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City warns AmeriCorps funding may lapse; Kids Connection would face personnel gap in June
Summary
City staff told council two AmeriCorps contracts that support tourism and four AmeriCorps members at Kids Connection will likely exhaust funding in June; the city said it could absorb positions at about $1,200 per person if outside funding is not secured.
City staff alerted the Monte Vista City Council that AmeriCorps funding supporting local programs is uncertain and could expire in June, potentially ending support for an AmeriCorps position on the destination blueprint tourism effort and four AmeriCorps members who assist the Kids Connection program.
The status matters for program continuity: the AmeriCorps workers provide low-cost program support (often in exchange for education benefits), and losing them could disrupt summer programming and tourism-related tasks unless alternative funding is found.
Staff said the AmeriCorps position that supports destination-blueprint tourism is contracted through La Puente and has funding through June; that position reports to staffer Miles/DJ. The Kids Connection program employs four AmeriCorps members under a Serve Colorado contract; staff said Serve Colorado will continue payments until resources are exhausted, likely in June. If the city must pick up the remainder of the contract, staff estimated a cost of about $1,200 per person for the remaining term and noted the positions are primarily motivated by scholarship or service incentives rather than pay.
Staff said they are seeking other short-term funding and partners to finish the current contracts through August, when the AmeriCorps terms end; council did not take formal action but staff asked to return with options if outside funds cannot be secured.
