Nearly $4.8 Million Awarded from Colorado Natural Disaster Mitigation Enterprise
Fees collected from property insurance fund mitigation projects
Centennial, Colo. - On April 1, 2025 eight local governments were awarded natural disaster mitigation grants from the Colorado Natural Disaster Mitigation Enterprise (NDME). The eight local government agencies selected for funding included large and small agencies from around the state focusing mostly on wild fire mitigation and flood mitigation. Specific awards are listed below and on the Colorado Natural Disaster Mitigation Enterprise Grant Awards map.
- City of Commerce City: $300,000 | Fire Mitigation
- City of Glenwood Springs Fire Department: $641,286 | Fire Mitigation
- Dolores School District: $850,000 | Flood Mitigation
- Evergreen Fire and Rescue: $49,200 | Fire Mitigation
- Jefferson Conservation District: $700,000 | Fire Mitigation
- Mancos Conservation District: $850,000 | Fire Mitigation
- Platte Canyon Fire Protection District: $850,000 | Fire Mitigation
- Roaring Fork Fire Rescue Authority: $539,000 | Fire Mitigation.
House Bill 21-1208 established the Natural Disaster Mitigation Enterprise allowing a two dollar fee to be assessed on every property insurance policy held in the state of Colorado. Those fees are used to fund hazard mitigation grants and technical assistance to local government agencies. Starting in 2022, fees were assessed and $4,839,329 was collected based on policies held in most of 2021 to support NDME grants.
A statewide grant opportunity was announced in January of 2025. Twenty-six local government agencies applied, requesting a total of $17,714,905. Applications were scored and the top eight applications were selected for funding totaling $4,779,486. The remaining one percent of the fees collected will be rolled into future grant opportunities. The next grant opportunity will be announced in May of 2025.
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