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Investing in capital infrastructure to <br />assist those in need <br />Boulder County is committed to strengthening families <br />and individuals within our community so that all <br />residents can lead healthy lives and have the opportunity <br />to achieve their full potential. To accomplish this, we <br />depend on a network of providers and services that <br />includes the County and our community partners. With <br />the help of our community partners, comprised of a <br />range of human services nonprofits of varying sizes and <br />focuses, our residents are better served and supported. <br />These agencies help address some of our hardest societal <br />challenges and are an incredible partner in accomplishing <br />overall human services goals. Even more impressively, <br />these nonprofits more often than not have a limited <br />budget and inadequate facilities in which to support our <br />residents in need. <br />Recognizing the value of these community partners in <br />improving the lives of our residents, Boulder County <br />voters overwhelmingly approved the first Worthy Cause <br />ballot issue in November 2000, which established a .05% <br />1 Boulder County l Worthy Cause 111 <br />6 <br />sales tax (or, 5 cents on a $100 purchase) to provide <br />funding for capital investments in human services <br />agencies. Seeing the infrastructure improvements the <br />Worthy Cause funds were able to help fund, therefore <br />helping to better serve local individuals and families in <br />need, Boulder County voters have twice extended Worthy <br />Cause funding at the ballot box. In 2003, Worthy Cause <br />II was approved to extend the tax for an additional five <br />years, and then in 2008, a 10 -year extension of Worthy <br />Cause was approved. Worthy Cause III is set to expire in <br />2018. <br />Fluctuations in sales tax collections mean the amount <br />available on an annual basis varies, but for the past eight <br />years the fund has averaged roughly $2 million per year <br />of available funding for nonprofit agencies. On an annual <br />basis, human services nonprofits in the community can <br />submit a request for funding for a capital infrastructure <br />project that will strengthen or improve human services <br />programs. To be eligible, an applicant must be a Colorado <br />