Douglas County Government offices closed Monday, July 4. Visit DoItOnlineDouglas.com for dozens of services offered online. Enjoy the 4th of July but remember Stage 1 Fire Restrictions are in place.
Douglas County Government offices closed Monday, July 4. Visit DoItOnlineDouglas.com for dozens of services offered online. Enjoy the 4th of July but remember Stage 1 Fire Restrictions are in place.
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allows a variety of expenditures to support community and economic recovery in Douglas County, including but not limited to:
Allowable Investments Include:
Shiloh House Family Resource Pavilion
Proposed Investment: $3,000,000 (est.)
Description: The Family Resource Pavilion creates resources for under-served populations in child welfare and adolescent services by protecting and promoting their welfare, preventing abuse, neglect, and exploitation of adolescents who also may be victims of trafficking. The program provides wrap-around support for at-risk families through services that promote children/adolescents (where appropriate) remaining safely with their families or returning to their families in a timely manner. Expansion of the Pavilion would allow relocation and expansion of the respite and school programs, as well as additional space for partner agencies and gymnasium space.
Help and Hope Center
Proposed Investment: Up to $8,500,000
Description: The Help and Hope Center proposes the construction of a new facility in a retail-oriented location. The new facility would house its thrift store, food bank, and other client services operations in a location that would increase awareness of the organization and sales volume in the thrift store, which generates approximately half of the organization’s budget.
Douglas County Housing Authority
Proposed Investment: $1,000,000
Description: The Douglas County Housing Partnership (DCHP) is in the process of acquiring 15 units in the Stonecreek Condominiums at 532 Oakwood Drive in Castle Rock. DCHP requests $1,000,000 to offset the cost of acquisition for five of the 15 units so that the units could be used to house participants in the DC Cares program. This could include persons affected by the pandemic, veterans housing, or other beneficiaries. The housing could be temporary, transitional, or permanent housing.
Non-Profit Grants
Proposed Investment: $3,500,000
Description: Funding could be made available to non-profit partners through a grant program for organizations who can demonstrate they can or have increased services to meet COVID-related needs. This proposed grant project could provide one-time assistance for capital improvements which allow partners to increase their operational capacity and provide enhanced services.
Proposed Investment: Undefined
Description: Support for industries, including movie theaters, travel, and hospitality.
Proposed Investment: $100,000
Description: Arapahoe Community College requested $100,000 in ARPA funds to cover the cost of 40 participants in their Career Bootcamp program.
Proposed Investment: Undefined
Description: LCMD is seeking funding or other assistance for park, parking lot, and sidewalk maintenance and repair, property tax relief, and a public road snow plowing contract or stipend.
Aurora South Metro Small Business Development Center
Proposed Investment: $480,000
Description: The Aurora-South Metro SBDC submitted a funding request of approximately $480,000 for the provision of a Douglas County-specific staff person “for three years into the future (2022, 2023 and 2024) in order to grow the economic impact in the south metro area.”
Proposed Investment: Undefined
Description: The City of Lone Tree encouraged support for Business Improvement Districts and Downtown Development Authorities as part of the County’s approach to addressing the negative economic impacts of COVID-19.
Park Meadows Retail Resort
Proposed Investment: $3,000,000
Description: Park Meadows Mall requests ARPA funds to mitigate financial hardship, inclusive of declines in revenues or impacts of periods of a business closure. Funds would be used for support of the Park Meadows Business Improvement District ($1M), and capital Improvements ($2M).
District Attorney’s Office
Proposed Investment: $929,498 (Funded with General Fund resources)
Description: The District Attorney’s office requests $250,497.74 to offset reductions in grant funding in the Black and Gray Marijuana Grant, Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement (VALE) program, and Victim Compensation programs. Funding is also requested for “7 FTE for a period of up to two years to address a backlog of 2,500 cases or 25% of our normal annual caseload.” The request equates to approximately $679,000 in salary, benefits and equipment needs for additional prosecutor staff.
In 2020, Douglas County used funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to support businesses throughout Douglas County. Funds were used to reimburse small businesses for investments in personal protective equipment and other similar expenditures and to reimburse restaurants that were closed or faced operational limitations during the pandemic. Additional information may be found by clicking here.
