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THE UPHILL
BATTLE OF
HOMELESS
YOUTH Y
DENVER IS MAKING STRIDES TO REDUCE
YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, BUT THE
SKYROCKETING COST OF LIVING MAKES
IT TOUGH TO LEAVE THE STREETS BEHIND.
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SECOND
CHANCES IN
A TINY HOME
VILLAGE
THE NEW WOMENâ€™S VILLAGE
OFFERS COMMUNITY SUPPORT
AND INDEPENDENT LIVING
IN PRIVATE TINY HOMES.
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COVID-19 AND
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE IN
SERBIA
AS MANY AS ONE-THIRD OF
WOMEN ARE EXPOSED TO
SOME FORM OF VIOLENCE.
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FORGET NO ONE
FEDERALLY MANDATED POINTIN-TIME
COUNT OFFERS
SNAPSHOT OF THE UNHOUSED
POPULATION, BUT THE DATA
HAS LONG BEEN CRITICIZED BY
HOMELESSNESS ADVOCATES.
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OUR COMMUNITY
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FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS,
temperatures have been brutally
cold. Before the pandemic, our office
was a place that vendors could get a
cup of hot tea or coffee, have a snack
and warm up before heading out to
their vending spots.
One year later, with COVID-19
ELISABETH MONAGHAN
MANAGING EDITOR
still raging, we must continue
practicing social distancing, so
large groups cannot gather in our
office, and those who do come in
must conduct their business and then leave. Although vendors
can no longer linger in the office, they know they can at least
grab a snack to take with them. On days we have hand warmers
in stock, they can take a pair of those, too.
I am sick of the pandemic. It is a terrible inconvenience
that is taking a toll on even the most benevolent among us.
Resenting the negative effects of the pandemic, however, is not
going to make it go away; nor is complaining. Even so, I await
the time when our stories about the pandemic or personal
experiences with getting COVID are all past tense. I look
forward to no longer worrying about too many people being
in confined spaces. I am especially looking forward to seeing
our office full of vendors purchasing their papers and then
sitting in one of our mismatched chairs, a cup of coffee or other
hot beverage in hand, as they catch up with each other and the
Denver VOICE staff. â– 
CONGRATULATIONS to Denver VOICE Peer Navigator
Rachel Gotwald on the birth of her daughter, Paisley Rose,
who was born on February 3.
March CONTRIBUTORS
PAULA BARD is an award-winning fine art
photographer, writer, and activist. She lives
on a mountain top southwest of Denver.
GILES CLASEN is a freelance photographer
who regularly contributes his work to the
VOICE for editorial projects, fundraisers,
and events. He has also served on the
VOICEâ€™s Board of Directors.
ROBERT DAVIS is a freelance reporter for the
Denver VOICE. His work has also appeared
in Colorado Public Works Journal, Fansided,
Colorado Journal, and Medium.com.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Jennifer Seybold
MANAGING EDITOR
Elisabeth Monaghan
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Anthony Cornejo
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Hannah Bragg
25 Years OF THE VOICE
THANK YOU, readers and supporters, for empowering thousands
of Denver VOICE vendors to improve their quality of life.
Hereâ€™s to another 25 years of giving voices to thousands more!
VOLUNTEER COPY EDITORS
Ty Holter
Kersten Jaeger
Andrew Sullivan
Laura Wing
PHOTOGRAPHERS/ILLUSTRATORS
Paula Bard
Giles Clasen
WHAT WE DO
The Denver VOICE empowers homeless, impoverished, and
transient individuals by creating job opportunities through
our vendor program. We give our vendors a job and help
them tell their stories; this creates a space for them to be part
of a community again.
Vendors purchase copies of the VOICE for 50 cents each
at our distribution center. This money pays for a portion
of our production costs. Vendors can buy as many papers
as they want; they then sell those papers to the public for
a suggested $2 donation. The difference in cost ($1.50) is
theirs to keep.
WHO WE ARE
The Denver VOICE is a nonprofit that publishes a monthly
street newspaper. Our vendors are men and women in the
metro Denver area experiencing homelessness and poverty.
Since 2007, we have put more than 4,000 vendors to work.
Our mission is to facilitate a dialogue addressing the roots
of homelessness by telling stories of people whose lives
are impacted by poverty and homelessness and to offer
economic, educational, and empowerment opportunities
for the impoverished community.
We are an award-winning publication, a member of the
International Network of Street Papers and the Colorado
Press Association, and we abide by the Society of
Professional Journalists code of ethics.
With the money they make selling the VOICE, vendors are
able to pay for their basic needs. Our program provides
vendors with an immediate income and a support group
of dedicated staff members and volunteers. Vendors are
independent contractors who receive no base pay.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT editor@denvervoice.org
VENDOR PROGRAM program@denvervoice.org â€¢ (720) 320-2155
ADVERTISING ads@denvervoice.org
MAILING ADDRESS PO Box 1931, Denver CO 80201
VENDOR OFFICE 989 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204
OFFICE HOURS: For the immediate future, we will be open on
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Orientation is held every day we are open,
but prospective vendors must arrive by 10:00 a.m.
WRITERS
Lando Allen
Paula Bard
Dean Glorso
Habeel Harney
Jacob Marsh
Jerry Rosen
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nikki Lawson, President
Michelle Stapleton, Vice President
Lori Holland, Treasurer
Jeff Cuneo, Secretary
Donovan Cordova
Pamela Gravning
Raelene Johnson
Josh Kauer
Craig Solomon
Zephyr Wilkins
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STAFF
CONTRIBUTORS
BOARD
CONTACT US
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New Program Coordinator:
ANTHONY CORNEJO
OUR Streets: RAY
BY PAULA BARD
ANDREW KLOOSTER, who joined the VOICE as our program
coordinator at the end of the summer, has accepted a full-time
position with the non-profit for whom he had been working
part-time. Fortunately, he will not become a stranger and
instead, will volunteer for the VOICE as his schedule permits.
After an extensive search, we recently hired Anthony
Cornejo to fill the program coordinator role. Following is a
brief introduction from Cornejo.
Hello, Denver VOICE Readers. My name is Anthony
Cornejo. I am a third-generation Colorado Native, who
grew up in Aurora and currently lives in Denver. My work
in non-profits includes Aurora Mental Health Center and
Fort Collins Housing Catalyst. Most recently, I worked as an
emergency shelter services coordinator with Denver Human
Services and also was part of the DHS Early Intervention
Street outreach team. I am enjoying getting to know the
Denver VOICE vendors and look forward to working with
them, the staff, and our community partners. â– 
RAY LIVES IN A TENT north of downtown. He
delivers sandwiches to his unhoused neighbors.
OUR Streets are stories of Denverâ€™s unhoused residents as
captured by Paula Bard, who walks the streets of Denver to
photograph the faces and collect the stories of those her city
has abandoned.
CREDIT: PAULA BARD
HOW TO HELP
The money we take in from vendors helps us cover a
portion of our printing costs, but we depend largely on
donations from individuals, businesses, and foundations
to help us pay our rent and keep the lights on.
DONATE
Donations to the Denver VOICE are tax-deductable.
Go to denvervoice.org to give a one-time or recurring donation.
You can also mail a check to:
Denver VOICE | P.O. Box 1931 | Denver, CO 80201
GET THE WORD OUT
We rely on grassroots marketing to get the word
out about what we do. Talk to people about our
organization and share us with your network.
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ADVERTISE
Our readership is loyal, well-educated, and socially concerned. Readers
view purchasing the paper as a way to immediately help a person
who is poor or homeless while supporting long-term solutions to end
poverty. If you are interested in placing an ad or sponsoring a section of
the paper, please contact us about rates at ads@denvervoice.org.
VOLUNTEER
We need volunteers to help with everything from newspaper
distribution to event planning and management.
Contact program@denvervoice.org for volunteering information.
SUBSCRIBE
If you are unable to regularly purchase a newspaper from our vendors, please
consider a subscription. We ask subscribers to support our program with a 12-month
pledge to give $10 a month, or a one-time donation of $120. Subscriptions help us
cover our costs AND provide an amazing opportunity to those who need it most.
