Since implementation, Denver has seen an 11% drop in homelessness and a 36% decrease in chronic homelessness.
Denver’s Road Home is a comprehensive plan about creating opportunity and helping people regain control of their lives.
There is still a lot of work to be done for Denver’s Road Home to succeed, and there are a variety of ways you can help.
For the past three years, we have had a PJ Party in January to raise funds and awareness for Denver's Road Home and the 10 year plan to end homelessness. Mayor Hickenlooper attends in his red pajamas along with hundreds of others. This has been a very popular event for our community leaders and media. And, each year it seems to gain momentum! The 2009 party is scheduled for Thursday, January 29th.
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The 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness — Denver's Road Home—has been "on the streets" for three years now.
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In 2006, Denver's homeless population exceeded 9,000; 40 percent of the 9,000 were employed and 46 percent were women and children.
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The Seven Star Morel is an inexpensive haven for homeless families. Convention-goers in search of lodging at next week's Democratic National Convention may inadvertently squeeze homeless people out of temporary motel rooms.
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The city says it has no plan to hide the homeless during all the hoopla. Some officials hope they'll be part of the dialogue.
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Three years ago, Mayor John Hickenlooper and the
Denver community set out to end homelessness.
More than 1,000 units of new housing later, the
community in Denver has come to own Denver's
Road Home - and that is why we are on track to
reduce chronic homelessness by 75 percent in the
first five years.
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Denver is trying to help, not hide, the homeless during the Democratic National Convention, leaders of agencies dealing with homelessness said Friday in an effort to blunt what they called “misinformation” on the Internet and elsewhere about the city’s plans.
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University of Denver volunteers serve homeless individuals and families at Project Homeless Connect 6.
800 volunteers helped 820 clients at today’s event
DENVER —More than 680 homeless adults and 139 children—including 64 family units—were assisted with job opportunities, housing, child care, health care and other vital services today at Project Homeless Connect 6. The one-day event helped people overcome barriers to self-sufficiency by offering a full array of community services in one location.
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This program is designed to increase awareness about Denver’s Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness, and is also an effort to redirect the money given to panhandlers into initiatives that provide meals, job training, substance abuse counseling, housing, and other programs for those in need.
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