Larimer County, Colorado

Recovery Plan 

State and Local Fiscal Recovery 

Funds

2021 Report
Larimer County 2021 Recovery Plan Performance Report 1

Notes on using this template

All States and territories, and metropolitan cities and counties with a population that exceeds 250,000 

residents that are recipients of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) awards are required to 

produce a Recovery Plan Performance Report (the “Recovery Plan”). The Recovery Plan provides

information on the recipient’s projects and how they plan to ensure program outcomes are achieved in an 

effective and equitable manner. It will include key performance indicators identified by the recipient and 

some mandatory indicators identified by Treasury. Each annual Recovery Plan must be posted on the 

public-facing website of the recipient by or on the same date that the recipient submits the report to 

Treasury. 

The initial Recovery Plan will cover the period from the date of award to July 31, 2021 and must be 

submitted to Treasury by August 31, 2021. Thereafter, the Recovery Plan will cover a 12-month period and 

recipients will be required to submit the report to Treasury within 30 days after the end of the 12-month 

period (by July 31). 

Annual Report Period Covered Due Date

1 Award Date – July 31, 2021 August 31, 2021

2 July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022 July 31, 2022

3 July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023 July 31, 2023

4 July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024 July 31, 2024

5 July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025 July 31, 2025

6 July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026 July 31, 2026

7 July 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026 March 31, 2027

Instructions:

This document is meant as a suggested template for applicable SLFRF recipients to assist them in 

submitting their Recovery Plan. Recipients should consult the SLFRF Guidance on Recipient 

Compliance and Reporting Responsibilities (Reporting Guidance) located at 

https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/SLFRF-Compliance-and-Reporting-Guidance.pdf for detailed 

guidance on the submission of this report.

Treasury encourages Recipients to tailor this report to best meet their needs in terms of format and 

content. Treasury recommends the use of infographics, tables, charts, pictures, case studies, and other 

explanatory elements in describing their programs.

Text in italics represents the requirements from the Reporting Guidance and is meant to serve as a 

reference as recipients prepare their Recovery Plan. This instructions page and the text in italics should 

be removed before the final transmitted report is published and submitted to Treasury. 

Additional information around Expenditure Categories is located in Appendix 1 of the Reporting 

Guidance. 

For More Information

More information about the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund program and associated reporting 

requirements are located at www.treasury.gov/SLFRP .

Questions on reporting, eligible uses, or other general topics should be directed to SLFRP@treasury.gov.
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Larimer County

2021 Recovery Plan

Table of Contents

General Overview......................................................................................................................3

Executive Summary.................................................................................................................3

Uses of Funds ......................................................................................................................4-6

Promoting Equitable Outcomes ............................................................................................6-8

Community Engagement ......................................................................................................8-9

Labor Practices .......................................................................................................................9

Use of Evidence ......................................................................................................................9

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category......................................................................9-10

Project Inventory.....................................................................................................................10

Example Project ...................................................................................................................10

Additional Projects.................................................................................................................11

Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision ............................................................................12
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GENERAL OVERVIEW

Executive Summary 

In this section, provide a high-level overview of the jurisdiction’s intended and actual uses of 

funding including, but not limited to: the jurisdiction’s plan for use of funds to promote a 

response to the pandemic and economic recovery, key outcome goals, progress to date on 

those outcomes, and any noteworthy challenges or opportunities identified during the reporting 

period. See Section C(1) on page 24 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information. 

Larimer County is in the initial stages of community engagement and public participation that will 

lead to a long-term strategy and plan for use of the funds.

A key concept in our public outreach effort is a commitment to use Fiscal Recovery Funds 

(FRF) to address root causes social vulnerabilities, health outcomes, and economic disparities 

in our community. Once we have received more feedback and community ideas the Larimer 

County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will establish a framework, strategy, and 

projects for using the funds granted to Larimer County. 

