Accessibility

Garfield County Accessibility Statement

Updated January 2023

Access statement

Garfield County welcomes and strives for its services to be accessible to people with disabilities. Online service delivery enables access for all county residents to critical resources, data and information. Accessibility is listed as the first menu item on all pages of our websites, and the county is expanding technology use to provide greater access. Garfield County has dedicated work on its websites to enhance accessibility for more than a decade.

Applicable sites

Garfield County website
Rifle Garfield County Airport website
Garfield County Fair website
Garfield County Emergency Operations Center website

Website standards

Garfield County is assigning staff and resources to comply with Colorado HB 21-1110 Law for Persons with Disabilities. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops guidelines which are regarded as the international standard for accessibility. Garfield County expends resources to improve compliance with web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 level AA criteria.

Access to help

The county is making a real effort to identify and solve accessibility problems on our websites, and we appreciate input from you informing us where you have experienced accessibility problems. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the Garfield County websites named on this page, please use the contact form below.

Garfield County will provide direct support and assistance to any person for access to online county services or obtaining accessible documents. If you have any questions or need assistance, please email the Garfield County Communications Department or call 970-384-3844, ext. 5.

Garfield County website feedback form

Access disclaimer

Garfield County continually improves accessibility of its web pages, files and services on our websites to allow seamless and accessible use for everyone.

In an ongoing effort to improve and remediate accessibility issues, Garfield County websites are frequently scanned by contracted software to identify accessibility barriers. Continuous updates are employed from scan results.

Even with updates and quality assurance to make pages and content on Garfield County’s websites accessible, some content may be in development to meet accessibility standards. Issues may also result from challenges to technological solutions in web applications, assurance software, content updates, browser functions, human content entry and other factors in web content delivery. Garfield County is making every effort to make information contained on Garfield County website and databases accurate and dependable, but some information may still contain errors.