Tag: Covid-19 Relief
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Adams County launches new COVID-19 grant program
Adams County officials rolled out a $35 million grant program Tuesday that will offer financial support for projects and initiatives that assist the county’s COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. Businesses, nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations are eligible for the program as well as school districts and special districts, officials said. “We are thrilled to offer this grant…
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Applications for $2.7 million in food relief grants open to Denver nonprofits
Applications for $2.7 million in funding from the Denver Emergency Food Relief Fund opened Tuesday to nonprofits in the city, the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment announced. The grants are available to Denver-based nonprofits that provide meals and groceries to residents facing food insecurity as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the…
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A look into Denver’s $400 million bond proposal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver voters may soon choose whether to let the city take out a $400 million bond to fund numerous infrastructure projects as part of a long-term COVID-19 recovery plan. The city announced the proposed general obligation (GO) bond in April and the Denver City Council…
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Committee OKs grant fund, agreement for spending $308 million from American Rescue Plan
The Denver City Council finance committee approved the establishment of a grant fund and agreement Tuesday to receive and spend the $308 million of federal funding Denver is getting from the American Rescue Plan. The proposed grant fund and agreement will now be sent to the full City Council for a final vote in the…
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Denver city and county expecting over $310 million in federal COVID relief
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city and county of Denver are expecting a big payday after the passage of the $1.9 trillion federal spending bill last week, intended to foster recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Colorado Municipal League, the city is set to receive $170.04 million…
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Denver City Council approves additional COVID-19 relief, housing efforts
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COVID Relief Fund gives $3.8 million to community organizations serving Colorado’s most impacted
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In its seventh round of grants, Gov. Jared Polis and the state’s COVID-19 Relief Fund gave $3,875,700 to 140 community-based organizations serving those disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Recipients of this round of grants include the Black Business Initiative, Colorado Association for School-Based Health Care,…
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More than $1 million in Winter Outdoor Dining Fund grants doled out to 260 Colorado restaurants
Hundreds of Colorado restaurants were given more than $1 million in grants through the state’s most recent round of the Winter Outdoor Dining Fund, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday. The program, funding outdoor dining spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic, is in partnership with the Colorado Restaurant Association, the Colorado Restaurant Foundation, Xcel Energy and the…
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RTD recalls laid-off union workers after announcement of COVID relief funding
RTD will be recalling all of its full-time union workers who were laid off during the pandemic as the agency is expecting to receive more than $200 million from a recent COVID-19 relief package. RTD will also begin the process to bring back all of its 137 part-time union operators, working with the Amalgamated Transit…
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RTD to receive over $200 million from latest COVID relief package
RTD is expecting to receive $203,367,528 in federal funding from a recent COVID-19 relief package, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced. This funding is from the 2021 Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act signed by former President Donald Trump in late December. The package includes $14 billion in support of U.S. public transit systems.…