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July 7, 2010
Colorado Groups Get $1 Million To Help Homeless
KMGH-TV - Deb Stanley
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July 5, 2010
Funding available for those hurt by economy
The Daily Record - Charlotte Burrous
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July 1, 2010
Charities see increased need, fewer donations
CoBizMag.com - Allie Winter
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June 2010
Similar Challenges Our Countries Share
By BJ Iacino, Letter from Colorado, Homelessness Australia Newsletter
Newsletter
Feb. 24, 2010
Mobile Unit's Closure Leaves Many Without Care
Interview with Ryan Warner, Colorado Matters, KCFR-FM
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Jan. 15, 2010
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless's mobile medical clinic about to run out of gas
By Michael Roberts, Westword
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Jan. 7, 2010
Colorado homeless coalition announces painful cuts
By Tom McGhee, The Denver Post
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Jan. 5, 2010
Bad Economy Means More Homelessness in Denver
Interview with Ryan Warner, Colorado Matters, KCFR-FM
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Dec.30
The Denver Post
Homeless coalition considering cuts in health care
By Tom McGhee, The Denver Post
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Dec. 16, 2009
Candlelight ceremony honors Denver's homeless dead
By Joey Bunch, the Denver Post
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Dec. 15, 2009
Colorado homeless coalition to break ground on Renaissance lofts
By Paula Moore, Denver Business Journal
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Nov. 25, 2009
Pre-schoolers share tasty lesson of Stone Soup
By Nelson Garcia, KUSA-TV
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Nov. 18, 2009
Kindness, blankets warm hearts of homeless
By Victoria Barbatelli , The Denver Post
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Nov. 12, 2009
Colo. Coalition launches fund for homeless vets
By Mike McPhee, The Denver Post
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Nov. 11, 2009
New fund designed to get homeless veterans into housing quickly
By Mike McPhee, The Denver Post
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Oct. 17, 2009
After protests, Ritter restores aid to needy, disabled
By Tim Hoover, The Denver Post
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Sept. 17, 2009
The numbers Denver doesn't want to grow
By Dave Delozier and Jeffrey Wolf, 9News.com
They are two sets of numbers going in opposite directions that add up to problems for thousands of Coloradans.
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Advocates: Slow Economy Fueling Colo. Homelessness
By Catherine Tsai, The Associated Press, posted on CBS4Denver.com
The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless says the number of homeless Coloradans is rising, just as services for them are being axed because of state budget shortfalls.
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Homeless in Colorado metro area up to 11,061
By Mike McPhee, The Denver Post
There are 11,061 homeless people in the seven-county metro region, and about half of them say they are homeless for the first time, according to the results of a 24-hour survey conducted Jan. 27 by the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative.
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Sept. 15, 2009
Homeless ousted along South Platte River, Shelters at capacity
By Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post
Police rousted a half-dozen people camping Monday morning along the South Platte River near Denver's Cuernavaca Park.
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Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter defends cuts to disabled, mental health
By Colleen Slevin, The Assoicated Press
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter decided to cut services for the mentally ill, the disabled and people without health insurance to help balance the state budget, saying he didn't have the luxury of sparing the safety net.
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Sept. 9, 2009
How will state budget reductions hit programs for the homeless, the poor and the mentally ill?
Dan Meyers, host of Colorado Public Radio's "Colorado Matters," talks with John Parvensky, president and CEO of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, and Polly Anderson, policy director of the Colorado Community Health Network.
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Colorado state doors barred as furloughs begin - some of those idled for the day rally at Capitol, urge special session
By Tim Hoover, The Denver Post
The furloughs came as hundreds of state workers gathered Tuesday in front of the Capitol to protest cuts to services and to call for a special session of the legislature to eliminate various corporate tax breaks.
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Cut tax breaks, not services, say Colo. advocates
By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press Writer, printed in The Durango Herald
Furloughed state workers, and advocates for the homeless and the disabled, are urging lawmakers to rethink the latest round of budget cuts, with some proposing that millions of dollars in tax credits and exemptions be ended instead.
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August 20, 2009
Colorado budget cuts will hurt indigent most, some say
By Jessica Fender, The Denver Post
Advocates for the homeless, indigent and uninsured say that while deep budget cuts will affect all Coloradans, the poorest will feel the sharpest pain.