As of August 31, the County has held several meetings with municipal partners and community 

stakeholders, such as non-profit groups. At present, the County intends to finalize public 

outreach initiatives near the end of October 2021.

In addition to the long-term plan for use of the FRF, the BOCC has allocated funds to address 

‘immediate, external community needs’ in three broad categories: Public Health, Economic 

Impacts, Infrastructure; plus, a fourth allocation for direct County impacts within those three 

categories. The BOCC has allocated $500,000 to each category. The hope is that this approach 

will provide flexibility and the opportunity for the community to weigh in on larger/more long-term 

projects that will allow Larimer County to rebuild a stronger, more equitable economy for its 

residents. 

One significant challenge faced by the County is the sheer volume of resources allocated to our 

community. This includes:

• Direct allocations to the County and its eight municipalities (which total approximately 

$123M), 

• Other ARPA grant programs

• ARPA allocations to existing federal programs that Larimer County provides on behalf of 

the State of Colorado

• The State of Colorado’s own COVID-related stimulus bill. 

The County is dedicated to ensuring that these funds are used in the most effective way 

possible while taking great care to avoid duplication of effort.
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Uses of Funds

Describe in further detail your jurisdiction’s intended and actual uses of the funds, such as how 

your jurisdiction’s approach would help support a strong and equitable recovery from the 

COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. Describe any strategies employed to maximize 

programmatic impact and effective, efficient, and equitable outcomes. Given the broad eligible 

uses of funds and the specific needs of the jurisdiction, explain how the funds would support the 

communities, populations, or individuals in your jurisdiction. Address how you are promoting 

each of the following Expenditure Categories, to the extent they apply: 

a. Public Health (EC 1)

b. Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2)

c. Services to Disproportionately Impacted Communities (EC 3)

d. Premium Pay (EC 4)

e. Water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure (EC 5)

f. Revenue Replacement EC 6)

Where appropriate, include information on your jurisdiction’s use (or planned use) of other 

federal recovery funds including other programs under the American Rescue Plan such as 

Emergency Rental Assistance, Housing Assistance, and so forth, to provide broader context on 

the overall approach for pandemic recovery.

See Section C(2) on page 24 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

At present the County is engaged in a public participation process that will help prioritize longterm projects within these categories that will maximize programmatic impact and effective, 

efficient, and equitable outcomes.

The County has allocated $500,000 to address short-term community needs related to Public 

Health; Negative Economic Impacts; Water, Sewer and Broadband Infrastructure. 

For the first Interim Report, as of July 31, the County has utilized FRF funds for the following:

EC 1 - Larimer County continues to face significant health impacts related to COVID-19 

primarily in public safety and public health functions. The County will utilize FRF funds to 

reimburse payroll costs for: 

• The Larimer County Jail, which is operated by the Office of the Sheriff. These impacts 

include testing and monitoring of symptomatic inmates, screening of all individuals 

booked into the jail, and implementing policies and procedures relating to quarantining 

and isolation of symptomatic inmates.

• Office of the Coroner. This office’s operations have been significantly impacted by 

COVID-19 due to the precautions that must be taken in investigating all deaths due to 

either confirmed or unknown COVID-19 status. 

• County Health Department for staff working primarily on vaccination events, testing, 

contract tracing, outbreak investigations and response, epidemiology, etc . 

• Criminal Justice Services (CJS) staff who work in congregate correctional facilities that 

continue to have day-to-day operations dedicated to COVID, including providing COVID 

tests for new and in-custody offenders, checking symptom survey report every day, 
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ensuring mask compliance for offenders, room management for zoom classes/ 

treatment/ therapy, quarantine and cohort management. 

Larimer County has also utilized $56,702 since March 3, 2021 for its Information Technology 

Department to implement a Contact Information and Case Management (CICM) project for the 

Health Department. This system has allowed Health Department employees who have been 

activated for COVID response to focus their efforts on the valuable activities of contact tracing, 

notifications, and communication with the public. 

