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Colorado Coalition for the Homeless workers rally, citing low pay, high turnover
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Dozens of Colorado Coalition for the Homeless frontline workers and members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 rallied Thursday outside of a downtown CCH office building on north Broadway, calling on the nonprofit to address low wages and poor working conditions. The rally also comes on the heels of the city’s recent…
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Denver considers $1 million contract for homeless mental health services
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The Denver City Council on Monday will consider a $1 million contract with the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless to provide more behavioral health service staffing at its multiple permanent supportive housing sites. This is the council’s first contract since January involving Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, one of metro Denver’s largest nonprofits serving homeless…
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Denver signals shift in homeless focus toward permanent housing, treatment
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Editor’s note: This is the third in a four-part series looking into Mayor Mike Johnston’s priorities for 2024. This installment focuses on the mayor’s goal of getting homeless people out of the city’s streets. A startling statistic emerged last year as Denver Mayor Mike Johnston pushed to reach his goal of moving a thousand homeless…
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Denver sweeps homeless encampment but offers no shelter this time
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Alexandra Holt said she woke up on Tuesday morning to the police asking her to clean up her tent and leave the 8th Avenue and Navajo Street homeless encampment, where she had been living for a month. “We thought we were going to wake up to housing,” she said. That wasn’t the case on Tuesday.…
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Denver sweeps homeless encampment but offers no shelter this time
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Alexandra Holt said she woke up on Tuesday morning to the police asking her to clean up her tent and leave the 8th Avenue and Navajo Street homeless encampment, where she had been living for a month. “We thought we were going to wake up to housing,” she said. That wasn’t the case on Tuesday.…
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Denver considers $2M grant to aid homeless mental health, drug abuse services
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The Denver City Council on Monday will consider a $2 million grant agreement which, if approved, would provide mental health and substance abuse services at temporary, non-congregate homeless shelter sites under the mayor’s housing initiative. The grant directly impacts Denver’s “House1000 Behavioral Health and Substance Misuse” program, which oversees hotel-turned-homeless shelters and “micro-communities” across the…
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Denver considers $2M grant to aid homeless mental health, drug abuse services
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The Denver City Council on Monday will consider a $2 million grant agreement which, if approved, would provide mental health and substance abuse services at temporary, non-congregate homeless shelter sites under the mayor’s housing initiative. The grant directly impacts Denver’s “House1000 Behavioral Health and Substance Misuse” program, which oversees hotel-turned-homeless shelters and “micro-communities” across the…
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Denver considers $2M state grant to assist housing homeless
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The Denver City Council on Monday will consider accepting a $2 million state grant to provide homeless people with essential services that include transitioning from temporary shelters into permanent housing. Denver’s housing department plans to use the money for rapid rehousing efforts throughout the city over the next two years. If approved, Denver will receive…
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Denver considers $2M state grant to assist housing homeless
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The Denver City Council on Monday will consider accepting a $2 million state grant to provide homeless people with essential services that include transitioning from temporary shelters into permanent housing. Denver’s housing department plans to use the money for rapid rehousing efforts throughout the city over the next two years. If approved, Denver will receive…
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Denver considers $2M state grant to assist housing homeless
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The Denver City Council on Monday will consider accepting a $2 million state grant to provide homeless people with essential services that include transitioning from temporary shelters into permanent housing. Denver’s housing department plans to use the money for rapid rehousing efforts throughout the city over the next two years. If approved, Denver will receive…
