Tag: Arpa Funds
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COVID-19, mayor’s priorities, immigrant influx led to woes in Denver’s homeless shelter program
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A recent audit of Denver’s Office of Housing Stability revealed gaps in security and fiscal accountability within Mayor Mike Johnston’s campaign to provide shelter to homeless people. Auditors noted that the city’s housing department — known as HOST — suffers from “poor organization” and could not provide documentation for tens of millions of dollars in…
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Looking ahead: Aurora council to confirm direction on homeless service provider funds
The Aurora City Council will confirm in a study session on Monday night its direction on agreements with homeless service providers that will receive American Rescue Plan Act funds, a decision the council made at its winter workshop in February. Due to a decrease in marijuana sales tax revenue, staff recommended reduced funding to homeless service…
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Denver City Council to vote on spending $100 million of federal COVID recovery funds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council will soon vote on spending nearly one-third of its $308 million in federal COVID-19 recovery funds on various projects after the council finance committee OK’d the spending plan Tuesday. The committee unanimously approved the plan to allocate over $100 million of…