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August 20, 2009
Minus Medicaid, homeless youths hurting
By Jennifer Brown, The Denver Post
LeeLee Hanley, 19, plunks down in a chair in the makeshift health clinic and asks for a pregnancy test.
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August 11, 2009
'Sanctuary' for homeless no longer allowing overnight stays
by TaRhonda Thomas, 9News
Early Monday morning, 34-year-old Doug walked out of the Crossroads Center in Downtown Denver with even more weighing on his mind than usual.
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Aug 7, 2009
Pelosi's visit to Denver a lightning rod
By John Ingold, The Denver Post
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August 6, 2009
Pelosi: Protests won't derail health care overhaul
Kristen Wyatt, The Associated Press
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says boisterous protests at health care promotions sponsored by Democrats this summer won't derail a massive health overhaul looming when Congress returns to work next month.
Pelosi visits Denver clinic, says Dems united on health reform
By John Ingold, The Denver Post
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, visiting a Denver clinic for the homeless today, insisted that Democrats are united in backing health care reform and brushed off the possibility that raucous, conservative-led protests against reform have hurt the effort.
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July/August 2009
Green Finalists - AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE
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March 10, 2009
Colorado faulted on aid for homeless children
Mike McPhee, The Denver Post
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The recession is pushing families off the bottom rung of the economic ladder, and Colorado agencies are having a tough time taking care of the kids, according to a report to be released today by the National Center on Family Homelessness.
March 5, 2009
Increasing number of families seeking homeless aid
9NEWS
In another telling sign of the economy, the number of families asking for help to keep their homes is growing.
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February 20, 2009
Colo. homelessness fight gets HUD shot in arm: $19.4 million
Mike McPhee, The Denver Post
Colorado received a 17 percent increase in funds for the homeless from the federal government this year, including a $1.5 million experimental fund to help families who fall into homelessness temporarily because of the slow economy. The money, to be administered by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, will be spent on families who have been managing to get by but are only a paycheck or two away from losing their homes
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January 13, 2009
Report says homeless numbers down; shelters beg to differ
Mike McPhee, The Denver Post
A national organization behind the push to end homelessness within 10 years released a report today stating the number of homeless people nationally has dropped 10 percent.
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January 5, 2009
Hard times for homeless - Recession taking heavy toll on most vulnerable
Peter Marcus, Denver Daily News
As the sun sets over buildings along Lawrence Street and Park Avenue West, the Denver Rescue Mission’s “Jesus Saves” sign burns a contrasting red to the subtle pink sky.
On this crisp December night — a night following 50 mph winds the evening before — much of the homeless population wanders around Eddie Maestas Park wondering if they’ll find shelter. There is only a limited number of beds at the surrounding shelters — each night is a gamble.
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December 17, 2008 p.m.
Advocates: Cuts will cost lives of homeless
David Montero, Rocky Mountain News
Robb King coordinates moving homeless men from the Denver Rescue Mission to an emergency shelter Wednesday.
Rising unemployment and home foreclosures are putting a strain on homeless services, and advocates fear cuts at the state and local levels will put people at "great risk of significant deaths on the streets," officials said Wednesday.
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December 17, 2008
Alarm sounded for homeless - Coalition declaring state of emergency as numbers swell
David Montero, Rocky Mountain News
Homeless men huddle inside a bus outside the Denver Rescue Mission before being taken to an emergency shelter Tuesday. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless will cite the floundering economy today in declaring a state of emergency for the homeless.
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December 17, 2008
Advocates say homelessness in a 'state of emergency'
TaRhonda Thomas, KUSA-TV
There was no end in sight to the mid-morning line that formed outside the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Stout Street Medical Clinic on Wednesday.
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December 17, 2008
Homeless situation stirs emergency call
Mike McPhee, The Denver Post
The economic downturn affects people in various ways. But for the homeless, the effects can be as serious as a heart attack.
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December 16, 2008
Layoffs hit staff at homeless coalition
John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain News
For the first time in 20 years, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is laying off employees.
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December 4, 2008
Affordable housing opens in suburban community
Heidi McGuire, KUSA-TV
The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless celebrated the opening of its newest affordable housing facility in Thornton on Thursday.
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