Go to denvervoice.org/subscriptions for more information.
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VENDOR
THIS COLUMN IS A PLACE FOR DENVER
VOICE VENDORS TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS
FROM OUR READERS AND STAFF.
Q
Why do you think youâ€™re successful
as a Denver VOICE vendor?
CREDIT: GILES CLASEN
A
LANDO ALLEN
Youâ€™ve got to have a good attitude and keep things
positive when you vend the VOICE. Being successful
at the VOICE is making enough to pay bills and
putting money away for a rainy day, but the real
success you can have is that you get off the streets.
The success Iâ€™ve experienced has allowed me to buy
a camper and keep me on a path to buying a house.
JACOB MARSH
I donâ€™t stay in one spot for more than a week unless I
have built a client list. Then I keep that spot and find
better or newer spots. We have a great production
crew at the [VOICE] office, and I have a great
peer navigator. Having a family that pushes both
personal goals and family goals, helps as well. I also
have awesome coworkers that strive to push each
other to get our sales up. Thatâ€™s why Iâ€™m a successful
vendor here at the VOICE.
JERRY ROSEN
Iâ€™ve been successful vending the paper for quite a
while because Iâ€™m courteous to customers, and I
like working with the Denver VOICE. I try to vend
full-time. I have had some slow periods, but I try
to be persistent always.
CITY COUNCIL APPROVES
CONTRACT FOR NEW SAFE
OUTDOOR SPACES
BY ROBERT DAVIS
IN A CONTENTIOUS VOTE, Denver City Council approved a nearly
$900,000 contract that will allow two temporary safe outdoor
spaces to operate through the end of the year.
One site will be at Denver Community Church, while
the other location has yet to be determined. Like their
predecessors, both campsites will accommodate up to 100
households and provide full access to housing, rehabilitation,
and labor services. Colorado Village Collaborative (CVC) is
responsible for operating both sites and finding the land to
accommodate them.
â€œWe need these spaces all around town so we can connect
people to services,â€ said Cole Chandler, CVCâ€™s executive
director. â€œHowever, right now all the outreach efforts and
services people need are concentrated downtown.â€
Chandler said the current safe outdoor spaces focused their
outreach efforts within a four-block radius of both camps. The
reason was to reduce the impact of the sites on the surrounding
Capitol Hill neighborhood.
According to Chandler, within minutes of the campsite
opening, campers in an encampment across the street moved
in and filled up the outdoor space. The other camp has since
dispersed, and those staying there have not returned.
The contract approval passed by a 10-1 vote with District 5
Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer voting against it.
Sawyer took issue with the fact that Denver is actively funding
a campsite that violates city ordinances while also paying legal
fees to defend enforcing its camping ban in court. She added that
over 80 percent of Denverites voted against campsites in 2019
when Initiative 300 was on the municipal ballot.
â€œItâ€™s
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really causing confusion for our most vulnerable
residents,â€ Sawyer said. â€œAnd, frankly, they deserve better. They
deserve a warm home with a roof and a door. But, right now we
have about 2,000 people sleeping on the streets, in addition to
those in our shelters and couch surfing. We can do better.â€
Chandler replied that the safe outdoor spaces are very
different from the unregulated camping that I300 would
have allowed. CVC holds a permit with the City and is under
contract with the Department of Housing Stability.
Outside of regulation, Chandler says the sites are also
achieving their aims: to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and
connect people with housing and services.
Since the campsites opened, five people have been placed in
the Beloved Tiny Home Village, and two others were connected
with a case manager who helped them with housing vouchers.
Another eight residents were connected with services. Both
campsites currently house 80 people.
Meanwhile, the camps have experienced a zero percent
transmission rate, Chandler said.
At-large Councilwoman Robin Kniech said she hasnâ€™t heard
the same complaints about the campsite even though her office
has done extensive informal and scientific polling on the issue.
Kneichâ€™s primary concern is that the Cityâ€™s approach to
solving homelessness is too focused on long-term solutions
when emergency fixes are needed right now. Without the
temporary safe outdoor space, Kniech wondered how
many more of Denverâ€™s unhoused could have succumbed to
hypothermia or worse, hopelessness.
Kniech said supporting the outdoor space makes sense right
now but urged her colleagues and the Hancock administration
to keep thinking creatively about solutions.
â€œWe have a long road ahead of us. If this is our destination,
then we are in big trouble,â€ Kniech said. â– 
MISTRUST AND MOBILITY SLOW
COVID-19 VACCINE PUSH FOR
NORTH AMERICAâ€™S HOMELESS
BY MATTHEW LAVIETES AND JACK GRAHAM
Homeless people are at higher risk of COVID-19, but groups face
challenges in finding them and convincing them to have the shot.
WITH THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC showing no signs of abating
in the United States and Canada, some cities have begun
vaccinating their homeless - an effort clinicians warn will be
challenging given the incomparable circumstances they face.
Homeless peopleâ€™s mobility, tendency to mistrust the
vaccine, and focus on more immediate needs like finding
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food and warmth all make it harder to protect them against
COVID-19, health experts say.
â€œThe struggle [homeless people] go through every
day to survive, on the streets or in the shelters, has a real
immediacy to it,â€ said Dr. Jim Oâ€™Connell, president of the
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP).
â€œAs many people have told me, â€˜a little virusâ€™ doesnâ€™t
seem frightening to them because they face death every
day and the virus is just one of the many things they face,â€
said Oâ€™Connell.
The BHCHP, a non-profit which provides medical
services to the northeastern cityâ€™s homeless population, has
vaccinated roughly 200 homeless people and 300 staff since
the program started in late January.
The group is expected to administer about 3,500 doses of
the Moderna vaccine in shelters across the city within the
next month.
Similar rollouts are underway in other cities around
the continent.
So far, New York City has vaccinated more than 500
homeless people and staff who serve them. Over 730 of
Montrealâ€™s homeless population have been vaccinated to
date, according to official figures.
VULNERABLE
Since the pandemic started pummelling the globe last year,
advocates and physicians have been urging lawmakers for
greater protections for the homeless.
Without regular access to healthcare, homeless people
are often much more susceptible to chronic medical
conditions, which may predispose them to a more severe
illness from COVID-19.
Sheltered homeless people in New York City were 75
percent more likely to die from COVID-19 than the cityâ€™s
general population, according to the Coalition for the
Homeless, an advocacy group.
Pandemic shutdowns have also cut off homeless peopleâ€™s
access to public spaces, such as restaurants and libraries,
that they usually use to stay warm and wash their hands
during the day.
And packing homeless communities into overnight
shelters has also become a problem, due to concerns over
social distancing. People eat together, share bathrooms and
often sleep on beds within several feet of one another.
â€œOn one hand, you have higher individual vulnerability
because of health,â€ said Tim Richter, chief executive of the
Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness.
â€œBut people experiencing homelessness canâ€™t follow
public health measures: social distancing, staying at home,
isolating, accessing healthcare when you need it, hygiene.â€
In response, some cities throughout North America
have moved people off of the streets or out of shelters into
hotels to alleviate concerns over spreading the virus.
Under former U.S. President Donald Trump, cash-strapped
cities were promised 75 percent of the money to pay for the
hotels and were not given a timeline of when aid would run dry.
Last month, President Joe Biden vowed to reimburse
cities for the full cost of the hotels and fully cover the costs
through September.
In Canada, the federal government has made extra
funding available
for provinces and municipalities
VIOLA ROBERSON, 75, RECEIVES A CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) VACCINATION
AT THE LA MISSION HOMELESS SHELTER ON SKID ROW, IN LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA, U.S., FEBRUARY 10, 2021. REUTERS/LUCY NICHOLSON
â€œThe first 25 percent is always easy. We had no problem
recruiting for the first number of clinics that we had to deal
with,â€ said Sam Watts, chief executive of Montreal homeless
charity Welcome Hall Mission.
â€œBut, as weâ€™re moving along, itâ€™s harder and harder because
there are some people who donâ€™t want to get it for a variety of
reasons,â€ he said in a phone interview.
