Denver Homelessness

READ: DPD Training Manual On Camping Ban Enforcement

Posted 05.24.2012

After Denver city councilors passed a controversial ban on "unauthorized" camping in mid-May, critics argued the city had effectively criminalized hom...

Would Denver Police Enforce An Urban Camping Ban?

Posted 04.18.2012

A controversial proposal to "ban unauthorized camping" in the city of Denver that has drawn criticism from the ACLU of Colorado and homeless-rights ad...

WATCH: Restaurant Sparks Controversy By Employing The Homeless To Serve Alcohol

Posted 07.15.2011

The owner describes it as a family-friendly place, but others are worried about a new restaurant that employs formerly homeless people to serve alcoho...

Boulder Carriage House Day Shelter Needs New Digs

Boulder Daily Camera | Posted 06.19.2011

Monday morning at the Boulder Carriage House Community Table usually means an especially large demand for hot coffee and breakfast, since most of the ...

Chris Conner: Serving Homeless Youth At Denver's Urban Peak

Posted 05.25.2011

As the recent high-profile case of a former Miss Colorado USA indicates, the problem of homelessness in Denver afflicts all age groups. As the recess...

Denver's Family And Senior Homeless Initiative: Tackling Homelessness Through Mentoring

Posted 05.25.2011

Today, as HuffPost and AOL unite to launch the Huffington Post Media Group, we're celebrating by making a statement about the importance of giving bac...

Fighting Homelessness At The Denver Police Department

Posted 05.25.2011

When most people think of the Denver Police Department, the first thought that comes to mind is unlikely to be homeless outreach. But that's exactly ...

Art Students Ask The Tough Questions In 'Homeless' Documentary

Posted 05.25.2011

For months, two film students from the Art Institute of Colorado have been grappling with one of Denver's biggest problems: homelessness. What started...

The Awakening: Life At The Gathering Place

Posted 05.25.2011

In 2010 Denver's only daytime homeless shelter for women and children, The Gathering Place, totaled nearly 90,000 visits. The shelter in City Park Wes...

For Denver's Road Home Director, Fighting Homelessness Is A Labor Of Love

Posted 05.25.2011

In 2003, when then-Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper announced the creation of a planning committee to chart a course aimed at ending homeless in the cit...