resources

Youth & Ex-Offender Services
 
The Road Called Strate
Ken Harris, Case Manager/Life Skills
1532 Galena Street, Suite 395
Aurora, Co. 80010
303-360-9176
dkharris54@yahoo.com
www.theroadcalledstrate.com


Sandwich Lines
 
Agape Christian Church
Daily 11:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.
303-830-8926    
 
Campbell AME Church
Daily 11:45 a.m.
303-830-8926    
 
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Monday-Friday at 8:30 a.m.
 
First Baptist Church
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 11:45 a.m.
303-830-8926    
 
Friends of St Andrew
Monday-Friday, 10:15 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.
Must be Aurora Resident
303-364-2329    
 
Holy Ghost Catholic Church Sandwich Line
Monday-Saturday 10-10:30 a.m.
 
People's Presbyterian Church- Soup Kitchen
Monday at Noon
303-830-8926    
 
Safe Shelter of St. Vrain Valley
For victims of domestic violence
303-772-0432
24-hour crisis line: 303-772-4422    
 
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church
Daily at 11 a.m.
303-534-4014
 
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church
1600 Grant Street, Denver
Daily 1-6 p.m.    
 
Volunteers of America
2877 Lawrence
Breakfast: Daily at 8 a.m.
Lunch: Monday-Saturday at 11:30 a.m., Sunday 1 p.m.
Dinner: Monday-Thursday at 5 p.m.
303-295-2165    
 
Health Related Resources

Health Care for All Colorado
A volunteer group working to inform Coloradoans about advantages of the single-payer system of financing health care, create a coalition that will develop strategies for achieving comprehensive, affordable and high quality health care for all Coloradoans, and build a grassroots movement that will campaign for a single-payer system in Colorado.

Colorado Coalition for Medically Underserved
CCMU is committed to access to affordable, timely, quality health care for everyone in Colorado.

Project Angel Heart
Serving meals with love for people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses in Denver and Colorado Springs.

Metro CareRing
Metro CareRing is an emergency assistance service for those in need in Metro Denver. Counselors assist those in need with food, toiletries, RTD bus tokens for work and appointments, assistance with identification documents, utilities assistance, work supportive services such as tools and boots, and referrals to other agencies for services we do not offer. Clients may receive services once every 30 days.

Ronald McDonald House Charities
A temporary "home-away-from-home" for families to find rest, support and time away from the realities of the hospital procedures and routines.

Rainbow House- Volunteers of America
303-355-9581

Parent Pathways
Provides a wide array of services helping children, families and individuals become strong and self-sufficient. They work with people whose lives have been shaken by violence, abuse, homelessness, poverty, teen pregnancy and other major challenges.

  Homeless

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) was founded in 1984 by a group of concerned advocates with a will to take action on behalf of Colorado 's homeless by addressing issues of healthcare and housing.

Colorado Community Voice Mail
The Colorado Community Voice Mail program is part a of the national network of CVM sites, empowering people in crisis and transition by distributing free 24-hour voice mail nationwide - directly linking individuals to jobs, housing, safety and stability.

Community Ministry
Helping to meet the needs of people within the community who are experiencing economic hardships and related problems both physical and spiritual.

Concerned About You
CAY provides food, employment referral, basic training for office and construction employment, bus tokens for job interviews and work; homeless referral, hospital visits and counseling.
303-298-1920

Denver Rescue Mission
During the year, the Denver Rescue Mission provides shelter, food, clothing, education, Christian teaching, and work discipline to meet individuals at their physical and spiritual points of need.

The Gathering Place
Denver's only daytime drop-in center for women and children who are experiencing homelessness or poverty. The organization offers a safe daytime refuge to women and children living on the streets of Denver. Their emergency services afford immediate relief to women and children in distress. Once women and children are able to meet their most pressing needs, they can then take the next steps towards rebuilding their lives.

Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Denver
The Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Denver's mission is to enable an interfaith and community response to families who become homeless by providing shelter, meals, comprehensive assistance and encouragement toward self-reliance in an atmosphere of warmth and hospitality.

Mile High Ministries
Mile High Ministries mobilizes and equips people to connect their lives to God's active concern for the poor.

National Alliance to End Homelessness
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to mobilize the nonprofit, public and private sectors of society in an alliance to end homelessness.

Newgenesis, Inc.
Newgenesis implements a community approach to Denver's homeless problem. Its treatment design allows individuals to recapture their independence by demonstrating responsibility and accountability for their actions.

Saint Francis Center
St. Francis Center is a refuge for men and women who are homeless in the metro Denver area, providing services that enable people to meet their basic needs for daily survival and to transition out of homelessness.

Salvation Army
With heart to God and hand to man, the Salvation Army strives to meet the basic needs of all who come seeking help. Taking immediate care of the basic human needs of food, shelter, clothing and safety is an important first step in the development of a more positive and permanent change in the people they help.

Samaritan House
A center of hope and help for the homeless, located in downtown Denver. It can accommodate over 320 men, women and children each night. There are separate facilities for single men, single women and families with children. Residents receive a bed, food, clothing and various services on site, including case management, medical care, and referrals for employment, social service assistance and educational opportunities.

STANDUP For Kids
The mission of STANDUP FOR KIDS is to help homeless and street kids. The program's on-the-streets outreach efforts finds, stabilizes and assists homeless and street kids in an effort to improve their lives.

Stride
Helping low income individuals and families to leave homelessness by offering housing assistance.

Urban Peak
Urban Peak Denver's mission is to serve homeless and runaway youth. They provide youth with a safe, caring, stable environment and assist them in permanently exiting street life.

Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America is a national, nonprofit, spiritually based organization providing local human service programs and opportunities for individual and community involvement. VOA provides emergency assistance including food, clothing, short-term housing, and assistance with rent, utilities and transportation for families in crisis.
 
