Posts tagged Boulder County
Low-Income Energy Assistance available Nov. 1
Oct 26th
Boulder County, Colo. – LEAP, the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program, will begin accepting applications on Monday, Nov. 1, and will take applications through April 30.
LEAP assists low-income households with paying winter heating bills. Income criteria and other eligibility factors apply. The program is designed to pay the highest benefit to households with the highest heating costs and lowest income.
SOURCE: BOULDER COUNTY PRESS RELEASE
For more details or to obtain an application, please contact the State of Colorado LEAP Information Line at 866-HEAT-HELP (866-432-8435). The Boulder County LEAP office is located at 529 Coffman St., Suite 190, in Longmont, and can be reached at 303-678-6097.
Six Boulder reporters join Boulder Channel 1 News blog
Jul 31st
Boulder Channel 1 News blog has really taken off these past two months. First Ron Baird, former Colorado Daily reporter and assistant editor joined us back in June. Ron is our news editor. He over sees all the news releases which comes into our virtual news room. He posts approximately 2-5 news stories a day.
Donna Marek writes approximately 3 to 5 stories a week. She joined us in July as our Boulder Cultural affairs editor. Donna is a longtime Boulder reporter, talk show host and film maker. She worked for the Daily Camera and Denver Post.
Rob Smoke covers politics in the city and county. He was a Daily Camera reporter and can be seen weekly at boulder city council meetings.
Seth Brigham is a Boulder writer and talk show host. Seth is known as a Boulder gadfly and often finds himself making the news more than he writes about it.
Jon Graham writes about “Tech”. He has worked for Boulder Channel 1 for 20 years. He worked for Bell labs and the University of Colorado. He begins writing for BC1 news this month.
Emergency Family Assistance Association – E.F.A.A.
Jul 21st
We learn about E.F.A.A. and how it has been the community safety net for families who have nowhere else to turn when they cant meet their basic needs. In Boulder and Broomfield Counties, they provide support to families, people with disabilities, and seniors by providing assistance with Food, Shelter, Rent Assistance, Utilities, Minor medical expenses, Transportation, Furniture and Resource referrals.
Find out more at http://www.efaa.org/.