• How do I
    • Access
      • Air quality
      • Board agendas
      • Board meetings
      • Building permits
      • County calendar
      • Foreclosures
      • GIS maps
      • Marijuana regulations
      • News releases
      • Property values
    • Apply for
      • Building permits
      • Child care assistance
      • Child Support
      • Public Assistance
      • Job openings
      • Liquor licenses
      • Marriage licenses
      • Retail food licenses
    • Get a copy of
      • Birth certificates
      • Death certificates
      • Marriage licenses
      • Land use applications
      • Procurement contracts
    • Pay for
      • Child support
      • Property taxes
    • Register
      • To foster/adopt
      • Vehicles
      • To vote
    • Report
      • Child abuse
      • Code violations
      • Welfare fraud
    • Request
      • Open records
    • Contact
      • Garfield County
  • Offices
    • Elected offices
      • Assessor
      • Board of County Commissioners
      • Clerk and Recorder
      • Coroner
      • District Attorney
      • Sheriff
      • Surveyor
      • Treasurer
      • Public Trustee
      • Elected officials
    • Departments
      • Administration
      • Airport
      • Attorney
      • Communications
      • Community Development
      • Courts
      • Criminal Justice
      • Emergency Management
      • Environmental Health
      • Fairgrounds & Events Center
      • Finance
      • Geographic Information System
    •  
      • Human Resources
      • Human Services
      • Information Technology
      • Landfill
      • Oil and Gas
      • Procurement
      • Public Health
      • Public Lands Access
      • Road and Bridge
      • Vegetation Management
      • Veteran Services
      • All locations
  • Towns
    • Carbondale
      • Town of Carbondale
      • Demographics
      • Map
    • Glenwood Springs
      • City of Glenwood Springs
      • Demographics
      • Map
    • New Castle
      • Town of New Castle
      • Demographics
      • Map
    • Parachute
      • Town of Parachute
      • Demographics
      • Map
    • Rifle
      • City of Rifle
      • Demographics
      • Map
    • Silt
      • Town of Silt
      • Demographics
      • Map
    • Battlement Mesa
      • Battlement Mesa community
      • Demographics
      • Map
    • Garfield County
      • About Garfield County
    • Community
      • Human Services Commission
      • Community agencies
  • Business
    • Business here
      • Building applications
      • Building inspections
      • Demographics
      • Economic Development
      • Parcel maps
      • Planning applications
      • Property search
      • Food safety
      • Useful Public Service
    • Licenses and permits
      • Building permits
      • Childcare licensing
      • Driveway permits
      • Liquor licenses
      • Overweight trucks
      • Utility permits
    • Taxes
      • Abstract of assessment
      • Pay property taxes
      • Property search
      • Taxing entities
  • Seniors
    • Long term care
    • Lunch menu
    • Nutrition program
    • Senior programs
    • Senior tax deferral
    • Senior tax exemptions
    • Veteran Services
  • Online
    • Apply for jobs
    • Explore live maps
    • Search foreclosures
    • Property search
    • Search property taxes
    • Search public records
Garfield County logo
Home
/
Seniors
Senior grab n’ go lunches suspended in Glenwood, Carbondale
Over shoulder view of senior man eating dinner at home
A program that provides take-home meals for Garfield County seniors in Glenwood Springs and Carbondale is suspending on January 20 while the county solicits caterers to continue the service. The popular Grab n’ Go lunches program have been well-utilized during the COVID-19 pandemic. The county is seeking caterers to provide the meals to keep the program in operation and has contacted seniors who are affected by the service suspension. Seniors in eastern Garfield County can still attend congregate meal sites from Parachute to New Castle. “During the pandemic, we have been providing heat-at-home meals in Glenwood Springs and Carbondale. It
Read more
Senior meals, Senior Programs, Seniors
Garfield County supports senior meals program
Modern senior couple spending time in the kitchen
Garfield County has agreed to help fund home-delivered meals to seniors in the Carbondale area. The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved a one-time supplemental grant for $40,000 to the nonprofit Valley Meals and More to ensure home-delivered meals can continue to reach seniors who need them. The county is performing a needs assessment to help determine how robust a meal program needs to be in place to serve local seniors. Garfield County Department of Human Services (DHS) currently provides congregate meals for seniors, but a gap in service for home-delivered meals exists on the eastern end of the county.
Read more
Senior meals, Senior Programs, Seniors
Senior Property Tax Exemption applications due July 15
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – Colorado seniors may be eligible for a property tax exemption, and the application deadline of Monday, July 15, is fast approaching. In 2000, Colorado voters passed a Property Tax Exemption for Seniors (also known as Referendum A). This law provides that 50 percent of the first $200,000 of actual value for a qualifying senior citizen’s primary residence shall be exempt from property taxation. The State of Colorado pays the property taxes on the exempted value. To qualify for the exemption, the senior must: have reached age 65 as of January 1, 2019; have occupied the property
Read more
Seniors, Taxes, Veterans

Pages:

1 2 NEXT
Garfield County




Call us:
970-945-1377

Garfield County
108 8th Street
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601






© Garfield County | contact us | locations | privacy policy
X