Tag: homelessness
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Colorado Springs makes progress on homelessness, adds new coordination program
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 been completed, he announced Wednesday at a news briefing. Another 25% of the objectives are underway. While the city does not provide direct services, staff are involved with enforcement, camp…
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City Council approves more security for South Nevada Avenue shopping district
A Mexican restaurant in a strip mall on South Nevada Avenue has had the contents of its grease dumpster thrown at the rear of its building. Vagrants also regularly urinate and defecate near the establishment, according to the manager, who declined to give his name citing privacy. A dozen people broke into a shuttered motel…
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Clean and Safe program made nearly 3,000 contacts in first year of downtown Colorado Springs outreach
The pilot version of the Clean and Safe program in downtown Colorado Springs has hit the one-year mark, marking thousands of contacts with visitors and some intransigent homeless residents. Leaders from the Downtown Partnership presented a progress report to Colorado Springs City Council on Monday morning, highlighting the benefits and limitations of the program over…
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New shade arrives at opportune time for homeless people living at Springs Rescue Mission
Without the new courtyard gazebo at Springs Rescue Mission, some people who attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday for the structure’s debut noticed they would have been baking in the sun. Clients of Colorado Springs’ largest homeless shelter, who found relief from this summer’s intense heat wave in the shadow of nearby buildings during the event,…
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Colorado kids’ health, education challenges persist, report shows
Despite having one of the country’s highest median incomes, Colorado families are struggling to afford essentials like food, housing, health care and child care. That’s according to the Colorado Children’s Campaign, which released its annual Kids Count report recently. It provides an overview of how the state’s infants, children and teens are faring compared to…
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City asked to provide $450K to add security guards along South Nevada corridor
The Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority is asking the city to help them bring private security onto South Nevada Avenue to help businesses feel more secure. URA Executive Director Jariah Walker presented to the Colorado Springs City Council during the work session Monday morning. Walker asked the council to provide $458,000 from the city’s retail…
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‘Yes, we are working on homelessness,’ say new heads of Pikes Peak Continuum of Care
A team effort to end homelessness in El Paso County got new head coaches as the calendar flipped to July 1, with leaders presenting a joint effort in itself to solve what’s evolved into one of the most pressing issues in the community. Pikes Peak United Way and the city of Colorado Springs on Wednesday…
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Old ComCor becomes new sober-living complex for men, women leaving homelessness
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 sober-living program to help homeless men and women recover from addiction to substances and move on with their lives. “We’re working hard to eliminate barriers to recovery and housing options,”…
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‘The program’: Using the homeless to reap Medicaid millions is not new
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Colorado Watch series that looked into how homeless people were offered housing and “donations” from a church in return for becoming clients of a home health care agency that billed Medicaid millions. Read the other stories here. Federal rules prohibit anyone from giving any Medicare or Medicaid beneficiary any remuneration —…
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Free housing, cash and a catch: Investigation finds Colorado program targeting homeless clients, billing millions to Medicaid
Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series. Read about how home health in Colorado is a complex setup and about the group On Going HHC. They call it “the program.” For the past four years, dozens of homeless people in the Denver metro area have been recruited to live rent-free in suburban houses…