{"id":24685,"date":"2025-06-13T21:43:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T21:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=24685"},"modified":"2025-06-13T21:43:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T21:43:41","slug":"update-new-funding-opportunity-to-support-housing-for-people-with-disabilities-2026-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=24685","title":{"rendered":"Update: New Funding Opportunity to Support Housing for People with Disabilities (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Update: New Funding Opportunity to Support Housing for People with Disabilities (2026)<\/h2>\n<p>Boulder County Housing &#038; Human Services announces a new funding opportunity for projects that create or preserve affordable, accessible housing for people with disabilities. Up to $500,000 is available for capital improvements, accessibility modifications, and supportive housing development. Applications are due May 1.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental review of the project area near Foothills Highway found 12 sensitive species and 1 wetland areas requiring mitigation. The Parks &#038; Open Space worked with Colorado Parks and Wildlife to develop a habitat conservation plan.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in the Boulder area should note that service boundaries may differ from city limits. For properties in unincorporated Boulder County, contact Parks &#038; Open Space at (303) 441-8158 to verify eligibility and requirements.<\/p>\n<h3>Eligibility<\/h3>\n<p>Safety data from the Boulder area shows 42 reported incidents in the past 12 months, a 24% change from the previous year. The Sheriff&#8217;s Office has increased patrols along Foothills Highway and added community outreach programs in response to resident feedback.<\/p>\n<p>The Parks &#038; Open Space processed over 10,776 applications last year, with an average processing time of 4 business days. Staff are available at the Boulder office Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.<\/p>\n<h3>Community Impact<\/h3>\n<p>Data from the 2025 Boulder County Community Survey shows that 59% of respondents rated this service as &#8220;important&#8221; or &#8220;very important.&#8221; The survey, conducted every two years, received 5,917 responses from residents across the county.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boulder County Housing &#038; Human Services announces a new funding opportunity for projects that create or preserve affordable, accessible housing for people with disabilities. Up to $500,000 is available for capital improvements, accessibility modifications, and supportive housing development. Applications are due May 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":["post-24685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-support-housing","tag-boulder-county","tag-demo-data","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}