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Three sets of students feet walking to class in a hallway.

Annual Colorado youth report shows improvements in mental health, early childhood education but more kids experiencing homelessness

An apartment building is shown with one side colorfully painted in yellow and orange.

A new apartment complex for unhoused youth is opening in Colorado Springs

homeless encampment with tents

New report claims to have a more comprehensive look at scale of homelessness in Colorado

Rev. Kevin Young, wearing a checkered dress shirt and a blue vest, stands in front of the United Methodist Church in Montrose.

District Court passes on legal spat over unhoused camp at church, citing Montrose municipal court jurisdiction

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New fundraising campaign ‘Pueblo 1000’ aims to support homeless shelter in Pueblo

A dark room with two people sitting near a window that reads, "Homeless lives matter" in all caps.

Listen: Homeless families living in cars ask Denver for shelter. Then they wait

Reverend Kevin Young walks down a set of stairs that lead to the Elks Civic Building in Montrose. Young is wearing a blue, plaid sport coat over a black shirt with a clergy collar.

Government and Politics

Montrose judge denies city emergency request to potentially clear church camp for unhoused

Kevin Young, wearing a charcoal jacket and a clerical collar, speaks with supporters outside of a two-story historic brick building where Montrose Municipal Court hearings take place.

Montrose pastor who allowed unhoused residents to camp on church grounds appears in court

Rev. Kevin Young, wearing a checkered dress shirt and a blue vest, stands in front of the United Methodist Church in Montrose.

Neighborly or nuisance? Western Colorado church’s unhoused solution lands them a court date

Colorado Springs is further limiting where people can sit or lie down

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Colorado Springs seeks public input on federal housing grants

A man named Oliver, who said he slept outside last night, shakes hands with Chris Richardson, the Denver Police Department’s lead social worker, as Richardson picks him up to bring him to a local resource center. Dec. 10, 2024.

Listen: Denver moved 2,000 people off the streets. What about everyone else?

By Kevin J. Beaty

slender young-to-middle aged man standing behind counter in coffee shop

Non-profit organization opens coffee shop in Aurora that trains people who’ve experienced homelessness

By Elaine Tassy

A Grand Junction Police Department car is parked in the street in front of a sidewalk that is crowded with people and their things. Grand Junction police officers speak with some residents on a closed sidewalk.

Grand Junction resists calls to close unhoused resource center, facility policies to change

A man in a dark suit stands at a podium in front of a small group.

New plan to address homelessness in Colorado Springs calls for more aggressive camp cleanups, more affordable housing

A main street with cars driving on it and a red stoplight.

Alamosa City Council votes to cancel plans for new homeless shelter after public feedback

Hunter Ambrose and her kids, Samara, Sy'eer and Layana.

These Coloradans experiencing homelessness were given different sums of money – no strings attached. Here’s what happened

By Elaine Tassy

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How some Colorado cities are responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s homelessness ruling

By Molly Cruse and Stina Sieg

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