Larimer County is no stranger to disasters. In the last decade, we have faced the two worst natural disasters in the county’s history with the 2012 High Park fire and the 2013 floods. Now we face a new and different challenge, an unseen enemy, COVID-19.
Larimer County Public Health has been notified in writing by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment that the uptick in daily case counts in Larimer County has put the variance at risk.
Families participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] and support programs like Colorado Works, and Old Age Pension in Larimer County can now make online food delivery purchases with their Electronic Benefits Transfer [EBT] card.
Applications are being accepted for two funding opportunities, the 2020 Behavioral Health Services Grant Program, and the Gary A. Darling Grant under the Behavioral Health Services Impact Fund.
Larimer County Public Health has received partial approval of the submitted variance request seeking state approval to slowly reopen businesses ahead of the statewide safer at home restrictions.
Collaborating with other communities, Larimer County is conducting an internet speed test this summer in areas that do not have adequate internet service or reside in underserved areas and areas where there is no plan to provide future service.
The Board of County Commissioners on May 5, 2020 approved the funding recipients of the 2020 Behavioral Health Services Crisis Response Fund, following the recommendations of the Behavioral Health Policy Council.
Progress on the 2019 -2023 Larimer County Strategic Plan Goals One, Two, and Three are moving forward but have been temporarily slowed from the effects of the COVID-19 emergency.
Larimer County property owners will receive a Notice of Valuation from the Larimer County Assessor’s Office for taxable real property between May 1st and June 1, 2020.
Larimer County Public Health will be slowly allowing businesses to reopen under the new Safer at Home guidance the governor will be releasing soon. Larimer County will adopt the governor's new stay at home orders with local guidance, education and enforcement.
Resources are available for older adults, caregivers, family members, neighbors and friends of older adults now and after COVID-19 from the Larimer County Office on Aging.
Larimer County Department of Health and Environment and the Town of Estes Park are extending the existing public health orders limiting visitors to Estes Park by closing short-term accommodations within the Estes Valley to help slow the spread of COVID-19. The orders were issued March 21 and will be extended through April 26, aligning with the current stay-at-home orders.
Larimer County and the Colorado State Emergency Operations Center are working together to establish an alternative care site (ACS) for the northern Colorado region.
The Larimer County Assessor’s Office today is extending the deadline to file 2020 Business Personal Property Declarations from April 15th to June 15, 2020.
Larimer County Department of Health and Environment (LCDHE) now has five deaths associated with COVID-19. Two of these deaths are epidemiologically linked cases, which means there was a possible connection to a COVID-19 case but testing was never completed. The other three deaths are confirmed COVID-19 patients. All five individuals were over the age of sixty.
This is a strange time in our community, in our state, in our world. COVID-19 has taken away our sense of normalcy, our routines, our freedom. This novel virus has caused disruptions like most of us have never experienced.
Larimer County is reporting a broad range of ages testing positive for COVID-19. The Larimer County Department of Health and Environment (LCDHE) knows that while more susceptible populations have more complications from COVID-19, other age ranges are also getting sick and some are hospitalized.