Some are afraid of needles, others believe in a variety of
conspiracy theories that question the safety of the vaccines
or have mental health issues, like paranoia, that impede them
from complying with vaccine rollouts, explained Watts.
Marty Hames, the spokeswoman for Circle the City,
a non-profit that provides healthcare services to the
homeless in Phoenix, Arizona, echoed similar concerns
about vaccine compliance.
â€œJust like youâ€™re going to find people in the general
population that are not going to want the vaccine or theyâ€™re
not going to want to see a doctor when theyâ€™re ill, the same
exists within the homeless population,â€ she said.
None of the groups the Thomson Reuters Foundation
spoke with were making vaccinations mandatory for the
homeless people they serve.
SLOW THE SPREAD
Other barriers include a lack of internet access to sign up
for online vaccine portals, a lack of transportation to
vaccination sites, and difficulties tracking down homeless
people to give them the second dose of the vaccine, health
experts say.
The consequences of not getting the vaccine rollout right
to
prevent the spread of the virus among its homeless.
Ottawa announced in December it would spend an
additional $300 million to help local communities.
COMPLIANCE
So far, clinicians and advocates say they have been
successfully able to find homeless people - a group that is
largely distrustful of healthcare providers - who want the
vaccine. However, they caution that things may soon change.
can spread beyond homeless populations and to entire
communities, warned Oâ€™Connell at the BHCHP.
At the start of the pandemic in late March, Oâ€™Connell and
other Boston researchers found a 36 percent positivity rate
among homeless people.
â€œMost people recognize that if homeless people have the
virus, theyâ€™re walking all day and passing it (around),â€ he said.
â€œIf youâ€™re riding the subway and thereâ€™s a homeless person
and they have a 30 percent chance of having the virus, you
want to protect yourself as much as that person.â€ â– 
Courtesy of Reuters / Thomson Reuters Foundation / INSP.ngo
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DENVER IS MAKING
STRIDES TO REDUCE
YOUTH HOMELESSNESS,
BUT ISSUES REMAIN
BY GILES CLASEN AND ROBERT DAVIS
JOSHUA LEFT HOME after his grandmother began stealing from
him to subsidize her drinking habit.
Had it been something of lesser sentimental value, he may
have overlooked it. Instead, Joshua said his grandmother
stole his Magic the Gathering cards and sold them for booze.
â€œShe isnâ€™t a violent drunk; verbal assaults are more her
style,â€ Joshua explains.
After one particularly incendiary incident, he reported
her to the Denver Sheriffâ€™s Department and has been
staying in a city-funded hotel room on Colfax ever since.
This isnâ€™t his first experience with homelessness, either.
At 15 years old, Joshua ran away for a week because
his parents wouldnâ€™t let him smoke pot. He camped in Boulder,
but the looming threat of blizzard snow drove him back home.
Now at 19, Joshua says itâ€™s been particularly difficult to
find work during the pandemic because he doesnâ€™t have
access to the internet. Most days, he panhandles downtown.
He wants to get back home to Washington and says his mom
is trying to scrounge up enough money to help.
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â€œI donâ€™t think Denver is the place for me,â€ Joshua told
the VOICE.
BACKWARD SLIDE
While Joshua isnâ€™t alone on the streets of Denver, he
represents an alarming trend â€” a growing number of
unaccompanied youths are experiencing homelessness.
Too old for the foster system and often overlooked for
work, unaccompanied youth face an uphill battle in Denver
as the cityâ€™s skyrocketing cost of living and competitive job
market make it tough to leave the streets behind.
According to the 2020 Point in Time (PIT) Count,
which was conducted before COVID-19 began, 189
unaccompanied youth were experiencing homelessness
in Denver. Eighty youths slept in emergency shelters, 55
were placed in transitional housing, and another 54 youths
were unsheltered.
Compared to 2016, this represents a net increase of six
youths experiencing homelessness. The latest McKinneyVento
numbers reported by Coloradoâ€™s Department of
Education show Denver had a total of 1,849 homeless
students, 108 of whom were unaccompanied, a 17 percent
increase since 2016.
Over the same time frame, Denver has drastically
revamped its reporting of PIT Count data. Four years ago,
the City released a detailed 11-page report that statistically
compared the age and demographic information collected.
A revealing data point is that youths between the ages of 18
and 24 years old made up the highest percentage of Denverâ€™s
homeless population in 2016.
In comparison, data from the 2020 Count was released
in a one-page fact sheet with an experimental online
dashboard accompanying it. The dashboard itself doesnâ€™t
delve any deeper into the numbers; it merely reports
statistics based on a userâ€™s selected criteria.
NUMBERS AND LIVED EXPERIENCE
To better understand how to help Coloradoâ€™s homeless
youth, the Stateâ€™s Office of Homeless Youth Services (OHYS)
developed the Youth Supplemental Survey (YSS) in 2016 to
help bridge the gap between the stateâ€™s PIT Count data and
the lived experience of homelessness.
The survey is conducted in partnership with the stateâ€™s
four Continuums of Care (COC): El Paso/Pikes Peak, the
Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative Balance of State,
and the newly formed Northern Colorado COC.
Each COC is required to participate in the survey.
However, not all have enough resources or volunteers to
do a physical count. Instead, all COCs provide OHYS with
sheltered youth counts for the relative ease of pairing it with
the PIT Count. The YSS data is then subdivided between
youths who are enrolled in school and those who are not,
according to OHYS Director Kristin Toombs.
â€œComparing school status amongst youth experiencing
homelessness helps identify potential trends in
demographics, social determinants, homelessness history,
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or other barriers and life experiences,â€ Toombs told
the VOICE.
â€œOne of the most revealing parts of the survey was that
85 percent of youth counted were older than in previous
counts, suggesting they are experiencing multiple episodes
of homelessness or prolonged periods of homelessness,â€
Toombs added.
The survey also found higher incidences of youths
experiencing homelessness with various mental, physical,
or behavioral health issues, something the State was making
good progress to reduce.
Between 2017 and 2019, the prevalence of homeless
youth reporting mental health issues dropped by 30 percent,
according to the YSS. Similarly, the incident rates for
physical health and domestic violence issues dropped 19
percent and 9 percent, respectively.
However, the incidence rates in each category increased in
2020. The number of homeless youths experiencing mental
health issues increased by 20 percent; physical health issues
increased by 7 percent, and domestic violence increased by
four percent.
While these figures are useful in determining trends, OHYS
Program Specialist Paul Vong cautions against using the data
to make deductions. The survey only identified 401 homeless
youth statewide in 2020, a very clear and obvious undercount.
According to Vong, the amount of overlap between YSS
data and other youth homelessness counts is unknown
to researchers as well. Current privacy laws and the
anonymous nature of the survey make it impossible to
compare data at the individual level.
â€œThere is no conclusive evidence provided from YSS data
to determine the spike in youth experiencing homelessness.
Much more information is needed regarding the ways
youth enter into homelessness and the manner youth exit
homelessness into permanent housing,â€ he said.
WHY YOUTHS BECOME HOMELESS
Data captured through the YSS does reveal two significant
needs and gaps in youth homelessness: affordable housing
and access to income.
Coloradoâ€™s affordability crisis is well-documented, but
the impact of the pandemic on youth employment is still
coming into focus. According to Mathematica, a data
analytics company, Colorado experienced a 20 percent
spike in youth unemployment after the pandemic began,
accounting for one of the highest increases in the nation.
Economists at the University of Colorado Boulder
anticipate Denverâ€™s economy to fall short of a full recovery
in 2021 as well. Industries most primed for growth include
hospitality, transportation, and finance, according to the
Leeds School of Business Research Division.
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows more than
20,000 workers were shed from Denverâ€™s workforce in the
first four months of 2020. The workforce has since nearly
returned to its January 2020 totals, but the cityâ€™s available
job stock remains low. In practice, this means homeless
youth are competing with adults for part-time and entrylevel
positions.
The pandemicâ€™s economic impacts have also increased
the number of households facing housing instability.
Federal and state funds are available for Colorado renters
facing eviction, but a report by The Colorado Sun found
many landlords arenâ€™t accepting the assistance. As a result,
the Denver County Court may hear tens of thousands of
eviction cases if the state moratorium ends.
