“The total elimination is really devastating for our organization.”Ten other former grantees also received $0 from the Boulder County grant program. The cuts come as human services are stretched thin, and other sources of state and federal funding, such as COVID-era federal recovery dollars, are drying up. The county received $16 million in requests for the competitive, non-guaranteed grant program this year, according to officials. For example, there’s currently a $7 million funding gap for CCAP, which provides financial assistance for childcare. “Costs have gone up while county revenue remains relatively flat.”The community partnership grants — funded by the Human Services Safety Net tax, the Health and Human Services Fund and the general operations fund — are just one source of county funding for human services, and some organizations receive county money from multiple buckets.