homelessness
Coroner’s report: Overdose deaths rise in El Paso County, buck national trend
Updated 2 months ago
Last year, El Paso County saw 178 accidental overdose deaths, a 16% increase over 2024. The numbers, recently released in the El Paso County Coroner’s...
2 apartment management firms settle with Colorado AG over illegal tenant screening
Updated 2 months ago
Two large property management firms that handle affordable apartments have settled a case alleging they illegally denied units to tenant prospects based on dated information...
A second permanent year-round emergency shelter planned for Colorado Springs
Updated 2 months ago
Hope COS, a nonprofit that is approaching its fourth winter of providing temporary emergency shelters and transportation to the indoor sites when temperatures fall to 19...
Colorado Springs makes progress on homelessness, adds new coordination program
Updated 3 months ago
More than half the 61 goals listed in a five-year Homelessness Response Action Plan that Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade launched in November 2024 have...
City Council approves more security for South Nevada Avenue shopping district
Updated 3 months ago
Aurora church tied to group that exploited homeless people is under scrutiny
Updated 3 months ago
Colorado kids’ health, education challenges persist, report shows
Updated 4 months ago
‘Yes, we are working on homelessness,’ say new heads of Pikes Peak Continuum of Care
Updated 4 months ago
Medicaid suspends agency behind ‘The Program,’ citing ‘credible’ fraud allegations
Updated 4 months ago
The Launchpad for homeless young adults provides path to independence
Updated 4 months ago
Longtime campus in Colorado Springs expanding with new apartments to help single moms
Updated 5 months ago
A nonprofit that’s been operating for 84 years on the same corner of Cheyenne Road and South Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs is embarking on...
Old ComCor becomes new sober-living complex for men, women leaving homelessness
Updated 5 months ago
Renovation of an old community corrections facility on North Nevada Avenue that had been empty for years has enabled SuPEERior Connections to expand its transitional...
Ban on car, truck camping leads to new ‘safe parking’ initiative for homeless families in Colorado Springs
Updated 5 months ago
A program that was born out of a March 10 decision by Colorado Springs City Council to ban car camping on public streets within city...
Colorado Springs programs respond to changing attitudes about addiction, though stigma remains high
Updated 5 months ago
While attitudes about addiction to drugs and alcohol are changing to reflect more acceptance and understanding, the industry is not keeping pace with the cultural shift, a...
‘The program’: Caretakers got millions, some homeless were evicted
Updated 5 months ago
‘The program’: Using the homeless to reap Medicaid millions is not new
Updated 5 months ago
‘The program’: On Going HHC roots deeply intertwined with others
Updated 5 months ago
‘The program’: Medicaid for home health in Colorado is complex setup
Updated 5 months ago
Homeless population decreased in Colorado Springs in January count
Updated 5 months ago
New report: Homelessness growing in El Paso County, No. 1 rate in Colorado
Updated 6 months ago
Homelessness in El Paso County grew between 2024 and 2025 at a rate faster than any other part of Colorado, according to a new statewide...
Federally funded homelessness agency changes hands, to be led by Colorado Springs and United Way
Updated 6 months ago
Two well-known entities will assume oversight and administration of a regional homelessness agency as of July 1, the board of the Pikes Peak Continuum of...
El Paso County Poor Farm, one of the last in the country, cared for the needy, old or ill
Updated 7 months ago
Since 2017 the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum has told the area’s history with an interactive alphabetical “Story of Us.” “P” stood for the Poor Farm...
Two specialized Colorado Springs police teams unite to address homelessness
Updated 7 months ago
Two specialized units within the Colorado Springs Police Department, which for years have been patrolling concentrated areas of the city for issues pertaining to homelessness, have merged and been re-tasked, according...
Final vote confirms car camping ban in Colorado Springs
Updated 8 months ago
Greeley’s StarRise Apartments offers permanent residency to the homeless
Updated 9 months ago
The Salvation Army to reopen more family beds at its emergency shelter
Updated 9 months ago
Emergency shelters ready amid frigid temps around Colorado Springs
Updated 9 months ago