(1) The board shall implement the grant program in accordance with this section and the policies it establishes under section 33-9-204(1)(c).(2) To receive a grant, an applicant must submit an application to the board.(3) The board shall review each application it receives and may award grants to applicants that will directly utilize the grant to engage racially or ethnically diverse eligible youth who are from low-income families, engage eligible youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer or questioning, engage Native American or indigenous youth, or engage eligible youth with disabilities in such a way so as to build sustainability and capacity for such historically underserved communities, and so as to:(a) Reduce barriers to the Colorado outdoors;(b) Create pathways for formal or informal conservation of the Colorado outdoors; or(c) Offer environmental and Colorado outdoor-based educational opportunities.(4) Subject to available appropriations, grants shall be paid out of the outdoor equity fund created in section 33-9-206.Added by 2021 Ch. 272,§1, eff. 6/21/2021.L. 2021: Entire part added, (HB 21-1318), ch. 1577, p. 1577, § 1, effective June 21.
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