The County is also using FRF funds for vicarious trauma training for CJS staff whose work lives 

have been significantly impacted by COVID-19.

EC 5 – The County will undertake a water/wastewater system feasibility study for the 

unincorporated community of Red Feather Lakes. This project concept has been approved, but 

no obligations or expenditures have thus far been made. 

EC 6 – The County has calculated that the eligible reduction in revenue from the 2019 base 

year is $831,312. Larimer County has not yet determined how these funds will be utilized. 

Emergency Rent Assistance Program (ERAP) Summary, as of July 31, 2021

Larimer County created an Emergency Rent Assistance Program (ERAP) upon receiving HR 

133 – The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 federal Emergency Rental Assistance funding 

April 1, 2021. The ERAP is serving all of Larimer County and its eligible residents – in all the 

incorporated and unincorporated communities. The Larimer County community can learn about 

the ERAP program on our website, www.larimer.org/erap.

Larimer County applied for ERAP funds in January 11, 2021. We were notified of the CARES 

Act funding award in early March 2021. Larimer County was awarded $10,740,667.90. Larimer 

County has not held an active role in housing stability prior to this award. Our community is 

home to several dozen nonprofits and housing authorities who provide critical housing stability 

such as housing vouchers, homelessness services, case management, housing navigation, 

affordable housing developments, permanent supportive housing units, and more.

As our county population grows, and our housing market becomes more and more unattainable 

for some of our community, the County government is seeing its role expand. The CARES Act 

funding is providing much needed funds to begin the steps to create roles and responsibilities 

within housing stability work. 

https://www.larimer.org/about-larimer-county/vital-statistic-census-information/larimer-countyhousing-living-statistics

• Number of Households: 139,000

• Median Household Income: $71,091

• Median Property Value (2018): $398,300

• Median Home Sale Price (2021): $475,000

• Renters (2018): 36%
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In order to distribute 90 percent of the ERAP funds to eligible households, we partnered with 

Neighbor to Neighbor (www.n2n.org), a forty-year old nonprofit in Fort Collins and Loveland 

which serves 5,000 individuals each year with renter and affordable housing programs, 

homeownership programs, and efforts to prevent and end homelessness. Larimer County and 

Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) signed an MOU on March 11, 2021. 

Larimer County hired a new, limited-term position to be the liaison between N2N and the 

Treasury Department, and to research other county housing stability programs. This person has 

spent 15 years in the County working in large community initiatives and engagement projects. 

She is the primary contact for the ERAP funds and submits reports to the Treasury and follows 

Treasury guidelines for compliance.

ERAP funding prioritization was developed with leadership from N2N and Larimer County. 

Knowing we had limited dollars, and demand estimated at ten times the amount awarded (as 

our area was hit hard by COVID-19 closures and layoffs), the leaders decided to prioritize 

qualifying households with incomes 50 percent or less of the area median income. The second 

priority is for those with an imminent threat of eviction. The community can learn more about 

eligibility and how to apply for ERAP funds at www.larimer.org/erap. 

We income qualify borrowers by collecting their tax return, monthly paystubs, or benefit award 

letters for government assistance (SNAP, TANF, LEAP, etc.). In the case that they provide a 

benefit award letter, they are “categorically eligible.” The reasoning is that another government 

agency already looked at the household income and deemed that they were below 80% AMI, so 

we use their approval to qualify for the County ERAP as well. 

Larimer County ERAP Accomplishments

During the first six months of 2021, Larimer County applied for ERA Program funds, and was 

awarded $10,740,667.90 to implement a County-wide emergency rent and utility assistance 

program using the Treasury Department’s specific applicant eligibility and the State of 

Colorado’s Neighborly application portal. The County signed an MOU with Neighbor to Neighbor 

(N2N), a well-respected and high performing nonprofit who has been helping our community 

with rent assistance and home ownership for forty years. Between April and July 2021, 

Neighbor to Neighbor awarded 1,323 households with $5,981,052.63 in combined rent and 

utility assistance. 

