Attention: This is not a current document. It is an excerpt from the Web page of the former Colorado governor, Roy Romer. It is displayed by the Colorado State Archives for its historical value.
| NEWS RELEASE | July 21, 1998 |
Gov. Roy Romer Tuesday announced that nearly $4 million in grant money has been awarded to several rural communities in Colorado to build and renovate much-needed child care facilities. The Governor's Office is working in cooperation with the Colorado Department of Local Affairs to administer Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds set aside by the governor for child care projects in non-metropolitan areas.
Currently, 17 projects have received funding and an additional three programs are under review.
Romer said, "These grants are filling a vital need throughout Colorado. This is an incredibly important source of funding because it is essential for these communities to have facilities available to young children and their families. We still need to do much more, but the Department of Local Affairs and First Impressions are doing an exceptional job working together and with these communities to meet the child care needs of children around the state."
Individual grant amounts range from $16,351 awarded to an existing center in Morgan County to $630,000 for the construction of new day care and Head Start facility in Limon.
The projects that have received funding are:
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