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Written By Maggie Orozco

MINI CONTRIBUTION GRANTS (RFA #MC030824)

Required Live Virtual Q&A Sessions

To be eligible for this funding opportunity, prospective applicants must attend one of the four Live Virtual Q&A Sessions. Each of the four Q&A sessions will cover the same details about the Front Range Waste Diversion (FRWD) program and the upcoming grant opportunity. Attendance will be taken at each session, and only the interested parties that have attended a session will be provided access to the application portal. Please note that a proxy may not attend on an applicant’s behalf. Participants only need to attend one of the events and participants of each of the events will have an opportunity to ask questions and hear responses from CDPHE staff. Participants may join more than one session but should register for each session they plan to attend.

  • Option One - Wednesday, January 10, 2024 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

  • Option Two - Tuesday, January 16, 2024 from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

  • Option Three - Friday, January 19, 2024 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

  • Option Four - Thursday, January 25, 2024 from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m

Estimated Schedule of Activities

  • January 3, 2024 - Background document published

  • January 10, 16, 19, and 25, 2024 - Required attendance in one virtual Q&A session. Register for a Q&A session here.

    • Option #1: January 10, 2024, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

    • Option #2: January 16, 2024, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

    • Option #3: January 19, 2024, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

    • Option #4: January 25, 2024, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

  • February 5, 2024 - RFA emailed to Q&A session participants

  • March 8, 2024 @ 3:00 p.m. - Application submittal deadline

  • April 3, 2024 - Recommendation to FRWD Board for approval

  • April 8, 2024 - Estimated Notification of award

  • July 1, 2024 - Estimated contract effective date

Background & Eligibility

The Colorado State Legislature established the Front Range Waste Diversion Enterprise (FRWD, or “forward”) in 2019 to advance sustainable waste diversion across the Front Range. The FRWD Enterprise consists of the FRWD board of directors and staff from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, and provides grants and technical assistance to Front Range communities to increase waste diversion to achieve the following waste diversion goals: 39% by 2026, and 51% by 2036. The FRWD enterprise fund is financed by an increase in user fees at Front Range landfills. Reaching Colorado’s ambitious waste diversion goals will take the active participation of every Front Range community, resident, and business.

This RFA offers mini contribution grants through a simplified application process for small-scale projects that are easy to implement and support the strategic goals of the FRWD program. Grant funds are available for equipment and supplies purchases that contribute to Front Range waste diversion efforts.

ELIGIBLE ENTITIES INCLUDE:

  • Municipalities, tribes, counties;

  • Nonprofit and for-profit businesses involved in waste diversion or disposal; and

  • Institutions of higher education and public or private schools.

 

PROJECT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

  • Projects must serve one or more of the following counties: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Pueblo, Teller or Weld. It is assumed applications from the above counties serve the FRWD service area. All other applicants must document how the proposed project benefits the counties in the FRWD service area.

  • Projects must be based in the State of Colorado and divert waste from Colorado landfills through circularity and waste diversion or aversion practices such as source reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, anaerobic digestion, or the creation of end markets.

  • Project proposals that collect, sort, and use organic waste as raw materials for anaerobic digesters to produce biogas are eligible to apply. All other waste–to-energy projects, such as mass burn, gasification, pyrolysis, plasma arc, and other thermal technologies are not eligible to apply for this grant opportunity.

  • Projects for supplies and equipment must take receipt of goods, pay for goods, and submit reimbursement invoices within 182 days (approximately six months) of contract execution. A progress report will be required at that time.

The maximum amount of funds an applicant can request is $50,000 and the minimum amount that can be requested is $20,000.

Maggie Orozco
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