Colorado Department of Human Services (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.