During the next calendar quarter, we will be evaluating the applicant backlog to identify how 

much more funding is needed and how the American Recovery Act ERA Program dollars might 

be tapped to expand housing stability efforts across our County (Larimer County was awarded 

approximately $11.7M in ERAP 2 funds). 

Promoting equitable outcomes 

In this section, describe efforts to date and intended outcomes to promote equity. Each annual 

report to follow must provide an update, using qualitative and quantitative data, on how the 

recipients’ approach achieved or promoted equitable outcomes or progressed against equity 

goals during the performance period.
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Describe efforts to promote equitable outcomes, including how programs were designed with 

equity in mind. Include how your jurisdiction will consider and measure equity at the various 

stages of the program, including: 

a. Goals: Are there particular historically underserved, marginalized, or adversely 

affected groups that you intend to serve?

b. Awareness: How equal and practical is the ability for residents or businesses to 

become aware of the services funded by the SLFRF?

c. Access and Distribution: Are there differences in levels of access to benefits and 

services across groups? Are there administrative requirements that result in 

disparities in ability to complete applications or meet eligibility criteria?

d. Outcomes: Are intended outcomes focused on closing gaps, reaching universal levels 

of service, or disaggregating progress by race, ethnicity, and other equity dimensions 

where relevant for the policy objective?

Describe how your jurisdiction’s planned or current use of funds prioritizes economic and 

racial equity as a goal, names specific targets intended to produce meaningful equity results 

at scale, and articulates the strategies to achieve those targets. Explain how your 

jurisdiction’s overall equity strategy translates into the specific services or programs offered 

by your jurisdiction in the following Expenditure Categories: 

a. Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2): assistance to households, small businesses, 

and non-profits to address impacts of the pandemic, which have been most severe 

among low-income populations. This includes assistance with food, housing, and 

other needs; employment programs for people with barriers to employment who 

faced negative economic impacts from the pandemic (such as residents of lowincome neighborhoods, minorities, disconnected youth, the unemployed, formerly 

incarcerated people, veterans, and people with disabilities); and other strategies that 

provide disadvantaged groups with access to education, jobs, and opportunity.

b. Services to Disproportionately Impacted Communities (EC 3): services to address 

health disparities and the social determinants of health, build stronger neighborhoods 

and communities (e.g., affordable housing), address educational disparities (e.g., 

evidence-based tutoring, community schools, and academic, social-emotional, and 

mental health supports for high poverty schools), and promote healthy childhood 

environments (e.g., home visiting, child care).

Describe your jurisdiction’s efforts to date and intended outcomes to promote equity using 

qualitative and quantitative data on how the jurisdiction’s approach achieved or promoted 

equitable outcomes or progressed against equity goals. Describe any constraints or 

challenges that impacted project success in terms of increasing equity. 

Describe the geographic and demographic distribution of funding, including whether it is 

targeted toward traditionally marginalized communities.

See Section C(3) on pages 24 and 25 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.
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The Larimer Recovery Collaborative, of which Larimer County is a primary facilitator, has used a 

triple bottom line approach to developing recovery plans and strategies. This is evident in our 

plan (https://larimerrecovers.org/covid-19-recovery-plan-implementation-strategies/) with equity 

being one of the primary principals of our efforts, and we highlight equity as an opportunity to 

improve. Additionally, to ensure that equity efforts were community-led, the Larimer Recovery 

Collaborative stood up the Community Support and Equity Advisory Board, which is made up of 

members of the community and community-rooted organizations that represent marginalized 

communities that provide consistent feedback to the recovery process from an equity 

perspective. This group will continue to be engaged and help to develop community 

engagement strategies that ensure marginalized voices are elevated in providing feedback to 

long-term recovery efforts.

