Coroner blames “tightening grip of fentanyl” for the rising deaths, hitting 166 people so far this year, compared with 108 last year
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
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Experiment to pay Denver’s homeless has reached $5 million and 846 people
Six months in, there are not yet concrete results in the yearlong study, but organizers report that the payments have been life altering for some
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Colorado will soon start licensing dental therapists in effort to help expand oral health care options
A 2022 bill provided the means for licensing dental therapists, a mid-level provider who could narrow the oral health equity gap. But training for them doesn’t exist in Colorado.
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The last few months of 2022 have been particularly deadly for Coloradans who are homeless
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.
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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
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“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 […]