Meanwhile, many low-income and homeless youths
canâ€™t participate in city-run youth employment programs
because they transitioned to a virtual setting.
FORGING A PATH FORWARD
An easy solution the YSS data points to is helping
unaccompanied youth enroll or stay in school.
Only 44 percent of YSS participants said their last stable
residence was in Colorado. Sixty-nine percent of those who
reported a stable residence in the state attended school,
which speaks to the important role schools play in providing
children and their families with necessary services.
YSS data also shows that school attendance correlates with a
greater quality of life. Homeless youth who attend school often
have a connection with their family but live doubled up with
relatives or friends. On the other hand, a majority of homeless
youths not in school are more connected to caseworkers and
often sleep on the streets or in shelters, the survey found.
Another solution is to increase supportive housing and
social services. One way is to build permanent supportive
housing and pass rental assistance policies for homeless and
low-income youth, the survey said.
For example, in 2020, the City of Fort Collins built a 34unit
apartment complex for homeless and at-risk teens
known as the House. The House serves as a temporary shelter
for kids aged 13 to 20.
Social support services should also address the
overrepresentation of LGBTQ+ youths experiencing
homelessness, the survey recommends. YSS data shows
nearly 30 percent of survey participants who disclosed their
sexual orientation reported being LGBTQ+.
However, there is still so much researchers donâ€™t know
about youth homelessness in Colorado, according to the
survey. The questions volunteers ask do not address whether
the experiences with the child welfare or juvenile justice
systems are a result of homelessness, or if the systemâ€™s
involvement contributed to the experience of homelessness.
â€œThe report certainly highlights what some homeless
youth have in the past, or are currently experiencing across
Colorado. However, the highlight really is on areas where we
need to learn more,â€ Toombs said. â– 
The Denver VOICE is
looking for volunteer board
members to help lead and
strengthen our programs to
provide economic
empowerment and
education tools to those
experiencing homelessness
or poverty in our community.
If you are looking for a
meaningful way to
participate in advocating on
behalf of those we serve,
email your resume or CV to
president@denvervoice.org
Ideal candidates will have non-profi t
development and or fundraising
experience and have a passion for
making a difference in traditionally
marginalized communities.
BOARD
MEMBERS
WANTED!
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SECOND CHANCES IN A TINY HOME VILLAGE
BY PAULA BARD
TAMMY
â€œWith this COVID thing, everything got harder.â€
A NATURAL STORY-TELLER, her face brightens with a
mischievous smile. Tammy is a self-styled hippie in her late
50s. She came out to Aspen from New York in the early â€˜80s
to be a ski bum and stayed, because, as she explained, â€œI
loved the sun!â€
She worked as a nurse in Capitol Hill for years, often
commuting to her teepee near Deckers while volunteering
with environmental groups. She and her husband traveled
to Rainbow Gatherings all over the country, giving her
â€œlots of practice in intentional community living.â€ She feels
prepared to handle her new communal life in the Womenâ€™s
Village at Clara Brown Commons, Denverâ€™s second tiny
home village.
Tammy was struggling before the pandemic. A longtime
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ICU nurse for PresbyterianSt. Lukeâ€™s, she had always worked
the night shift. After her second husband died, Tammy just
didnâ€™t have it in her to keep it up. She took a job working on
the 16th Street Mall at a medical clinic but could no longer
afford housing in Denverâ€™s skyrocketing rental market. To
survive, she began sleeping in her broken truck while it was
parked at a friendâ€™s house in Lakewood. Then the clinic
closed when the pandemic hit last spring.
â€œI was saving money to fix the transmission, keeping
it in my friendâ€™s driveway. I would take the last bus out of
Denver to Lakewood and sleep in my car at night. My
friend didnâ€™t know I was sleeping in it. But then it needed
more repairs than a transmission; I couldnâ€™t afford it. So
last summer I stored it up in RINO, but then it got stolen.
No insurance.â€
Tammy camped out in Lakewood all summer, often
under her tarp with a sleeping bag, to avoid being seen.
She camped along the RTD W line and in Belmar. â€œI was
getting unemployment, but then they changed the website,
and I stopped getting it.â€ Finally, in late fall, the Colorado
Coalition for the Homeless hooked her up with the opening
of the Womenâ€™s Village. In early December, she moved in.
This new stability has allowed Tammy, a restless soul, to
look forward to joining some friends putting together an
organic farm. She now muses about getting her Airstream
trailer outfitted for travel, teaching yoga, and dispensing
medical herbs. She is currently involved in an online yoga
certification program. Eager to get on with her life, she just
needs a running truck to carry the rig.
VALARIE
â€œItâ€™s good that we help each other out here, and it feels
supportive, you know â€“ you get a second chance.â€
VALARIE AND HER TWO DOGS joined the Womenâ€™s Village
recently after her heart surgery. She is recovering and
feeling optimistic. She has welcomed the support in the
village. Originally from Denver, Valarie worked for an
AARP community center supervising the kitchen, which
closed during the pandemic. She really likes working with
seniors and hopes to go back when she has recovered â€“ and
they reopen.
As a woman in her 60s, she is very aware of the rough road for
the elderly in todayâ€™s economy, having lived it herself. â€œThings
happen you know, I mean ... everybody knows that half the
population is one paycheck away from being homeless.â€
Valarie ended up on the streets in Denver after her mother
died, and their house in Park Hill was sold. â€œItâ€™s really hard
to take care of yourself when youâ€™re out on the streets. To
feed yourself. Itâ€™s too hard, and especially for women, itâ€™s too
hard. Especially for older women itâ€™s much too hard.â€ She
feels grateful to have such a supportive community in the
Womenâ€™s Village for her recuperation and to be able to have
her dogs with her â€“ dogs are not allowed in the shelters.
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KIMBERLY
Support has made the difference. â€œI love to look
forward to doing things â€“ these people helping you.â€
ORIGINALLY FROM NEW YORK, Kimberly slept on friendsâ€™
couches and stayed on the street, all while trying to study
for the GED and work on her cosmetology certification.
She wants independence and fights to do it on her own. But,
unhoused, it was too hard, never knowing where she will
sleep or shower or eat and â€œhaving to worry about safety,
you know.â€ On the wall of her colorfully decorated tiny
house, she has posted pictures of the beautiful two-year-old
daughter that she hopes to reunite with, eventually. Children
are not allowed in the womenâ€™s tiny home village. Itâ€™s been
rough. She is researching the possibility of acquiring a
service dog to help with her anxiety.
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â€œNOW THEY ARE SLEEPING IN A SAFE,
STABLE, BRIGHT, COMMUNITY-BASED
ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEIR HEALING
JOURNEY CAN BEGIN TOGETHER.â€
â€“ Cole Chandler, executive director
of Colorado Village Collaborative
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NEAR I-70 IN NORTH DENVER, the Womenâ€™s Village at Clara
Brown Commons sits behind a fence in an inconspicuous
cluster at 37th Ave. and York St. It includes 14 homes and a
common house with a bright, spacious kitchen, bathrooms,
and storage. This is Denverâ€™s second tiny home village
organized by the Colorado Village Collaborative. Building
on their success in housing the unhoused and getting people
back on their feet, they plan more tiny home villages in the
future. The new Womenâ€™s Village offers independent living
in separate, private tiny homes, plus community support for
formally unhoused women and transgender folks.
The University of Denverâ€™s Center for Housing and
Homelessness Research began monitoring Denverâ€™s first tiny
home village, called Beloved Community Village, back when
it opened in 2017. They found that residents were four times
more likely to be working or in school. They also reported
lower levels of anxiety, depression, and hopelessness.
Hannah Fageeh, who has a background working in
domestic violence programs at SafeHouse Denver, is the
Womenâ€™s Village coordinator. She first worked with the
Beloved Community Village, which is now situated in the
Globeville neighborhood. Fageeh started as a volunteer
for Beloved Community and ended her stint there as the
village coordinator.
