having a comprehensive, equitable, effective continuum of behavioral health services that meets the needs of all Coloradans. The Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) is responsible for policy development, service provision and coordination, program monitoring and evaluation, and administrative oversight of the public behavioral health system. BHA funds, supports, and monitors numerous mental health and substance abuse community programs and providers, reviews and designates the State’s 27-65 providers, and licenses substance use disorder service providers. BHA executes the State’s federal responsibilities as the State Mental Health Authority and the State Substance Abuse Authority for the purposes of administering federal mental health and substance abuse block grant funds. Description Of Job: This position reports to the State Opioid Response (SOR) Project Director. This position supports key functions under the State Opioid Response grant program, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The position provides necessary technical assistance to providers and stakeholders, performs contract monitoring duties for programs and contracts relevant to the SOR grant, represents the BHA on different interagency and intra-agency groups and committees, and maintains a working knowledge of systems and funding that support the provision of services in this specific area. Colorado’s SOR grant supports programming across the substance misuse/abuse continuum. Grantee Spending and Compliance/Deliverable Monitoring Serves as a program coordinator for the State Opioid Response subgrantees and the BHASO LIFTS network. This position assists in the strategic development of subgrantee budgets, acts as a subject matter expert, and provides technical assistance to subgrantees to ensure grantee compliance with SAMHSA, OMB (Office of ----Management and Budget) guidance, and other federal regulatory requirements for grant spending. Assist in the development of subgrantee budgets and review for allowable expenditures. Provide guidance and technical assistance to subgrantees to inform a strategic approach to subgrantee budget development, tracking, and reporting to ensure accuracy, compliance, and quality of work products. Upon award, assist in facilitating responses to budget revisions requested in the notice of award through collaboration with the SOR Project Director, the BHA grants team, and SOR subgrantees. Maintains and updates existing tools and resources pertaining to monitoring grantee spending. Identify and implement opportunities to streamline or improve the grantee expenditures for allowable expenses. Collaborate with the SOR Data Coordinator to ensure that subgrantees are completing and submitting deliverables in a timely manner to ensure grant compliance and in accordance with subgrantees' individualized statement of works. Develop and maintain subject matter expertise regarding federal regulations and State Opioid Response grant-specific requir