american rescue plan act

Colorado faces budget deficit as lawmakers consider $2 billion more in spending

Mar 30, 2024

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Marianne Goodland

Colorado lawmakers this month began reviewing the state’s spending plan for the next fiscal year in the face of tight revenues and a budget deficit — even as policymakers are pushing for hundreds of millions of dollars in funding requests. Only a tight sliver of those requests will likely get funded, if at all, once…
Colorado faces budget deficit as lawmakers consider $2 billion more in spending

Mar 30, 2024

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Marianne Goodland

Colorado lawmakers this month began reviewing the state’s spending plan for the next fiscal year in the face of tight revenues and a budget deficit — even as policymakers are pushing for hundreds of millions of dollars in funding requests. Only a tight sliver of those requests will likely get funded, if at all, once…
Aurora council votes to fill homeless service provider funding gaps at quarterly workshop

Feb 6, 2024

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Kyla Pearce

While Aurora’s councilmembers held differing opinions on how to handle dollars for homeless service providers, they eventually agreed to allocate federal money to several organizations, bringing a few of them to flat funding. The councilmembers, however, entirely cut funding to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. Aurora’s policymaking body earlier delayed a decision on funding…
Colorado to receive over $170 million to bring high-speed internet to 18,000 households

Dec 8, 2022

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Hannah Metzger

The U.S. Department of the Treasury approved Colorado’s plan to invest $170.8 million of federal funds to expand broadband infrastructure, bringing high-speed internet access to 18,000 households and businesses throughout the state. This investment comes two months after Colorado released an ambitious plan to close the state’s digital divide, connecting 99% of Colorado households to…
7 Colorado cities awarded grants to boost local tourism

Oct 25, 2022

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Hannah Metzger

Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Tourism Office awarded grants to seven Colorado cities on Tuesday, intended to fund economic recovery efforts for the local tourism industries. Organizations in Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, Loveland, Sterling and La Junta will receive $1.8 million in grants ranging from $75,000 to $500,000. The one-time funds can…
Millions in grant money flows to El Paso County water projects

Sep 26, 2022

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BREEANA JENT

Sixteen Pikes Peak regional water projects that will improve drinking water infrastructure, provide sustainable water sources, upgrade facilities and manage sewage are receiving millions of dollars in grants to help them over the finish line. El Paso County officials on Monday announced they allocated just under $21 million in American Rescue Plan Act monies to…
Northwest Colorado awarded $8.5M to economically diversify coal communities

Aug 10, 2022

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Colorado Politics

The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday awarded $8.5 million to northwest Colorado to support the region’s efforts to diversify local coal-dependent economies. The grants are part of the federal Coal Communities Commitment from the Economic Development Administration — allocating $300 million from the COVID-19 American Rescue Plan Act to support coal communities as they…
Denver still has over $200 million in America Rescue Plan Act funding to spend

Jul 7, 2022

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LINDSEY TOOMER

Denver has spent less than half of the COVID relief funds it has received so far through the federal American Rescue Plan Act. As of Wednesday, $67.92 million of Denver’s ARPA funds have been committed, obligated or spent, Department of Finance spokesperson Josh Rosenblum said. Denver’s ARPA funding dashboard is updated weekly to reflect where…
How Colorado spent over $9 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds

Jul 6, 2022

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Colorado Politics

Colorado has spent more than $9 billion of federal money from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act intended to foster recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 16 months after President Joe Biden signed the act, the Colorado Health Institute released an interactive graphic on Wednesday, tracking Colorado’s spending of the one-time ARPA funds. “ARPA…
Denver expands eviction legal assistance contracts as Colorado faces acute shortage of housing units

Jun 21, 2022

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LINDSEY TOOMER

Denver City Council on Monday night approved multiple contract amendments that expand the city’s eviction legal resources for low- and moderate-income Denver renters. The contract expansions extend legal defense resources through 2023 with $1.5 million from American Rescue Plan Act funding, according to a news release from the Department of Housing Stability. The program provides…