Fageeh is excited about all the support they are able to
offer the residents at the Womenâ€™s Village. This includes a
resource navigator for education and employment and a new
mental health grant with many choices for individual and
group care, both on-site and via telehealth. â€œWe want to see
people actually healing and not sticking in survival mode,
because I think thatâ€™s really the hardest thing â€“ getting out of
this survival mode.â€
Survival mode is understandable. Women coming off the
streets often carry a heavy burden of trauma. One resident
reported she had been raped four times while she was living on
Denverâ€™s streets. Trauma therapy can make all the difference.
In both tiny home villages, residents can stay in their new
community for a year or more if they need it. They have
assistance finding appropriate, attainable, and affordable
housing when they are ready to move on. According to Fageeh,
some stay at Beloved Community Village for a year. Some
people for only three, six, or seven months. Some people stay
for a couple of years. Both tiny home communities are flexible
with a primary focus on healing and community.
The Womenâ€™s Village, which is the anchor for a large
property at 37th Ave. and York St., is owned by Mile High
Ministries. They are expanding ambitiously and aim to build
60 affordable, below-market-rate apartments in the near
future. Habitat for Humanity will build affordable homes.
Tiny home villages will not solve the crisis of the
unhoused in Denver, but they are one humane and
successful piece of the puzzle. Tonight, 14 more people in
our community are off the streets. They are safe and on the
road to healing from the trauma of economic hardship and
displacement. They have a second chance. â– 
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report violence safely, say the researchers who worked on
the report â€œGender Analysis of the COVID-19 Response
in the Republic of Serbiaâ€, which was produced by the
OSCE Mission to Serbia and Womenâ€™s Platform for the
Development of Serbia 2014â€“2020. â€œItâ€™s been confirmed
worldwide that violence against women in the family and
intimate partnership increased during the crisis, as well as
the risk factors that impacted the manifestation of violence,â€
the report stated. â€œHence, it is certain that during the
state of emergency in Serbia and other countries violence
against women has increased, not decreased.â€ This was also
confirmed by the large numbers of women who sought help
from womenâ€™s organizations during the spring of 2020.
Although the number of reported cases of violence
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AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ON COPACABANA BEACH IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, JUNE 6, 2016. REUTERS/SERGIO MORAES
COVID-19 AND DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE IN SERBIA
BY JOVAN DJUKIC
The measures implemented around the world in the attempt to halt the
coronavirus pandemic have triggered a parallel epidemic of violence
against women. As part of Liceuliceâ€™s â€˜COVID-19 and Marginalised
Groupsâ€™ series, Jovan Djukic examines how Serbia has responded
to the challenge of supporting women who are victims of domestic
violence during the pandemic.
WHEN THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS ANNOUNCED on March 15th, it
was tagged with the message, â€œStay home, stay safe.â€ However,
it has turned out the be quite the opposite for women whose
homes werenâ€™t a safe place before the coronavirus pandemic.
And there are lot of them. World Health Organization data
paint a devastating picture of modern society, identifying that
as many as one-third of women are exposed to some form of
violence. Most often, this takes the form of economic violence,
which is followed by psychological aggression and, finally,
physical violence, which in its most brutal form leads to death
in the form of femicide.
STRESS AND UNCERTAINTY LEAD TO BREAKDOWN
While the eyes of the public were focused on the novel
coronavirus as it swept around the globe, violence could take
place unhindered within four walls. â€œWe were all caught by
surprise by the rapid decisions that were made on restrictive
measures â€“ that includes non-governmental organizations,
institutions, and the victims of violence themselves,â€ says
Mirjana Mitic from the Autonomous Womenâ€™s Centre.
â€œRestrictive measures, which included curfews and
quarantine, facilitated the use of one of the basic techniques
of the perpetrators of violence â€“ the isolation of the victim.
When it comes to domestic violence, in many cases the
victim was unable to get in touch with other people and get
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necessary information and support. This made it easier for
the perpetrator to convince the victim that there was no
one to help and that state institutions had more important
things to deal with.â€
Lidija Vasiljevic, a psychotherapist and feminist activist,
explains that it was to be expected that any kind of pressure,
and especially the great amount of stress and uncertainty
caused by the pandemic, would affect even those who wouldnâ€™t
lose control under â€œtypicalâ€ circumstances. â€œViolence is a
form of communication, and people who lack control project
themselves onto others,â€ she explains. â€œIn our society, violence
is also a mechanism for gaining false control and maintaining
control in intimate partnerships. The longer people feel
helpless and are exposed to a crisis, the more violence can be
expected. Unfortunately, women are the easiest target: they are
the ones closest to the perpetrator, they often have nowhere to
go and, in the patriarchal system, it is thought that they deserve
such treatment if they are not obeying [their partner]. The
increase in violence is already happening, and we are yet to
appreciate the true numbers [of those affected].â€ She points out
that violence is not necessarily most common in families with a
low social status and low level of education; however, members
of such families often find themselves in the local news because
conflicts can be more intense.
MORE VIOLENCE; FEWER POLICE REPORTS
According to the Ministry of the Interior, the number
of women who reported violence during the state of
emergency in 2020 was 48.6 percent lower than the average;
however, organizations working with victims warn that this
does not mean that the amount of violence decreased. The
lower number of reports is a result of the limited ability to
decreased, and the number of calls to the National SOS
helpline remained unchanged, the number of women who
contacted the Autonomous Womenâ€™s Centre during the first
month of the state of emergency state tripled. The number
of calls to the Human Rights Committee SOS helpline in
Vranje increased by 25 percent, and the number of calls to
the Roma Womenâ€™s Association â€“ Osvit â€“ in Nis doubled.
According to Mirjana Mitic from the Autonomous Womenâ€™s
Centre, the civil sector had to adapt overnight and transfer
all its work online; as a result, SOS services were provided
via mobile and messaging services such as Viber, WhatsApp
and Facebook, and over e-mail.
Women approached the Autonomous Womenâ€™s Centre
primarily because state institutions were either not available
or would give them conflicting and sparse information. There
were also cases where women reported violence to state
institutions but did not receive appropriate protection as the
perpetrators were only given verbal warnings. â€œIf you have
institutions that do not send a clear message,â€ Mirjana Mitic
says, â€œit cannot be expected that women will contact these
institutions to report violence.â€ In addition, she says, it is vitally
important to never ask women to report violence without first
creating a safety plan; this is because reporting violence is the
point at which the level of violence may escalate.
MASK 19 AND OTHER SOLUTIONS
The first wave of the pandemic in spring 2020 made clear the
importance of the state reacting quickly and systemically
during a crisis. Many countries came to the conclusion
that banning movement is dangerous for women who are
in intimate partnerships or share a living space with an
abuser; as a result, a number of customized solutions were
developed. The above-mentioned report by the OSCE
Mission and Womenâ€™s Platform for the Development of
Serbia states that the introduction of a solution that would
enable women to seek help without risking their safety
was on the agenda of the Coordination Body for Gender
Equality and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. However, no
specific solutions were implemented in Serbia. One of the
few institutional reactions to the issue of domestic violence
during the pandemic was the decision of the High Court
Council, which stated that domestic violence cases should
not be delayed as a result of the pandemic. Between March
15th and April 25th, 44 urgent measures were imposed
against abusers, although it can be assumed that this number
would be far higher if violence could have been easily and
safely reported at the time.
Sadly, there are numerous cases in which the existing
solutions proved to be inadequate under the new, changed
conditions brought about by coronavirus. For example,
womenâ€™s safe houses accepted new users only if they were
COVID-19 negative, but at that time you could only get tested
if you were showing symptoms. Another blow to women at risk
of violence was the case of a woman being sentenced for trying
to report violence during the ban on movement â€“ this despite
the fact that top state officials encouraged her to do so on
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several occasions. The sentence was later withdrawn; however,
we know that the initial story will always reach more people
than its retraction, Mirjana Mitic reminds us. She adds that
the Autonomous Womenâ€™s Centre is in regular contact with
the Centres for Social Work and that state institutions did not
provide clear instructions to these centers. â€œWe even addressed
the Ministry in writing and demanded that
they provide
specific guidelines when it comes to models of seeing children
during curfew, according to a verdict or a temporary measure,â€
she says, â€œand to this day we havenâ€™t received an answer.â€
There are many examples of how the problem of violence
against women has been dealt with worldwide during
the pandemic. In France, transit information points
were opened in shopping malls in cooperation with local
associations, public services, and shopping center managers.
