February 8, 2023

Upon receiving American Rescue Plan (ARPA) funding, the Board of County Commissioners (“Board”) directed staff to conduct extensive community and employee input. Various methods were used, both on-line and in-person, including a community-wide needs assessment. Key takeaways were categorized into six areas: Housing & Homelessness Employment Recovery Business Supports Education & Childcare Infrastructure & Public […]

Douglas County recently completed its allocation of ARPA funds and is in the process of implementing funding agreements with subgrantees where appropriate. Funding was allocated to seven priority investment areas: Wildfire Suppression and Mitigation: $3.6 million Expansion of the County’s defensible space program, working with property owners engaged in brush removal and thinning by matching

DETENTION FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS Delta County continues to utilize the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to address additional capacity and spacing needs that were highlighted during the COVID pandemic in our detention facility. Story Our detention facility was built in 1958 and was constructed to house an average of 50 inmates.  Currently, our average daily

AFFORDABLE HOUSING We used 7% of the funds to develop a housing project in our six-county region for attainable housing. The groundbreaking for Crowley County is the 25th of April. Story The funds were used to purchase the lots in order to bring the price down for the end buyer. County Commissioner Blaine Arbuthnot said

SMALL BUSINESS RENT RESCUE GRANT PROGRAM When the Covid pandemic hit in March 2020, small businesses everywhere were almost instantly decimated by the resulting lockdowns. Even after reopening a few months later, many businesses struggled to attract customers who were still wary of venturing back out in public en masse. This predicament stretched through 2021,

SUPPORTING FOOD INSECURE STUDENTS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Story We have some great stories from our efforts to be good stewards of the ARPA money from bringing broadband to historic Sylvan Dale Ranch through partnership with Loveland Pulse and the City of Loveland or the ARPA money we have allocated towards helping Loveland Kids Pak feed