Recent Updates
Boulder County Restriction Levels
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- Boulder County is currently at Level Orange: High Risk on Colorado’s COVID-19 Dial. Here’s what that means:
- Restaurants may have indoor dining at 25% capacity or 50 people. Take out, curbside, and delivery is encouraged. For outdoor dining, there must be 6 feet of space between parties.
- Bars are closed.
- Gyms may operate at 25% capacity.
- Child care centers are open.
- Offices must be at 25% capacity, remote work is strongly encouraged.
- Schools are operating with a combination of in person, hybrid, and remote learning.
- Coloradans can opt in to a secure Exposure Notification system through their smartphone. Being alerted to a potential exposure allows you to self-quarantine immediately, get tested, and reduce the risk to your family, friends, neighbors, coworkers and community.
- A mandatory mask-wearing requirement for Colorado went into effect in July 2020 and was recently extended until January 6, 2021. It’s likely to be extended even further.
- Boulder County is currently at Level Orange: High Risk on Colorado’s COVID-19 Dial. Here’s what that means:
Vaccine Information
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- While the initial supply of COVID-19 vaccines will be very limited for several months, Colorado has developed a phased approach to vaccine distribution to save lives and end the crisis that has been brought on by the pandemic as quickly as possible.
- The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment has put together a timeline outlining the order vaccines will be distributed to different groups:
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- For Boulder County residents: use this form from Boulder County’s Public Health department to receive an email notification when you’re able to receive a vaccine.
State Response
- In November, the Colorado Legislature returned for an extraordinary session and passed several bills to provide millions of dollars in relief to Colorado families & businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Help is now available. The full rundown of the bills we passed with information on how to access relief can be found here.
- Highlights of the package of bills passed:
- $57 million in direct aid, grants, and annual fee waivers to struggling small businesses
- Restaurants, bars, and food trucks are able to retain state sales tax they collect from November 2020 through February 2021
- $20 million to housing assistance to support renters and homeowners facing financial hardship
- $5 million to the Energy Outreach Colorado Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund in order to provide financial relief to Coloradans that are struggling to pay their utility bills
- $20 million toward increasing our state’s broadband capacity
- $45 million to enable existing child care providers to keep their doors open and new providers to open and meet the needs of working parents
- $5 million to help replenish essential community services that increase access to food for Colorado families facing food insecurity
Federal Response
The President signed a $900 billion COVID-19 bill (part of a larger $2.3 trillion government funding package) on December 27th. The following is included in the bipartisan package:
- The relief package provides a second round of direct payments for most Americans of up to $600 per adult and the same amount per dependent child under 17. Those payments will likely start going out in early 2021.
- The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation were both renewed. But because Trump did not sign the bill until after those programs expired, there may be a several week delay in receiving those funds.
- The bill renewed several programs that have already proved successful in helping small businesses, most notably the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which offers forgivable loans to small businesses. Both businesses that already received PPP loans and those that did not apply will be eligible for a new round of aid for small businesses.
- The new relief bill extends the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) national ban on evictions through Jan. 31, giving more than 10 million Americans another month of protections. The measure also provides $25 billion to fund rental assistance programs for tenants who were unable to pay rent and owe landlords thousands of dollars.
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