These have enabled women to seek help in conditions that
guarantee confidentiality and their safety, particularly in
terms of their health. In parts of the UK, police have trained
postal workers and drivers delivering goods to recognize the
signs of abuse. There is also the Mask 19 initiative (which
was initially launched in Spain but has since spread to many
countries). If a woman asks for such a mask in a pharmacy,
she is discreetly indicating that she is a victim of abuse. In
France, women and children were given accommodation
in empty hotel rooms instead of being placed in collective
accommodation.
GETTING READY FOR A NEW WAVE
The Autonomous Womenâ€™s Centre used the lower incidence
of COVID-19 during the summer months to prepare for how
to provide support during future waves of the pandemic and
future emergencies. Consultants were trained in how to safely
use video applications to provide individual sessions to female
victims of violence. The centerâ€™s staff also distributed leaflets
containing SOS numbers in the seventeen municipalities of
Belgrade (in Centres for Social Work, private clinics, and
pharmacies). However, Mirjana Mitic believes it is necessary
for both state institutions and civil society to act together.
â€œEven without a crisis, we have to have a unified response to
domestic violence and agree on the minimum standards for
providing different services,â€ she says.
Lidija Vasiljevic agrees with this statement and points
out that systemic institutional support is lacking, regardless
of the current health crisis. â€œThe problem is the lack of
permanence and continuity in providing support,â€ she
explains. â€œHelp is sporadic and often inadequate. There
is a lack of free help and free counseling, but also a lack of
mental health crisis centres. Both the mental and physical
health of individuals are equally threatened.
â€œA good model would be self-organization, which formerly
existed within the networks of psychotherapists and
psychologists. However, due to the excessive administrative
and technical procedures, fewer people were able to get help,â€
Vasiljevic continues. â€œThe Mental Health Crisis Centre could
be the place where those who need help can stop by 24/7, in
compliance with all the current COVID-19 measures. At the
moment, so much money has been made available for online
conferences and other less necessary things.â€
We do not know whether there will be any further
developments in this area as the pandemic continues. We
are also unsure about what the response of institutions
will be and whether they have learned something from the
challenges encountered during the pandemic. Judging by
the experience of other countries, we can conclude that it
is vital to have a unified response from state institutions
and civil society organizations in order to create sustainable
solutions during crises and find new and specially tailored
ways to help vulnerable women. â– 
Courtesy of Reuters / Thomson Reuters Foundation / INSP.ngo
March 2021 DENVER VOICE 11
HABEEL HARNEY
GOD
You make rules that seem absurd!
Ones that make us think!
Others we dare not try in our conscious!
So we strive for the impossible!
Hoping on clouds and winds!
To be let down and disappointed!
Yet through the constant discussion!
Your appearance shows!
Through unexpected wonders!
D. GLORSO
INCENTIVE
With this COVID-19 Pandemic
Dreams have become
Almost too real for me
In last nightâ€™s dream
you were so glad to see me
As I was thrilled seeing you
Others told me you were waiting
Near the end of my slumber
We were finally connected
As the clouds cleared
You drove up in the old Woodie
Your left elbow was hanging out
The driver side window
Youâ€™re smile greeted me
You said itâ€™s been a long time son
Iâ€™m glad you finally invited me
Into your dreams
I love you mom
Iâ€™m sorry Iâ€™ve been away so long
I didnâ€™t know you kept
The old woody
Why did I not remember
We had such great times together
I recall you driving
A carload of kids
To Lake Wakanda
We swam all day long
Those hot summers were cool
I recall finally being tall enough
To go down the giant slide
You coached me
As we watch the other kids
Climb the steep tower
Viewing a shiny stainless steel slide
Almost vertical
My eyes glued to the face
Of each kid hanging from the bar
Release and tuck their hands
Behind their heads
Bracing now for the giant loop
Casting their bodies into the air
High above the water surface
Feet first gliding into the wind
Then splashing deep into the water
Your repetitious words of coaching
Helped me gain courage
Through my entire childhood
Why did I not ever thank you?
Many challenges
You bolstered in me
As now I write down my thoughts
And read them back to you
I love you always Mom
Thank you
For all the incentives
you instilled in me
WRITING THROUGH
HARD TIMES
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Writers Workshop. Itâ€™s open to all members of the public, especially those experiencing homelessness.
Each month, the Denver VOICE publishes a selection of writing from these workshops.
Virtual workshops: lighthousewriters.org/workshop/denver-public-library-hard-times
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FORGET NO ONE: U.S. CITIES
USE REAL-TIME DATA TO
END HOMELESSNESS
BY CAREY L. BIRON
As U.S. President Joe Biden vows to tackle the countryâ€™s housing
affordability crisis, one group is trying to convince cities they can end
homelessness outright armed with one thing: better data. The Built
for Zero anti-homelessness program says a pause on the annual
federal homeless count could help local officials tackle the problem.
FOR HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS across the United States,
this time of year means the â€œpoint-in-timeâ€ count, in which
volunteers spend a single night combing streets, parks, and
forests for people sleeping rough, or living in cars or tents.
The federally mandated count offers a key snapshot of the
unhoused population, but the data has long been criticized
by some homelessness advocates.
â€œItâ€™s crazy,â€ said Jake Maguire, co-director of the antihomelessness
program Built for Zero at the national nonprofit
Community Solutions. â€œWeâ€™re told itâ€™s scientific, but it
produces a very uncertain number.â€
Local officials send their findings to the federal government
and get back aggregated statistics 11 months later, he explained.
â€œItâ€™s data for someone else â€“ it doesnâ€™t give us any insight
to improve our system. We donâ€™t know who these people are
and what they need.â€
Now the pandemic has complicated the annual count,
and many local officials are calling it off for this year due to
public health concerns.
As of 21 January, nearly 60 percent of point-in-time
counts had requested exemptions or waivers, according to
figures from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD).
Instead, the agency is allowing communities more
flexibility in how they determine this estimate. And for
some, Built for Zero thinks it has an answer: using the
constantly updated homelessness data it has been helping
cities produce since 2015.
Unlike the once-a-year federal tally, Built for Zero
cities create a comprehensive list of people experiencing
homelessness, including information on their situation and
needs, that is updated at least monthly, Maguire and other
organizers said.
Local groups and agencies involved in homelessness
response not only have access to this â€œby-nameâ€ list but
regularly come together to address each individual case and
any obstacles standing in the way of getting them housed.
â€œWe cannot expect to drive meaningful reductions
in a ... dynamic problem like homelessness without
comprehensive, real-time, person-specific data,â€ said Built
for Zero co-director Beth Sandor.
She called HUDâ€™s decision on this yearâ€™s count a major
step and urged the department to make the change
permanent and provide funding â€œso every community can
collect real-time, quality data.â€
HUD did not respond to requests for broader comment.
â€˜ADDING A YEAR OF HOMELESSNESSâ€™
Built for Zeroâ€™s name comes from its aim to bring
homelessness down to what supporters call functional zero,
â€œwhere homelessness is rare overall, and brief when it occurs,â€
according to the project website.
Fourteen communities working with the program
have reached this point for either homeless veterans or
chronic homelessness â€“ when someone has been homeless
repeatedly or for at least a year â€“ and more than 80
jurisdictions are currently participating.
Maguire recalls a Los Angeles workshop early on in the
project, where the group brought together local officials
and others to map the process for a homeless person to
get housing.
The teams figured it took an average of 389 days and 44 steps
for one person to get through the process, Maguire noted.
â€œSo, youâ€™re adding a year of homelessness to someoneâ€™s
experience,â€ he said.
They realized that constantly updating the data and
looking at individual cases can help dramatically cut down
this wait, sometimes to 30 days or less.
