By Noah Festenstein | Denver Gazette
Douglas County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a $312,728 grant for providing transport services to seniors and people with disabilities.
However, the grant is more than $250,000 less than what the county’s Community Development Department requested for six months ago — thus severely limiting the number of one-way trips provided for people who need the service.
Back in January, Douglas County requested $453,000 from the Denver Regional Council of Governments, which is a “planning organization where local governments collaborate to establish guidelines, set policy and allocate funding in the areas of transportation, personal mobility, growth and development, and aging and disability resources,” according to its website. Douglas County requested the grant money to provide funding for specialized transportation services to seniors, or those with disabilities.