The Denver's Road Home Funder Collaborative is a network of more than 20 foundations and corporations in Colorado that have co-invested in the Denver's Road Home Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness.

Activities:

• Knowledge sharing
• Co-investment on housing first programs in the metro Denver area
• Support the implementation of Denver's plan to end homelessness by 2015

Convening Organization/Funders Together Contact:

• Jamie Van Leeuwen, Denver's Road Home
• Christine Benero, Mile High United Way

Results and Cost Savings:

• Housing: In the past four years in partnership with the community, Denver's Road Home has developed over 1,500 new units of housing for the homeless.
• Prevention: Denver's Road Home has prevented over 2,232 families from becoming homeless and 3,278 homeless people have obtained employment.
• Cost avoidance, part I: There are a total of 446 clients who have entered treatment between one and three years ago. Prior to entering treatment the total admissions for these clients were 13,773. In 2009, their overall admissions totaled 3,328. This represents 10,445 or 75% reduction in admissions and a cost avoidance for the city of a little over $2,083,600 from the previous Detox services provided to these individuals based on their Detox admissions one year pre-enrollment to treatment.
• Cost avoidance, part II: Overall jail costs for homeless persons have gone from $10,315,360 to $7,143,015 with a cost avoidance of $3,172,345; a 31% decrease in costs per year.

News and Updates on Programs and Priorities:

• Letter from Mayor Hickenlooper on the current state of Denver's Ten Year Plan
• 2009 Summary of Results
  
• Photo Essay on "The Face of Homelessness"
  
• Denver Housing First Collaborative

Denver's Road Home Video: How do you see homelessness?

Are you a funder in the Denver area interested in being part of this regional network?

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