Two people were murdered and five likely froze to death last week in what has been a deadly end to an extra deadly year for Colorado’s homeless population.
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
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Old motels are putting a dent in Colorado’s homelessness crisis after serving as emergency shelters during the pandemic
Already this fall, the city of Denver has helped nonprofits buy three motels that eventually will provide hundreds of housing units for those living on the streets
Posted inHealth
“Golden Girls” find community and safety in Western Slope shelter
Women account for about 35% of people who are homeless in Mesa County, where the wait for subsidized housing is 3 years.
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Denver’s program to house the homeless reduced hospital and jail visits. But not deaths.
Researchers found that people who were provided housing through Denver’s social impact bond program died at the same rate as those living on the streets
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Denver business leaders want immediate answers to homelessness as downtown struggles to rebound
Business owners and homeless advocates have the same goal: Get people off the streets. It comes with a big price tag.
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What happens when a Colorado hospital releases a patient without a home? A new center aims to fill the gap.
A Colorado Coalition for the Homeless recuperative care center is set to open this fall, attempting to stop the revolving emergency room door.
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Deaths among Denver area homeless nearly double from five years ago
The number of people who are homeless in the Denver area doubled from 2020 to 2021, and along with that increase came a surge in the number of deaths among those living outside. At least 269 people who were homeless died in Denver and surrounding counties in the last year, according to a count by […]
Posted inColoradans, Equity, Housing, News, Politics and Government
A Native-inclusive safe campsite has opened in Denver. But some lament loss of community.
When Wanbli Cabrera and several of her family members started camping outside of Four Winds American Indian Council at West Fifth Avenue and Bannock Street in Denver five months ago, they were running out of options. They had been camping on the streets of Denver for years — two, in Cabrera’s case, and longer for […]
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Opinion: Why Coloradans experiencing homelessness need COVID-19 vaccination now
Gov. Jared Polis missed the mark when he said in early February that it would “cost lives” to divert COVID-19 vaccines to younger, “healthier” people because “they happen to be homeless.” In fact, the opposite is true – it would save lives. Here’s why. Congregate shelters, which thousands of unhoused Coloradans rely on for emergency […]
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Confusion and omissions dampen hopes for speedy COVID-19 vaccinations of unhoused Coloradans
Advocates for people experiencing homelessness in Colorado are worried and frustrated that neither homeless shelter residents nor people living on streets are included in the state’s current COVID-19 vaccination distribution plan. An October 2020 draft state vaccination priority plan didn’t mention those living on streets, but did include people living in shelters during the second phase of […]