homeless veterans
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Colorado housing agencies receive nearly $600,000 to help curb veteran homelessness
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Curbing veteran homelessness in Colorado made headway this week as multiple state housing agencies received almost $600,000 in the form of permanent housing vouchers. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, under its “HUD-VASH” housing voucher program, awarded 66 housing agencies across the nation a total…
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Transitional housing center for homeless veterans in Colorado Springs closes its doors
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After 22 years of operation, the Crawford House, a transitional housing center in Colorado Springs for homeless veterans and former military dealing with substance abuse, has permanently closed. The Colorado Veterans Resource Coalition shuttered its 90-day facility that had a maximum of 20 beds at 415 S. Weber St. with little explanation, and no one…
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Four years after legalization, Denver officials say more data needed to assess marijuana’s impact
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According to a recent federal study, marijuana use among Colorado teenagers has fallen considerably in the past two years – to its lowest rate in nearly a decade. But high school principals in parts of Denver with high concentrations of pot businesses say the opposite is true, and an organization that works with homeless youth…
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Coffman’s bipartisan bill would help homeless vets and their kids
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The GOP’s 6th CD U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman and a Democratic counterpart in Congress have introduced the Homeless Veteran Families Act – which aims to unite homeless vets’ families. A press announcement from Coffman’s office says H.R. 4009, which the Aurora Republican is sponsoring with California Democratic U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley, “aims to assist community agencies…
