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Arapahoe County moves to narrow Aid to Agencies grants to four priorities and favors data‑driven allocation
Summary
County staff proposed collapsing nine grant categories into four priorities—housing & homeless services; food assistance; mental/behavioral health & substance use; and transportation—recommended a data‑informed split (40% housing, 30% food, 27% behavioral health, 3% transportation) and offered $500K and $1M supplemental budget packages for consideration.
Arapahoe County commissioners reviewed a proposed redesign of the Aid to Agencies grant program that would concentrate limited county general fund dollars into four priority areas and change how safety‑net organizations are funded.
Staff said the Aid to Agencies program, created in 2008, has awarded more than $27 million to 51 nonprofit organizations across a mix of competitive grants and off‑the‑top safety‑net allocations. After pauses and reductions in 2024 tied to county budget constraints, safety‑net funding was fully reinstated by ballot issue 1A, staff said.
What staff proposed: reduce nine prior program categories to four (housing and homeless services; food assistance; mental and behavioral health and substance use…
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