Grants & Special Projects

The office of Grants and Special Projects is a division of the City Manager’s Department. This office works with all City Departments in the administration and seeking of grants and with the development of special projects. It also acts as a liaison with other partner community non-profits in the search for grants.

Received/Completed

Youth At Risk Prevention Counseling Program - The Recovery Center, $28,476.

Acheivable Community Corrections Program - The Recovery Center, $36,218.

Offender Re-Entry Program - The Recovery Center, $26,683.

Juvenile Accountability Program - The Recovery Center, $30,000.

The Pinon Project Youth Enrichment Program - The Pinon Project, $60,750.

22nd Judicial District Alternative Dispute Resolution - The Pinon Project, $28,500

Total Pass Through Grants - $210,627

These are pass through grants from Department of Public Safety/Office of Adult and Juvenile Justice Assistance, State of Colorado.

 The City of Cortez through its Community Development Block Grants promotes "equal housing opportunity" which is a section of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act), as amended, prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings, and in other housing-related transactions, based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women, and people securing custody of children under the age of 18), and handicap (disability).  For more information: www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/FHLaws/index.cfm