Colorado

Overpayment Recovery
Overpayments Established	$22,774,895
Overpayments Waived	$4,221,856
Overpayments Recovered	$17,809,533
Rate of Overpayments Recovered vs Established	95.99%
Note: Recovery data is for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2011. Figures displayed are actual recovery rate and dollars and not estimates.

3-Year IPIA Improper Payment Rate: 16.33%
2012 IPIA Estimated Improper Payments: $81,811,772
3-Year Operational Rate: 6.83%
3-Year Fraud Rate: 0.90%

Note: UI improper payment data displayed on this page are derived from the Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) program. Readers are strongly cautioned that it may be misleading to compare one state's payment accuracy rates with another state's rates as no two states' written laws, regulations, and policies specifying eligibility conditions are identical, and differences in these conditions influence the potential for error. To compare state laws visit http://www.oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/statelaws.asp#Statelaw or contact the state directly.

Chart: Three Year IPIA Data

	2010	2011	2012
IPIA Rate	17.79%	17.10%	12.89%
Fraud Rate	0.50%	0.82%	1.64%
Operational Rate	6.67%	6.56%	7.48%
Note: CO 2009 data omitted due to inadequate sampling levels.

Chart: Causes of Improper Payments

Root Cause		Percentage of Overall Improper Payments
	Work Search Issues	41.65%
	Separation Issues	18.36%
	Benefit Year Earnings	17.69%
	Sev./Vac./SSI/Pension	7.15%
	E.S. Registration	6.39%
	Base Period Wage Issues	2.46%
	Other Eligible Issues	2.24%
	Other Issues	2.09%
	Able and Available	1.98%
	Dependents Issues	0%

Note: Excludes data due to inadequate BAM sampling levels from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.

Chart: Responsibility for Overpayments

Root Cause		Percentage of Total Dollars Overpaid
	Claimant Only	63.79%
	Claimant and Agency	9.08%
	Employer and Agency	7.57%
	Agency Only	7.34%
	Claimant and Employer	5.48%
	Claimant, Employee, & Agency	4.65%
	Employer Only	1.62%
	All Others	0.47%

Implementation of UI Improper Payment Strategies — FY 2013 State Status
State	Core Strategy	Implementation Plan in Place	Status
Colorado	SQSP / Strategic Plan Development
	Business Process Analysis¹
	NDNH ROP
	SIDES
	SIDES Messaging²
	Claimant — Employer Messaging
	ES Registration³	3
	Treasury Offset Program Implementation

Key:
	Complete
	On Track
	Not on Track
	Yes
	No

¹ BPA is a core strategy for states with annual rates above 10% and receiving 2012 SBR funds (based on Jan-Dec 2011 data).

² SIDES Messaging is a core activity for states receiving SBR funds that have implemented SIDES.

³ ES Registration is a core strategy for states with ES rates above 3% (based on Jan-Dec 2011 data).

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