That was a major help for Marvin Minor Jr. of Lynchburg,
Virginia, who was homeless from July 2019 to December last
year, eventually living in his car until a respiratory illness
forced him into the hospital for weeks.
He was referred to homeless outreach specialists and
placed into a process that had been created with Built for
Zero, which led to getting Minor, 41, quickly into housing.
Within a week, he had been placed in a motel, and shortly
thereafter he moved into his own apartment.
â€œBy having a (home) of my own, now Iâ€™m able to wash
and bathe, cook, have fresh food and clean clothing. I just
became a grandfather a few months ago, and now itâ€™s a place
where my granddaughter can come,â€ Minor said by phone.
INFLOW AND OUTFLOW
Last year, Lynchburg achieved â€œfunctional zeroâ€ for veteran
homelessness â€“ from about 20 homeless vets in 2019 â€“ and
the federal government has acknowledged Built for Zeroâ€™s
efforts nationally.
Randal Noller, spokesman for the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs, highlighted in an email the initiativeâ€™s
use of real-time data to analyze the â€œinflowâ€ of those
entering homelessness.
That issue has been key for Lynchburg, which is now
shifting its focus to ending chronic homelessness.
â€œThe change is that no one gets forgotten â€“ thereâ€™s an
accounting that has to happen for every single (person),â€
said Sarah Quarantotto, executive director of Miriamâ€™s
House, a non-profit that leads the Lynchburg effort.
Rosten Callarman, coalition coordinator for the West
Texas Homeless Network, has been working with Built for
Zero in Abilene, Texas, one of five communities that the
program considers to have ended chronic homelessness.
He said the project represents a shift in attitude for
homelessness service providers.
Usually, he explained, â€œthe talk is not about progress, but
about maintaining the system as it is. Itâ€™s very pessimistic, a
sense that homelessness is not something that can be fixed.â€
DYNAMIC PROBLEM
Some anti-homelessness advocates worry that Built for
Zeroâ€™s strategy potentially glosses over critical gaps in
efforts to eradicate the problem.
â€œThis idea of functional zero is not actually ending
homelessness,â€ said Megan Hustings, deputy director of the
Washington DC-based National Coalition for the Homeless.
Hustings acknowledged that the program has built a
system that can identify people who need housing and
quickly get them resources.
But, she worried that by saying they have ended
homelessness in an area, the community can assume the
issue has been addressed.
That does little to tackle the root causes of homelessness,
she said, primarily the major shortfall of affordable
housing nationwide.
For Katie Hong, director of special initiatives at
the
Raikes Foundation, where she has focused on youth
homelessness, understanding the inflow and outflow of
homelessness can help response as a whole.
The sector has long focused on crisis response, with no
incentive for other systems â€“ hospitals and prisons, for
example â€“ to take responsibility for those moving into
homelessness, she said.
With COVID and the eventual end of eviction moratoriums,
â€œeveryone is now bracing for the inflow,â€ Hong said by phone.
â€œI donâ€™t think weâ€™ve gotten smart enough as a
community to understand that this is a dynamic problem.
If we donâ€™t talk about that, it makes it seem like weâ€™re not
making progress.â€ â– 
A MEMBER OF THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY WALKS PAST A HYATT HOTEL THAT IS COMPLETELY CLOSED TO GUESTS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) OUTBREAK, IN
WASHINGTON, U.S. MAY 8, 2020. NEW UNEMPLOYMENT DATA SHOWS THE U.S. ECONOMY LOST A STAGGERING 20.5 MILLION JOBS IN APRIL. REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST
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WHEN: Mar 5, 12, 19, and 26, 10 a.m. â€“ 10:45 a.m.
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All artists have family and loved ones supporting them behind-the-scenes,
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virtual event and discover the women who played key roles in Clyfford Stillâ€™s
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WHEN: Mar 13, 10:30 a.m. â€“ 11:30 a.m.
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Join film critic Walter Chaw and the American actress Barbara Crampton
to take a closer look at this iconic film. What Ever Happened to Baby
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WHEN: Mar 20, 11:30 a.m. â€“ 12:30 p.m.
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24. â€œCheersâ€ regular
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57. Bibliographical abbr.
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SPONSORSHIP LEVELS
THE DENVER VOICEâ€™S ANNUAL SPONSORSHIP SUPPORT LEVELS PROVIDE BUSINESSES LIKE YOURS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
INVEST IN WORK EMPOWERMENT, HOMELESS PREVENTION, THE CHALLENGING OF COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS, AND TO
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GALLEY: $2,500
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â€¢ Sponsorship recognition at our annual Pints Fighting Poverty event (200 attendees)
â€¢ Business logo highlighted on website homepage, and in the Galley Sponsorship list
â€¢ Logo highlighted in our annual report, along with logo in quarterly support feature of the paper
HONOR BOX: $1,000
â€¢ Table of 10 and Sponsor recognition at annual Rise and Thrive Breakfast (200 attendees)
â€¢ Sponsorship recognition at our annual Pints Fighting Poverty event (200 attendees)
â€¢ Business logo highlighted on website homepage, and in the Honor Box Sponsorship list
â€¢ Logo highlighted in our annual report, along with logo in quarterly support feature of the paper
FLY SHEET: $500
â€¢ Two complimentary tickets to our annual Pints Fighting Poverty event ($50 value)
â€¢ Business logo highlighted on website homepage, and in the Fly Sheet Sponsorship list
â€¢ Logo highlighted in our annual report, along with logo in quarterly support feature of the paper
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FREE MEALS
AGAPE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 2501 California St., Sat., 11am
CAPITOL HEIGHTS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1100 Fillmore St., Sat. lunch at 11:30am capitolheightspresbyterian.org
CAPITOL HILL COMMUNITY SERVICES Go to mealsforpoor.org for meal locations
CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 1530 Logan St.; sandwiches & coffee Mon.-Fri. 8:30am
denvercathedral.org
CHRISTâ€™S BODY MINISTRIES 850 Lincoln; Mon. closed, Tues.-Thurs. 10am-3pm, Fri. 8am-11pm; groceries &
hot meal on Sat. at 2pm (at 16th & York); Sun. church service at 6pm, dinner at 7pm. christsbody.org
CHRIST IN THE CITY Home-cooked meal; Civic Center Park at Colfax & Lincoln at 1pm every Wed. & 2nd Sat.
christinthecity.org
CITYSQUARE DENVER 303-783-3777, 2575 S. Broadway; Food pantry Tues. 10am-6pm citysquare.org
CAPITOL HILL COMMUNITY SERVICES Hot meals served at 1820 Broadway (in front of Trinity United Methodist
Church), Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 11:45-12:15 mealsforpoor.org
DENVER INNER CITY PARISH 303-322-5733, 1212 Mariposa St., VOA Dining Center for Seniors, free 60 yrs and
older, Wed.-Sat. 9am-12pm. Food Bank, Wed.-Fri., tickets at 9am, food bank open 10am-12pm. dicp.org
DENVER RESCUE MISSION 1130 Park Avenue West, 3 meals 7 days/week: 5:30am, 12pm, 6pm 303-294-0157
denverrescuemission.org
FATHER WOODYâ€™S HAVEN OF HOPE 1101 W. 7th Ave. 303-607-0855. Mon.-Fri. 7am-1pm. Not open weekends.