Community Engagement 

Describe how your jurisdiction’s planned or current use of funds incorporates written, oral, and 

other forms of input that capture diverse feedback from constituents, community-based 

organizations, and the communities themselves. Where relevant, this description must include 

how funds will build the capacity of community organizations to serve people with significant 

barriers to services, including people of color, people with low incomes, limited English 

proficiency populations, and other traditionally underserved groups. 

See Section C(4) on page 25 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

In February we brought on the position of a recovery-focused bi-lingual community engagement 

and communications professional whose primary task is to engage the community around 

COVID-19 recovery. This position was developed to have not only a communications focus, but 

an equity focus as well, with a key goal being that of building relationships and connecting 

resources to marginalized and vulnerable communities that have been most heavily 

impacted by this event. Since March, this person has also taken over as the key facilitator of our 

COVID-19 Recovery Equity and Advisory Board which seeks to receive feedback and direction 

from marginalized community members and community organizations around needs, gaps, and 

opportunities to partner to improve access to recovery resources. This person also collaborates 

heavily with County departments like the LCDHE (Larimer County Department of Health and 

Environment) on vaccine equity outreach to support these efforts and further connect with 

marginalized communities.

Outreach to date has been multi-faceted, including attendance at community events and inperson meetings, as well as virtual. The current Larimer Recovery Collaborative plan 

is available online in both English and Spanish for community members to be able to provide 

feedback, with the contact information provided as well in case folks are not comfortable using 

the Google form mechanism set up.

Additionally, Larimer County representatives have been working with key partners and 

organizations, including municipal governmental partners and community-rooted organizations 

to develop a unified community engagement plan to receive feedback and input from the 

community in an inclusive and equitable manner, capitalizing on lessons learned, already 

established trusted relationships, multiple methods of engagement, and with the key goal of 
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avoiding over-burdening our community with such things as survey fatigue or overwhelming 

marginalized communities when trying to seek feedback.

In addition to community feedback from individuals and non-profit groups, we are also surveying 

special districts to survey their needs as well.

Labor Practices 

Describe workforce practices on any infrastructure projects being pursued (EC 5). How are 

projects using strong labor standards to promote effective and efficient delivery of high-quality 

infrastructure projects while also supporting the economic recovery through strong employment 

opportunities for workers? For example, report whether any of the following practices are being 

utilized: project labor agreements, community benefits agreements, prevailing wage 

requirements, and local hiring.

See Section C(5) on page 25 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

At this point, there has been no work on infrastructure projects. 

Use of Evidence 

Identify whether SLFRF funds are being used for evidence-based interventions and/or if projects 

are being evaluated through rigorous program evaluations that are designed to build evidence.

Specifically, in this section, recipients should describe their overall approach for using evidence 

and evaluation, including how a Learning Agenda (either narrowly focused on SLFRF or broadly 

focused on the recipient’s broader policy agenda) could support their overarching evaluation 

efforts in order to create an evidence-building strategy for their jurisdiction. However, detailed 

evidence information for each project should be included in the Project Inventory (see details in 

the Project Inventory section below). 

See Section C(6) on page 26 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

As of this report, Larimer County has not engaged in any projects that are evidence-based.

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category

In this section, list the amount of funds used in each Expenditure Category. The table should 

include cumulative expenses to date within each category, and the additional amount spent 

within each category since the last annual Recovery Plan.
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Jurisdictions may modify the table as needed by deleting unused rows where they have not 

expended any funds or by adding columns to more clearly characterize their program

expenditures over time.

For the initial Recovery Plan, the amounts listed for “Cumulative expenditures to date” and 

“Amount spent since last Recovery Plan” will be equal.

Category Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

1 Expenditure Category: Public Health

1.4 Prevention in Congregate Settings (Nursing 

Homes, Prisons/Jails, Dense Work Sites, 

Schools, etc.)