Household Items

Wishing Well Enterprises Resource Center (MHCD)
Providing furniture, clothing, household items free of charge to those recovering from psychiatric illness.
303-504-6800

Jeffco Action Center

 Rent Assistance

Broadway Assistance Center
303-893-4108

Inter-Faith Community Services
See General Section

Jeffco Action Center
JAC offers one-time rent assistance
303-237-7704

Mennonite Urban Ministry
430 W. 9th Avenue in Denver
303-892-1039

Salvation Army
2201 Stout St. in Denver
303-295-3366

 Shelters-General

Catholic Worker House
2420 Welton Street
303-296-6390

Comitis Crisis Center
9840 E. 17th Avenue
303-341-9160
24 Hour CRISIS Line 303-343-9890

Friends of Saint Andrew
1525 Dallas in Aurora
Daytime shelter
303-364-2329

Harm Reduction Project
775 Lipan St. in Denver
Drug users ONLY
303-572-7800

Jeffco Action Center
8755 West 14th Avenue in Lakewood
303-237-7707

Saint Francis Center
2323 Curtis Street in Denver
303-297-1576

Samaritan House
2301 Lawrence in Denver
303-294-0241

Senior Support Services
846 East 18th Avenue in Denver
Serving seniors 55 years and older
303-832-1622

Volunteers of America

Shelters-Disabled

Marycrest Assisted Living
This center is the only assisted living residence in Colorado designed to serve younger adults (18-55) with disabilities. It helps keep individuals from languishing in nursing homes or ending up homeless.

Shelters-Families

A.C.C.E.S.S.
303-298-7078

Almost Home Inc.
231 N. Main in Brighton
Emergency shelter for 3 families
303-659-6199

Catholic Worker House
See General section

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
2111 Champa in Denver
303-293-2219

Family Homestead
999 Decatur in Denver
303-623-6514

Interfaith Hospitality Network
915 E. 9th Ave. in Denver
303-675-0713

Jeffco Action Center
See General Section

Volunteers of America-Family Motel
Emergency motel room and referrals for homeless families and individuals.
303-825-2755
 
Shelters-Men Only
 
Crossroads Shelter- Salvation Army
1901 29th Street
Check in Daily 5-10 p.m.
303-298-1028

Denver Rescue Mission
1130 Park Ave. West in Denver
Lottery for beds begins at 6 p.m.
303-294-0157

New Genesis- Central Presbyterian Church
1680 Sherman in Denver
A recovery program for single men
303-831-4910

Saint Paul's Lutheran Church
1600 Grant Street, Denver

Shelter on the Hill (First Baptist Church of Denver)
14th & Grant in Denver
303-861-2519

 Shelter-Teens

Beacon Center
Providing residential center and community services for at-risk youth. Referred by community service and courts, these youth are often victims of abuse. Treatment and education is offered with encouragement, accountability, and acceptance to help adolescents turn their lives around.

Third Way Center
303-780-9191
Providing a continuum of services in a home-like environment where high-risk, homeless, mentally ill and disadvantaged youth can work though their problems, learn to take responsibility for their actions and become productive members of society.

Urban Peak
1630 S. Acoma in Denver
303-777-9198
Serving homeless and runaway youth. They provide youth with a safe, caring, stable environment and assist them in permanently exiting street life.

Comitis Crisis Center
See General Section

Broadway Youth Shelter
Boulder
(303) 444-1607

Shannon's Hope
303-286-1119
Maternity home for pregnant women 16+

A.C.C.E.S.S.
303-298-7078

Triad
303-831-8502
Girls Only

Gemini Crisis Shelter-Family Tree
929 Simms in Lakewood
Youth 11-17
303-235-0630

Volunteers of America-Teen Transitional Housing
303-397-0408

Shelters-Women Only

Sacred Heart House
Offering a continuum of services to homeless mothers with children and single women, who have the desire and commitment to become self-sufficient.

Boulder Shelter
303-442-4646 Brandon Center 303-620-9190

Delores Project
720-218-5466

Shannon's Hope
303-286-1119
Maternity home for pregnant women 16+

Theodora House (Volunteers of America)
303-620-9190
Overnight

9NEWS Domestic Violence Safe House Resources

Shelters-Women & Children

Sacred Heart House
Offering a continuum of services to homeless mothers with children and single women, who have the desire and commitment to become self-sufficient.

Comitis Crisis Center
See General Section

Damen House
303-433-4280

The Gathering Place
1535 High Street
303-321-4198

House of Hope- Family Tree
Englewood
303-762-9525

Samaritan House
See General section
 
Toiletries
 
9Cares Colorado Shares Food Banks
Most food banks also offer a limited selection of toiletries. Call ahead to see availability.
 
Transitional Assistance

CHARG Resource Center
The mission of CHARG Resource Center is to improve the quality of life and functioning capacity of persons with severe and persistent mental illness in the Denver metropolitan area. The program offers transitional assistance to the homeless.

Denver Urban Ministries
Denver Urban Ministries (DenUM) nourishes the spirit of community and cultivates awareness of urban life. They provide resources for persons in crisis and create opportunities for individual and community growth and service.

Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

Ecumenical Refugee Services, Inc.
ERS helps to resettle refugees and asylees who are legally in Colorado (by Church World Service and Episcopal Migration Ministries), by providing them assistance with educational needs, family and social services, medical attention, employment, and cultural orientation.

Family Homestead
Providing both emergency and transitional housing, and supportive case management exclusively to homeless families with children.

Safe Harbor (Salvation Army)
Transitional housing

Warren Village, Inc.
Warren Village helps motivated low-income, single parents move from public assistance to self-sufficiency through subsidized housing, on-site childcare, counseling, and education or job training.