Normal Office Hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm
Closed Saturday, Sunday and Holidays
After Hours Emergency Phone: Sheriff’s Dispatch 719-743-2426
Lincoln County
Department of Social Services
Colette L. Barksdale, Director
103 3rd Avenue
P.O. Box 37
Hugo, CO 80821
719-743-2404 - Office
719-743-2879 - Fax
Normal Office Hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm
Closed Saturday, Sunday and Holidays
After Hours Emergency Phone: Sheriff’s Dispatch 719-743-2426
Mission Statement: Lincoln County Department of Social Services promotes a safe, healthy community while protecting individuality and encouraging self-sufficiency.
Department Vision: Lincoln County Department of Social Services partners with our community to encourage the growth and development of quality resources that ensure the well-being of all citizens. The Department respects diversity and an individual’s right to self-determination. We believe in an individual’s inherent capacity to change. The Department will provide quality, professional services as defined within the guidelines of the Department.
Department Staff
Job Title
Phone Extension
Colette Barksdale
Director
141
Tricia Borns Receptionist 156 Amy Seymour Fraud Investigation 167 Melissa Gossett
Legal Tech I
151
Patsy Hatfield Account Clerk V 154 Debi Klapperich TANF IMT Technician I 153 Mary Solze
Income Maintenance Tech III
160
Robert Kraxberger
Income Maintenance Tech V
142
Mimi Lyons
Social Caseworker IV
146
Andrew Lorenson
Social Caseworker II
144
Beverly Newbanks
Social Caseworker III
147
Patricia Phillips
Social Services Supervisor
145
Amy Seymour
Social Caseworker IV
148
Shannon Sheffield Social Caseworker IV 168 Marissa Gray Social Caseworker I 143 Julie Witt LEAP Tech IV 150 Programs offered by the Department:
Adult Protection
Aid to the Blind
Aid to the Needy Disabled
Child Care Assistance Program
Child Support Enforcement
Child Welfare Services - Child Protection, Adoption, Foster Parenting, Permanency Planning, CORE Services
Colorado Works - TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families)
Food Assistance Program
LEAP - Low Income Energy Assistance Program
Medicaid - eligibility including Baby Care and Kids Care programs and Medicaid Transportation
Old Age Pension
Options for Long Term Care - services provided in partnership with Kit Carson County, phone 719-346-8732
Key Web Links:
State Department of Human Services
State Department of Health Care, Policy and Finance
Rural Solutions (Regional Health & Human Services resource Directory)
LINCing DADS (Lincoln County Fatherhood Initiative)
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