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Denver approves $8M contract with The Salvation Army for homeless hotel
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council on Monday approved a contract with The Salvation Army that had been delayed during last week’s meeting. Two council members, Flor Alvidrez and Shontel Lewis, voted against the measure with Lewis citing her desire for data driven contracts. The council also…
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Denver police deploy ‘covert assets’ at hotel-turned-homeless shelter after recent deaths
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Struggling to secure a hotel-turned-homeless shelter, the Denver police have decided to deploy “covert assets” to the building that has been the setting of seven deaths since January, not counting the shooting of a woman on Wednesday. That shooting occurred despite an increase in security measures following a double homicide at the homeless shelter less than…
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Salvation Army serves 3,000 meals to Denver homeless shelters
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Salvation Army and volunteers brought holiday cheer Saturday to Denver homeless shelters, preparing and serving over 2,500 pounds of festive food to residents in a restaurant-style lunch. Over 200 volunteers teamed up with the Salvation Army’s annual Christmas Community Dinner across eight Denver homeless…
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Denver executes largest homeless encampment sweep Thursday
City soon to surpass 500 housed under Mayor Johnston’s administration
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Denver opens hotel ballrooms as overnight shelter for homeless as frigid weather blankets city
Denver officials decided to use two hotel ballrooms to temporarily house homeless people on Thursday night to Friday morning, when temperatures are expected to plummet. The forecast for Thursday night into Friday morning puts the weather at a low of 26 degrees. The city’s Department of Housing Stability said it would open the ballrooms of…