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Dear Boulder County residents - <br />As your Boulder County Commissioners, we are not only elected officials, we <br />are also proud residents of this community - and one of the top reasons we are <br />proud to call this county home is that so many caring and engaged residents <br />have chosen to live here. <br />We want all of our residents to enjoy good health, have a stable family life, and <br />obtain a quality education, but many Boulder County residents need support at <br />some time in their life to help them reach these desirable outcomes. The county <br />has established a strong system of health and human services programs to help <br />people obtain what they need to improve their overall well-being. <br />While we can provide some of these services as a local government, we are <br />fortunate to be able to count on an incredible network of local nonprofit <br />agencies to provide additional services, and often on limited budgets. In an <br />effort to support these important agencies, the Worthy Cause ballot measure <br />was first born. The ballot measure was created to generate funds through a <br />.05% sales tax to help nonprofits afford capital improvement projects that <br />would be difficult for them to complete without the financial support of the <br />community. The first iteration of Worthy Cause was passed in 2000, a five- <br />year extension - Worthy Cause II - was approved in 2003, and voters extended <br />the program once more in 2008 for an additional 10 years - this is known as <br />Worthy Cause III. <br />In this report you can read more information about how Worthy Cause III <br />has impacted our community, the nonprofits that received grants under Worthy Cause III, and <br />the projects the funding helped to support. We hope this report will illustrate how sales and use <br />tax dollars can assist community members who need it most, and strengthen our entire safety net <br />system now and into the future. <br />We are grateful for the support Boulder County residents have demonstrated for <br />the Worthy Cause program, and we are happy to showcase these taxpayer dollars <br />at work across the county. <br />Sincerely, <br />Boulder County Commissioners <br />3 <br />