CDHS awards seven community grantees through the Colorado Fatherhood Program Colorado Department of Human Services | May 28, 2021
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The Colorado Department of Human Services announced today that seven community sites across Colorado have been selected to provide services to fathers with funding support from a $7.5 million grant. The grant funding created the five-year Colorado Fatherhood Program, which seeks to support fathers to sustain healthy relationships, reinforce responsible parenting through skills-based parent education, and foster economic security.
Awards range from $75,000 to $125,000 annually for the five-year program, and the Colorado Fatherhood Program estimates it will enroll 455 fathers annually. Fatherhood sites participating in the Colorado Fatherhood Program will act as local hubs that empower fathers through family-centered case management, parenting education, and connections to community-based services that strengthen fathers’
A report released Tuesday by the Colorado Department of Human Services shows that despite $600,000 in food pantry assistance, the need for emergency food relief is still critically important.
The report detailed the assistance provided under House Bill 20-1422, among the package of bills passed in the latter part of the 2020 session intended to help Coloradans through the pandemic.
While the program provided grants totaling $600,000 to food pantries and food banks across the state, the request for grants was twice the amount available, the April 26 report stated. The need for food banks and food pantries has risen exponentially during the pandemic, with recent polls showing that food insecurity has nearly tripled since the start of the pandemic across the state of Colorado, the report s summary concluded.
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Some clouds this evening will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 37F. NNW winds at 10 to 20 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Updated: May 5, 2021 @ 4:11 pm