Apply for Funds

We are not currently accepting applications for EMTS Provider Grants.

Grant Application Categories

• Ambulances and Other Vehicles
• Communications
• Data Collection
• EMS and Trauma Equipment
• Injury Prevention
• Personnel and Services
• Recruitment and Retention
• Other

A 50% match is required, and there is a financial waiver process for organizations that cannot meet the match.

How to Participate in the Grant Hearings

1. Attend your regional hearing. Check this schedule for the date/time/location, and verify this information with your RETAC coordinator prior to attending.
2. Attend the state SEMTAC hearings, to be held May 15-16 Room C1E at CDPHE, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver or via teleconference at 1-712-432-3100 code 469345.
3. Reference this list to determine what group(s) you are in, understanding you might be in more than one time slot if you requested multiple categories. Then reference the hearing order and approximate time blocks for those groups. You will not have the opportunity to formally present your request, but if the evaluators have questions, it is a good idea to be available to answer those questions.
4. Reference this list of evaluators to see who will be scoring your request.
5. Check back to this website in late June to find a public notice of awards.

We are not currently accepting applications for System Improvement Funding.

Grant Application Categories

• Regional Medical Direction
• System Improvement
• Technical Assistance
• Conference and Forum Support
• RETAC Operations

These requests are for projects that impact the state regionally or as a whole. There are no match requirements for system improvement funding.

Apply for an education grant through the Colorado Resource for Emergency and Trauma Education (CREATE) Program at http://www.coruralhealth.org/programs/create/index.htm. Currently open and accepting applications.

Please complete and submit the following documents:

• Emergency Grant Application or Emergency Grant Application

• W-9 Form

• Vendor Disclosure Statement

Sign and fax all three documents to (303) 753-6214 or e-mail them to jeanne.bakehouse@state.co.us.

Colorado's emergency grant program assists private and public Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and trauma providers who experience emergencies that seriously jeopardize the level of emergency medical services available within their service area. Applicants must have as their purpose the provision of emergency medical and trauma services in the state of Colorado to be eligible.

In addition to meeting the standard eligibility requirement, the emergency fund applicant must be able to demonstrate that the request for funds is a true emergency and, if funds are not received, will degrade the quality of, or eliminate access to, local EMS and trauma care.