UPDATED CRF Emergency Assistance Grant Application 2025

CRF Emergency Assistance Grant Application
The ARF is a safety net for workers who are employed but are experiencing general hardship. We provide financial assistance of $500 or $1,000 to those in crisis due to an unexpected illness, injury, or natural disaster.

Eligibility

Angel Relief Fund grants are available for any Colorado hospitality worker who:
- Has a primary source of income rooted in food and beverage and is currently employed in the restaurant industry
- Lives in the state of Colorado
- Encounters an emergency that’s an unexpected, non-recurring crisis
Eligible Hardships

Unanticipated hardships necessitate prolonged unpaid absences from work and generally fit into one of the following categories:
- Injury caused by an accident (such as a slip, fall, or crash) requiring hospitalization or other acute care
- Illness requiring hospitalization or other acute care
- Death or catastrophic illness or injury of an immediate family member imposing a financial or full-time caregiving burden on the worker
- Disaster, such as flood, fire, or storm damage (to name a few) causing disruption of a worker’s job or ability to work
- Acts of violence in which the employee is the victim
Applicants are asked to submit a signed letter on company letterhead from their employer verifying the hardship’s impact on an employee’s ability to work and that the absence is unpaid.
Program Name

Angel Relief FundType option 2Type option 3Type option 4
Applicant Name:*

First NameLast Name
Legal Name, if different than above (for payment and verifiying documentation):
Application Date:*

MonthDayYear
Date
Mailing Address:*

Street Address

Apt. #

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip CodeCountry
Cell Phone Number:*

Area CodePhone Number
Alt. Phone:

Area CodePhone Number
E-mail:*
Where the confirmation will be send to
Best way to reach applicant?*
Qualifying Event:*

ILLNESSINJURYDEATH OR ILLNESS OF AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERNATURAL DISASTERVICTIM OF VIOLENCE
Description of unforeseen incident:*
Please state how a grant will help you: *
Restaurant or F&B Hospitality Business Name:*
Work Address:*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip CodeCountry
Restaurant or F&B Hospitality Business Phone Number:*

Area CodePhone Number
Applicant date of hire:

MonthDayYear
Date
Applicant date of termination: (If applicable)

MonthDayYear
Date
Manager Name:*

First NameLast Name
Manager Email:*
example@example.com
Manager Phone Number:*

Area CodePhone Number
Tell us about your position (check one):*

FOHBOHOther
Duties:*
Are you receiving any other assistance or paid leave, either through your employer or the state? If yes, please describe. *
In order to have your application reviewed, you must upload any of the below that are applicable, with the first two being required:
1. Proof of Colorado residency (Required - CO Driver’s License, CO I.D., signed lease document, or any bill from electric, energy or water)
2. Proof of current employment in a Colorado restaurant or F&B hospitality business by way of your last two paystubs. (Required)
3. Signed letter from employer on company letterhead verifying hardship’s impact on employee’s ability to work and unpaid absence. (Required - template available here)
4. Optional: Other documentation as listed below that will support your application – includes bills, diagnosis documentation, death certificate, etc.
Upload proof of Colorado residency (Required)*

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Upload Proof of current or past employment in a Colorado restaurant or F&B hospitality related business by way of your last two pay stubs or W-9. (Required)*

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Upload signed letter from manager on company letterhead - template linked above (Required)*

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Other documentation that will support your application (Optional – includes bills, letter from manager, death certificate, etc.)

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Demographic Information (optional):

The following demographic questions are for data collection purposes only. Answering these questions is optional; answers (or non-answers) will not affect whether or not you will receive a grant.
Race (optional):

AMERICAN INDIAN/NATIVE AMERICANASIANBLACK/AFRICAN AMERICANHISPANIC/LATINOWHITE/CAUCASIANPACIFIC ISLANDEROTHERPREFER NOT TO ANSWER
Gender (optional):

MALEFEMALENON-BINARYPREFER NOT TO ANSWEROther
Do you identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ Community? (optional):

YESPREFER NOT TO ANSWERNOOther
E-Signature:*
I certify that the information contained in this application is true, correct and complete. By signing the certification below, I authorize CRF to request additional information as deemed necessary in the process of reviewing my grant request. I understand that this authorization is voluntary and may be revoked at any time by giving written notice of my revocation to the organization contact listed in this application.
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