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Colorado

Solutions and stories in the Centennial State.

Solution A Wildfire Action Plan Bolsters Cortez’s Local Watershed

Local Champion:: Dolores Watersheds Collaborative
Date funded:: June 27, 2024
Grant Amount:: $30,000

Solution Architectural Plans Keep New Housing Affordable in Cortez

Local Champion:: Housing Solutions for the Southwest
Date funded:: June 24, 2024
Grant Amount:: $5,500

Solution Video Equipment Helps Cortez Students Trade Spinning Wheels for Skill Building

Local Champion:: Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1
Date funded:: June 21, 2024
Grant Amount:: $21,200

Solution Filters and Reusable Masks Ensure Clean Air for Monte Vista Police Officers

Local Champion:: City of Monte Vista
Date funded:: June 18, 2024
Grant Amount:: $2,677

Solution Training Equipment Helps Strengthen Cortez’s Health Care Workforce

Local Champion:: Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center
Date funded:: June 14, 2024
Grant Amount:: $8,000

Solution Master Classes Return World-Class Music Education to Cortez Students

Local Champion:: Southwest Colorado Concerts
Date funded:: June 12, 2024
Grant Amount:: $10,000

Solution Community Bingo Funds Cortez Nonprofits

Local Champion:: Bridge Emergency Shelter
Date funded:: June 11, 2024
Grant Amount:: $9,400

Story

Efforts to Keep Healthy School Meals in Rural Colorado Free for All June 2024

By Ilana Newman, The Daily Yonder

Solution Short-Term Housing Makes Health Care Accessible for Monte Vista Patients and Families

Local Champion:: Valley Citizens' Foundation for Health Care, Inc.
Date funded:: June 5, 2024
Grant Amount:: $29,375

Solution Free Training Classes Keep Dogs Out of Shelters and in Cortez Homes

Local Champion:: For Pets' Sake
Date funded:: June 4, 2024
Grant Amount:: $8,350

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