Cash for Caring: A proposed new contract for Caring For Denver shortens terms, but does little to increase transparency

Colorado Public Radio: Changes are coming to Denver’s mental health and drug addiction grant program, which distributes more than $40 million a year. But the city needs time to assess exactly what those changes will be.

A new contract now scheduled to be up for discussion before Denver City Council on Monday, Dec. 9, will alter the terms with the Caring for Denver Foundation, the nonprofit that manages the city tax money from a 2018 ballot initiative. The contract will now be for only one year, not five years, as was previously proposed.

At the same time, the current version of the contract city council will discuss would continue to shield Caring for Denver from some scrutiny by continuing to restrict the type of records the organization would be required to release to the public.

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