Tag: community health partnership
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Yearly Point in Time homeless census begins Monday in Colorado Springs
“Where did you sleep last night?” An uninhabitable place like a tent, the underside of a bridge or in a vehicle? A homeless shelter or a warming shelter? On a friend’s couch or in a transitional situation? About 100 volunteers, many of whom work at agencies that provide services to homeless people, will be on…
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Homelessness decreases in El Paso County this year, new data shows
After being delayed by months, data collected for a single night in January and released Wednesday shows that the homeless population in the Colorado Springs area appears to be on a downward trajectory in several key categories. Most notably, the number of “unsheltered” people who live on the streets and sleep in vehicles, under bridges,…
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Results of homeless headcount in El Paso County delayed; other data shows homeless vets, youth numbers down
Results of the annual Point in Time headcount that was taken Jan. 22 of people who are homeless in El Paso County are being delayed, organizers said Friday. This year’s census won’t be released for another 30 to 60 days, Kristy Milligan, chairperson of the board of the Pikes Peak Continuum of Care, said following…
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Annual count of Colorado Springs-area homeless population expands hiring street people to assist
For the second time, a yearly census to determine how many homeless people are living in El Paso County on a given night will hire helpers who are familiar with life on the streets to do the counting. Debra Stilen will be among those conducting the Point in Time survey that begins on Monday, a…
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Colorado Springs more effective than Denver in handling homelessness crisis
As the homelessness crisis dominates the debate among mayoral candidates in Denver, one study points to contrasting results between Colorado’s two largest cities, showing some modicum of success on one hand and exacerbation on the other. The study’s gist contends that Colorado Springs has been more effective than metro Denver in reducing the number of…
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Colorado Springs’ annual January count of unsheltered homeless is off this year
Agencies that assist the homeless in Colorado Springs will not be conducting the annual head count this month of people living outside in tents and camps, under bridges, in vehicles and in abandoned buildings, officials said Wednesday. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has led the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide exceptions to…