$66,026 $66,026

1.8 Payroll Costs for Public Health, Safety, and 

Other Public Sector Staff Responding to 

COVID-19

$1,979,373 $1,979,373

1.9 Mental Health Services $2,300 $2,300

1.12 Other Public Health Services $56,702 $56,702

6 Expenditure Category: Revenue Replacement

6.1 Provision of Government Services $831,312 $831,312

7 Administrative and Other

7.1 Administrative Expenses $5,024 $5,024

See Section C(7) on page 27 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

.

Project Inventory 

In this section, jurisdictions should provide a description of each project undertaken. See 

Section C(8) on page 27 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information. Below is an 

example of how to present the information noted in the Reporting Guidance, which incorporates 

project details as well as evidence and performance measure information outlined in the 

relevant sections above. This information should be replicated for all of the jurisdiction’s 

projects.

Example Project 

Project [Identification Number]: [Project Name]

Funding amount: [Funding amount]

Project Expenditure Category: [Category number, Category Name]

Project overview

• A description of the project that includes an overview of the main activities of the project, 

the approximate timeline, primary delivery mechanisms and partners, if applicable, and 

intended outcomes. 

• Link to the website of the project if available 

• How project contributes to addressing climate change (for infrastructure projects under 

EC 5)
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Use of Evidence

• Briefly describe the goals of the project, and whether SLFRF funds are being used for 

evidence-based interventions, the evidence base for the interventions, and/or if projects 

are being evaluated through rigorous program evaluations that are designed to build 

evidence. If a recipient is conducting a program evaluation in lieu of reporting the amount 

of spending on evidence-based interventions, they must describe the evaluation design

(see Reporting Guidance for additional details that should be included). 

• Identify the dollar amount of the total project spending that is allocated towards 

evidence-based interventions for each project in the Public Health (EC 1), Negative 

Economic Impacts (EC 2), and Services to Disproportionately Impacted Communities 

(EC 3) Expenditure Categories.

See Section C(6) on page 26 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

Additional Projects 

Project [Identification Number]: [Project Name]

Funding amount: [Funding amount]

Project Expenditure Category: [Category number, Category Name]

As of July 31, 2021 there have been no projects beyond payroll-related costs for COVID 

impacted departments.

Performance Report

• For the Project Inventories in Section 8, include key performance indicators for your 

jurisdiction’s major SLFRF funded projects. Report key performance indicators for each 

project, or group projects with substantially similar goals and the same outcome 

measures. Jurisdictions may choose to include some indicators for each individual 

project as well as crosscutting indicators. Include both output and outcome measures. 

See Section C(9) on page 27 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

• In addition, you must include the mandatory performance indicators if your jurisdiction 

has projects in the relevant areas (this information may be included in each recipient’s 

Recovery Plan as they determine most appropriate). Provide data disaggregated by 

race, ethnicity, gender, income, and other relevant factors, if possible. Data should be 

presented in a table and each annual report should include updated data for the 

performance period as well as prior period data.

a. Household Assistance (EC 2.2 & 2.5) and Housing Support (EC 3.10-3.12): 

• Number of people or households receiving eviction prevention services

(including legal representation)

• Number of affordable housing units preserved or developed

b. Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2): 

• Number of workers enrolled in sectoral job training programs

• Number of workers completing sectoral job training programs

• Number of people participating in summer youth employment programs

c. Education Assistance (EC 3.1-3.5): 
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• Number of students participating in evidence-based tutoring programs

d. Healthy Childhood Environments (EC 3.6-3.9): 

• Number of children served by childcare and early learning (pre-school/preK/ages 3- 5)

• Number of families served by home visiting

See Section C(10) on page 27 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

This section is N/A as there have been no projects that have used KPIs or other performance 

indicators. 

Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision (States and territories only)

For the initial reporting year, States and territories will report the following items related to the 

Tax Offset Provision 31 CFR 35.8. Baseline revenue or revenue-increasing covered charges 

are not required at this time.

Item Amount

a. Revenue-reducing Covered Changes $0

See Section C(11) on page 28 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

Additional guidance will be forthcoming for reporting requirements regarding the tax offset 

provision.