Breakfast is at 8am, and lunch is served at 11am frwoodyshavenofhope.org
FEEDING DENVERâ€™S HUNGRY Food service on the second and fourth Thurs. of each month; locations found at
feedingdenvershungry.org/events.html
FOOD NOT BOMBS Wed. 4pm/Civic Center Park facebook.com/ThePeoplesPicnic
HARE KRISHNA TEMPLE 1400 Cherry St., free vegetarian feast on Sun., 6:45-7:30pm krishnadenver.com
HIS LOVE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 910 Kalamath, community dinner on Thurs., 6-6:45pm, menâ€™s breakfast 1st Sat.
of the Month, 8-10am, womenâ€™s breakfast 2nd Sat., 9-11am. hislovefellowship.org
HOLY GHOST CATHOLIC CHURCH 1900 California St., sandwiches, Mon.-Sat., 10-10:30am holyghostchurch.org
JORDAN AME CHURCH 29th and Milwaukee St., Tues. lunch 11:30am-1:00pm jordanamedenver.churchfoyer.com
OPEN DOOR MINISTRIES 1567 Marion St., Sat. morning breakfast: 8am, Sun. dinner (required church
attendance at 4:30pm) meal served at 6pm. 303-830-2201 odmdenver.org/home
ST. ELIZABETHâ€™S Speer Blvd. & Arapahoe St. on Auraria campus, 7 days/week, 11:00am; food, coffee.
stelizabethdenver.org
ST. FRANCIS CENTER 2323 Curtis St., Wed. & Fri. 3-4:30pm (except third Wed. of each month). sfcdenver.org
ST. PAULâ€™S LUTHERAN 1600 Grant St., Street Reach meal Mon. 1-4:30pm. Grocery room open at 11:30am every
Mon. saintpauldenver.com
ST. PETER AND ST. MARY 126 W. Second Ave., dinner at 6 on Tues. 303-722-8781 stpeterandmary.org
SAME CAFÃ‰ 2023 E. Colfax Ave. Restaurant serving mostly organic foodâ€”not free, but pay what you can or
work off your meal in the kitchen: Open Mon.-Sat., 11am to 2pm, Closed Sun. & holidays, 720-530-6853
soallmayeat.org
SENIOR SUPPORT SERVICES 846 E. 18th Ave. 3 meals, Mon.-Fri. 7am-7pm; Sun. 11am-4pm. 55+
seniorsupportservices.org/programs
URBAN OUTREACH DENVER 608 26th St., Thurs. dinners, 6pm-7pm lovedenver.org
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA 2877 Lawrence St., breakfast (8am), lunch (11:30am), dinner (5pm) Mon.-Thurs.,
12pm on Fri., 1pm on Sun. Food & clothing bank 9:30am-4pm Mon.-Thurs.
voacolorado.org/gethelp-denvermetro-foodnutrition-themission
CAREER SERVICES
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER Level 4, Denver Central Library, 14th Ave. & Broadway. 720-865-1706.
Hours: Mon. & Tues. 10am-8pm; Wed., Thurs., Fri. 10am-6pm; Sat. 9am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm; FREE services
include computer/internet use, wifi, computer classes, job search/resume classes and one-on-one tech help
appointments. denverlibrary.org/ctc
THE WESTSIDE ONE-STOP CAREER CENTER Denver Department of Human Services, 1200 Federal Blvd., Mon.Fri.,
7:30am-4:30pm; Services include: employment counseling, assisted job search, rÃ©sumÃ© preparation,
job/applicant matching, phone bank for calling employers, access to computers, copiers, fax, etc.
careercenteroffices.com/center/231/denver-westside-workforce-center
MEDICAL & DENTAL SERVICES
ACS COMMUNITY L.I.F.T. CareVan at Open Door Ministries, 1567 Marion St., Tues. 9am-12:30pm
DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER 303-436-6000, 777 Bannock St. denverhealth.org
HARM REDUCTION ACTION CENTER 303-572-7800; 112 E. 8th Ave.; Mon.-Fri., 9am-12pm. HIV/Hep C/
Gonorrhea/ Chlamydia testing available. Our services are restricted to active IV Drug Users. Offers clean
syringes to active users, as well as safety training on how to properly dispose of dirty syringes.
harmreductionactioncenter.org
LIVER HEALTH CONNECTION 1325 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite B302. Resources and support for those affected by
Hep C. Free Hep C testing offered. 800-522-4372, info@hepc-connection.org, liverhealthconnection.org
INNER CITY HEALTH CENTER 303-296-1767, 3800 York St. Mon., Wed.-Fri. 8am-5pm; Tues. 9am-5pm;
Sat. 8am-2pm. Emergency walk-ins.
SALUD CLINIC 6075 Parkway Drive, Ste. 160, Commerce City; Dental 303-286-6755. Medical 303-286-8900.
Medical Hours: Mon.-Wed. 8am-9pm, Thurs.-Fri. 8am-5pm; Sat. (Urgent Care only) 8am-5pm;
Dental Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm; Pharmacy Hours: Mon.-Fri. 1-5pm; After Office Hours: 1-800-283-3221
saludclinic.org/commerce-city
STOUT STREET CLINIC 303-293-2220, 2130 Stout St. Clinic hours for new and established patients: 7am-4pm
Mon., Tues., Thurs., & Fri. The clinic is open Wed. 11am-7pm. coloradocoalition.org/healthcare
VA MEDICAL CENTER 303-399-8020, 1055 Clermont St. va.gov/find-locations/facility/vha_554A5
WORKNOW 720-389-0999; job recruitment, skills training, and job placement work-now.org
DROP-IN & DAYTIME CENTERS
ATTENTION HOMES 303-447-1207; 3080 Broadway, Boulder; contactah@attentionhomes.org. Offers safe shelter,
supportive programming, and other services to youth up to age 24 attentionhomes.org
CITYSQUARE DENVER 303-783-3777; 2575 S. Broadway; Mon.-Thurs. 10am-2pm, Denver Works helps with
employment, IDs, birth certs; mail services and lockers citysquare.org
FATHER WOODYâ€™S HAVEN OF HOPE 303-607-0855; 1101 W. 7th Ave.; Mon.-Fri. 7am-1pm. Six private showers &
bathrooms, laundry, lunch & more thoh.org
THE GATHERING PLACE 303-321-4198; 1535 High St.; Mon., Wed.-Fri. 8:30am-5pm, Tues. 8:30am-1:30pm.
Daytime drop-in center for women, their children, and transgender individuals. Meals, computer lab, phones,
food bank, clothing, art programs, GED tutoring, referrals to other services, and more. tgpdenver.org
HARM REDUCTION ACTION CENTER 303-572-7800, 231 East Colfax; Mon.-Fri. 9am-12pm. Provides clean
syringes, syringe disposal, harm-reduction counseling, safe materials, Hep C/HIV education, and health
education classes. harmreductionactioncenter.org
HOLY GHOST CATHOLIC CHURCH 1900 California St., help with lost IDs and birth certificates holyghostchurch.org
HOPE PROGRAM 303-832-3354, 1555 Race St.; Mon.-Fri. 8am-4pm. For men and women with HIV.
LAWRENCE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER 2222 Lawrence St.; 303-294-0157; day facility, laundry, showers,
restrooms, access to services homelessassistance.us/li/lawrence-street-community-center
OPEN DOOR MINISTRIES 1567 Marion St.; Mon.-Fri. 7am-5:30pm. Drop-in center: bathrooms, coffee/tea,
snacks, resources, WIFI odmdenver.org
ST. FRANCIS CENTER 303-297-1576; 2323 Curtis St. 6am-6pm daily. Storage for one bag (when space is
available). Satellite Clinic hours- Mon., Tues., Thurs, Fri. 7:30am-3:30pm; Wed. 12:30-4:30pm sfcdenver.org
SENIOR SUPPORT SERVICES 846 E. 18th Ave. For those 55 and older. TV room, bus tokens, mental/physical
health outreach, and more. seniorsupportservices.org
SOX PLACE (YOUTH SERVICES) 2017 Larimer St. Daytime drop-in shelter for youth 12-30 years old. Meals, socks,
clothing bank, personal hygiene supplies, internet access, intentional mentoring and guidance, crisis
intervention, referrals to other services. Tues.-Fri. 12-4pm & Sat. 11-2pm. soxplace.com
THE SPOT AT URBAN PEAK (YOUTH SERVICES) 2100 Stout St. 303-291-0442. Drop-in hours Mon.-Fri. 8-11am. If
you are a youth aged 15-20 in need of immediate overnight shelter services, please contact 303-974-2928
urbanpeak.org/denver/programs-and-services/drop-in-center
URBAN PEAK (YOUTH SERVICES) Youth 14-24 in Denver and Colorado Springs. Overnight shelter, food, clothing,
showers, case workers, job skills and training, ID and birth certificate assistance, GED assistance, counseling
and housing. 730 21st St. 303-974-2900 urbanpeak.org
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