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Committee Flags Funding Options: CoSWAP/CWCB Grants, Match Challenges and Revolving Loan Models
Summary
Members discussed funding barriers — especially matching requirements — highlighted opportunities in CWCB's Wildfire Ready Watersheds and CoSWAP (roughly $6.5M combined), and explored revolving loan fund pilots and low-interest state loans to help small organizations front costs while awaiting reimbursements.
Committee staff told members that grant match requirements remain a barrier for some applicants, but that recent changes can reduce match in areas with higher social vulnerability. Courtney and Allison reported that conversations with the Colorado State Forest Service indicated the 50/50 match structure helps multiply project size and that reducing match broadly could shrink project capacity.
Staff also described how the Colorado Water…
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