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Adams County approves $800,000 in community enrichment grants to 21 nonprofits
Summary
At its Sept. 23 meeting the Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution awarding $800,000 to 21 nonprofit organizations from a pool of 76 applicants. The grants fund basic needs, workforce programs and innovation projects under a new three-tier model.
Adams County commissioners on Sept. 23 approved a resolution awarding $800,000 to 21 nonprofit organizations through the county’s Community Enrichment Grant Program.
The board voted 3-0, with two commissioners absent, to adopt the grant resolution. County staff told commissioners the program received 76 applications requesting more than $5.4 million and that award recommendations came from the Community Enrichment Grant Advisory Committee.
County staff said the program uses a new three-tier funding model this year to support basic needs and stabilization services, regional and systemic impact projects, and smaller innovation and emergent-needs pilots. "Each year, Adams County invests in our community through the Community Enrichment Grant Program, which provides funding to local nonprofits and community-based organizations," a county staff member said during the presentation.
Major grant awards announced at the meeting included:
- CrossPurpose: $100,000 to support participation in a six-month workforce LEADER program combining personal development, skills training and job placement supports. - Westminster Public Schools: $100,000 to expand an advanced manufacturing pathway at the Iver C. Ranom Innovation Campus, including dual-enrollment opportunities. - Kids First Health Center: $55,000 for pediatric services through school-based and community clinics in Adams County. - Precious Child: $40,000 for a program providing clothing, hygiene and food to children and caregivers facing crisis. - CASA of Adams and Broomfield Counties: $40,000 to support volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children. - Project Angel Heart: $40,000 (amount announced during presentation). - Food for Hope: $40,000 to deliver childhood hunger relief programs in 41 schools and district locations. - Several organizations received $25,000 awards for basic-needs and stabilization work, including Food Bank of the Rockies (mobile pantries), Center for People with Disabilities, Kids in Need of Dentistry, Little Giants Learning Center, Maker Housing Partners, Reaching Hope and others.
County staff recognized six members of the Community Enrichment Grant Advisory Committee by name for reviewing applications and making funding recommendations. Staff also asked award recipients to come forward to receive certificates and participate in a group photograph after the presentations.
The resolution approving the grants was moved and seconded on the floor; the clerk recorded the 3-0 vote with two members absent.
The awards are intended to support services described during the presentation: basic needs and stabilization, workforce and training pathways, and smaller innovation projects and emerging-needs pilots.
