Tag: kristy milligan
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Colorado Springs Homeless Union undergoes some ‘soul searching’ while regrouping
Formed two years ago to elevate the voices of people who are living on the streets, the Colorado Homeless Union has ceased weekly meetings, rebooted a monthly newsletter and is in the process of “regrouping.” While the informal, grassroots group is not disbanding, leaders are trying to figure out where to go from here. Because…
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Colorado Springs pantries feeling the crunch even before food stamps go dark
Some people wanted to talk turkey in the days leading up to the nation’s food stamp program going dark on Nov. 1 because of the ongoing federal government shutdown. Pastor Jayme Pezoldt-Justice, who leads Pikes Peak Biker’s Church in Colorado Springs, said she’s already getting calls. Will there be turkeys for Thanksgiving at her church’s…
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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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Westside Cares marks 40 years of helping low-income, homeless residents in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save What began in 1984 as a small collective of churches that came together to help people displaced from the shuttering County Poor Farm has become a lifeline for low-income and homeless residents on the westside of Colorado Springs, where million-dollar homes occupy the same block…
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Westside Cares marks 40 years of helping low-income, homeless residents in Colorado Springs
What began in 1984 as a small collective of churches that came together to help people displaced from the shuttering County Poor Farm has become a lifeline for low-income and homeless residents on the westside of Colorado Springs, where million-dollar homes occupy the same block as affordable housing. Forty years later and now assisting 10,000…
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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…