Broomfield seeks comment for grant funds 

Broomfield’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Department will apply soon for Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds for the period of March 1, 2007 through February 28, 2008. Public comment is required as part of the application process. 

Copies of the proposed plan will be available for public comment on Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the HHS Building, 6 Garden Center in Broomfield. 

Federal CSBG funds are made available to organizations to provide services for low-income families and children.  Grantees must demonstrate that the community has recipients who are below 125 percent of the federal poverty level. CSBG funds for Colorado are distributed through the State Department of Local Affairs Community Services Block Grant Program Office.

These dollars fund services and activities that will have a measurable and potentially major impact on causes of poverty in Broomfield.

Although funding allocations have not been finalized, HHS anticipates receiving approximately $19,000 for the upcoming funding cycle, the same amount received for the current year.  HHS is recommending that two service areas be funded with the grant:  Emergency Services/Food Bank Subcontract with Community Food Share ($16,920) and Emergency Services/General Financial Assistance.

Broomfield HHS has received CSBG funds for emergency services (food and housing) since 2002.

For more information or to comment, please contact Jan Hamilton at 720-887-2279.