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Media and Reports

Click below to learn more about CCH, our work in community, the demographics of those we serve in Colorado, and more

Media and Press Releases

Our press releases are available to view here.

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless has staff available to handle media inquiries including but not limited to housing, homelessness, poverty, Colorado legislation, healthcare for people experiencing homelessness, and more.

To schedule an interview with Cathy Alderman, Chief Communications and Public Policy Officer, email calderman@coloradocoalition.org or call (303) 312-9638.

Annual Reports

2023 CCH Annual Report

Annual Report Archives

CCH Research and Reports

Transportation Issues & Homelessness Issue Brief This issue brief discusses several issues that highlight the intersection of housing stability and transportation policies including transportation costs and access, transit-oriented development, and transit safety.

Legislative Report 2024 This annual report covers the work of the CCH Advocacy team in the 2024 session, as well as next steps and actions for the coming year under the Gold Dome.

Renters' Protections Brief 2024 This report covers measures enacted since 2017 related to tenant rights issues, many of which the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless was a leader on, and others that we were actively involved in advocating for.

State of Homelessness 2023 (Published 2024) This report documents the state of Homelessness in Colorado in 2023. An exact count is difficult to determine, but by assessing the tools at hand and viewing comparisons across years, we are able to see a snapshot of current levels of homelessness.

Fort Lyon 10-Year Report - 2013 - 2023
Since 2013, the Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community has provided recovery-oriented transitional housing on an expansive campus in Bent County, Colorado. Learn more.

Issue Brief 2023 - Health and Homelessness
Poor health and homelessness are more often than not, shared experiences. Learn about the challenges, and solutions that work.

Colorado's Affordable Housing Crisis: It's Time for Strategic Investments This report investigates decades of state and federal policies on affordable housing, digs into the special populations most impacted by historic disinvestment, and, in its final pages, offers up clear, specific policy solutions for elected officials who want to implement policies to meaningfully address the housing crisis in Colorado. A three page summary version of the report is located here.

Criminalization and Homelessness Fact Sheet (2023) Debates among Denver's prospective leaders have offered possible solutions to homelessness, and criminalization and enforcement plans continue to come up. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, with nearly 40 years of experience in the sector, can provide the necessary context to counter false narratives that criminalization and camping ban enforcement are constructive responses to homelessness.

Changes to Public Health Benefits (2023) As the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency draws to a close, the end of critical benefits will cause a precarious environment for people with low incomes and place the most vulnerable groups at greater risk of health issues, food insecurity, and homelessness. Learn more.

State of Homelessness 2022 (Published 2023) This report documents the state of Homelessness in Colorado in 2022

Issue Brief 2022 - Disability and Homelessness. To prevent and end homelessness among people with disabilities, we must recognize the unique challenges this community faces, and actively work to expand access to affordable, adequate housing.

Issue Brief 2022 - Women and Homelessness
For the 3,069 known women currently experiencing homelessness in Colorado, housing is just the beginning of a long list of unmet needs.

Issue Brief 2022 - Climate Change and Homelessness
People experiencing homelessness and those who are unstably housed are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change

2021 Fort Lyon Annual Report
Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community (FLSRC) in Las Animas provides transitional housing and recovery support services for people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness from across Colorado with a priority of serving veterans.

Facing Eviction Alone
This study reviewed Denver County eviction cases from 2014 to 2016 and examined cases initiated by Denver Housing Authority, as well as several major private housing property managers in the region.

Housing First Works
Housing First is a programmatic approach
designed to help chronically homeless families and individuals move more quickly off the streets out of out of the shelter system.

Issue Brief 2021 - LGBTQ+ and Homelessness
The last two years resulted in a nationwide deterioration of LGBTQ+ protections, increasing legalized discrimination in employment, housing, shelter, policing, healthcare access, and beyond.

Issue Brief 2020 - Race and Homelessness
The disproportionate numbers of BIPOC experiencing homelessness can be directly tied to a history of racially motivated housing and other policies that continue to this day.

We Will Remember:
Homeless Death Review 2023, 2022,
2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

Colorado Homeless DEMOGRAPHICS

State of Colorado Reports and Resources:
Colorado State Homelessness Playbook 2020
Department of Education Homeless Data including Student Count, Interactive Data Map, etc

Balance of State Point-In-Time Report
2022 Point-In-Time
2021 Point-In-Time
2020 Point-In-Time (Sheltered count only)
2019 Point-In-Time
2018 Point-In-Time (Sheltered count only)
2017 Point-In-Time
2016 Point-In-Time (Sheltered count only)
Point-in-Time Counts, 2005 - 2015

Seven County Metro Denver Point-In-Time Report
2023 Point-In-Time
2022 Point-In-Time
2020 Point-In-Time
2019 Point-In-Time
2018 Point-In-Time
2017 Point-In-Time
2016 Point-In-Time

El Paso County Point-In-Time Report
2021 Point-In-Time
2020 Point-In-Time
2019 Point-In-Time
2018 Point-In-Time
2017 Point-In-Time

Northern Colorado Point-In-Time Report
2022 Point-In-Time
2020 Point-In-Time

STATEWIDE: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Colorado Continuum of Care Report
2019 HUD Continuum of Care
2018 HUD Continuum of Care
2017 HUD Continuum of Care
2016 HUD Continuum of Care

Community Research and Reports

Permanent Supportive Housing & Young Adults
Policy Briefs with key findings from over three years of research on young adult permanent supportive housing in Grand Junction, Colorado.

The Gap 2023: A Shortage of Affordable Homes
The Gap presents data on the affordable housing supply, housing cost burdens, and the demographics of severely impacted renters in Colorado.

Colorado Out of Reach Report 2023
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing in Colorado.

2021 Value and Impact of Health Centers
Capital Link studied the economic value and community impact of the Stout Street Health Center.

Breaking the Homelessness-Jail Cycle with Housing First
A 2021 report from the Urban Institute detailing the results from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative.

How peer support specialists uniquely initiate and build connection with young people experiencing homelessness
A study to understand how peers uniquely initiate and build connection with young people experiencing homelessness.

NHCHC: Housing is Healthcare – Denver Model (Aug 2018)
A Case Study of Housing Development at an HCH Program.

Health Watch: Violent Death Among People Experiencing Homelessness in Colorado
A summary from the Colorado Violent Death Reporting System from 2004-2015.

2020 Value and Impact of Health Centers
Capital Link studied the economic value and community impact of the Stout Street Health Center.

2018 Value and Impact of Health Centers
Capital Link studied the economic value and community impact of the Stout Street Health Center.

Myths vs. Facts

As homelessness becomes more prevalent and more visible, stances can become more contentious, and myths take over. The Coalition's decades of research and work with people with lived experience have time and again disproved a number of myths commonly heard. Read our Myth / Fact sheet to learn how to combat false narratives. More sheets will be released in the future. What is a myth you think needs to be combatted? Email us at update@coloradocoalition.org with suggestions.

Myth vs Fact Sheet - March 2023

Myth vs Fact: Healthcare & Housing - May 2023