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District attorney and sheriff present grants for victim services as commissioners debate funding posture
Summary
Weld County approved multiple victim-services grants (Vail grant $105,000; VOCA $57,282; law‑enforcement victim assistance $32,500) under a budget already accounting for cuts. Commissioners debated but did not backfill missing grant dollars after an amendment failed.
Weld County commissioners approved several grants intended to support victims of crime while the county’s budget process absorbed expected reductions in state funding.
Michael Rourke and colleagues from the district attorney’s office told commissioners the county requested $160,000 from the Vail board but received an award of $105,000; staff had budgeted for that lower amount after they were notified of likely cuts over the summer. "This is not an…
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