Catholic Charities Emergency Assistance Centers Providing a full-range of emergency services including food and clothing. Locations in Metro Denver and Northern Colorado. Call for an appointment.
Denver Rescue Mission
The Denver Rescue Mission provides shelter, food, clothing, education, Christian teaching, and work discipline to meet individuals at their physical and spiritual points of need.
Denver Urban Ministries DENUM's Outreach Services provide the essentials of food, clothing, rent/utility assistance, infant items, and legal advice to enable those in crisis to reach a level of stabilization.
Emergency Family Assistance Association
Working in cooperation with other human service organizations,
schools, congregations and local police departments, EFAA
serves as the hub of a coordinated network of helpers in
Boulder. EFAA provides food, financial assistance programs,
emergency shelter and transitional housing programs
Inter-Faith Community Services
Providing basic human services and enrichment programs
to low-income people using community resources in Centennial,
Englewood, Glendale, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Lone Tree,
Sheridan and unincorporated Arapahoe County.
Jeffco Action Center Jeffco Action Center, a human-services non-profit,
provides an immediate response to basic human needs and promotes
pathways to self-sufficiency through intervention, prevention
and connection to essential services. More than 25,000 Jefferson
County residents receive assistance annually at the Action
Center with food, clothing, homeless shelter, medical and
utility assistance. With the help of hundreds of volunteers,
the Action Center gives help, provides hope and builds dignity
while breaking the cycle of poverty. For more information
and to make donations please contact Joe Haines at 303-237-7704
or visit us at www.jeffcoac.org.
Metro CareRing
Metro CareRing is an emergency assistance service for those
in need in Metro Denver. Counselors assist those in need
with food, toiletries, RTD bus tokens for work&appointments,
assistance with identification documents, utilities assistance,
work supportive services such as tools and boots, and referrals
to other agencies for services we do not offer. Clients may
receive services once every 30 days.
Mile High United Way
The mission of the United Way is to unite and focus the community's
resources to help people help themselves. The organization
provides emergency assistance, including shelter, food, clothing,
and affordable health care. 24 Hour Health & Services Hotline 211
Park Hill United Methodist Church
Helping people who are hospitalized, homebound, in care facilities, lonely or discouraged because of loss of job, health changes, grief issues, etc.
Salvation Army Intermountain Division
With heart to God and hand to man, The Salvation Army strives
to meet the basic needs of all who come seeking help. Taking
immediate care of the basic human needs of food, shelter,
clothing and safety is an important first step in the development
of a more positive and permanent change in the people they
help.
Servicios de la Raza
This program handles “walk-ins” and crisis situations, offering a food and clothing bank. Focus is Latinos and Spanish-speaking.
Stride
Enabling low-income individuals and families to become economically
self-sufficient and independent of government and community
sponsored assistance for basic needs.
Volunteers of America VOA serves the basic needs of the most vulnerable
individuals and families in the community through 32 programs,
each addressing three of the most basic needs: nutrition,
housing and emergency services.
Women's Bean Project
Helping women break the cycle of poverty and unemployment. We teach workplace competencies for entry-level jobs through employment and by teaching job readiness and life skills in our gourmet food production business.
Community Ministry 1755 S. Zuni
Thursdays 9 a.m.-Noon
Free clothing for children 12 and under.
Denver Rescue Mission
Families and individuals come to the "closet" at the Denver Rescue Mission's Lawrence Street shelter for everything from warm gloves to business attire for job interviews.
Dress
For Success
Dress for Success is dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged women
by providing them with professional attire, a network of support and career development
tools to help women thirve
in work and life.
Jeffco Action Center The JAC Clothing Bank provides garments for the whole family. Their Career Clothes Closet also provides interview and work clothing.
Mi Casa Resource Center For Women
Advancing self-sufficiency for primarily low-income Latinas and youth. Offering a business-clothing bank for women.
The following groups provide diapers on an emergency basis. Many food banks also offer diapers click HERE for 9Cares Food Bank List. Call first to check diaper availablity.
Energy
Outreach Colorado
Energy Outreach Colorado is dedicated to keeping Colorado homes warm, healthy
and safe by raising money for energy assistance. We assist people in emergency
situations by helping pay the balances on their utility bills. We also help limited
income families to be more self-sufficient by funding energy efficiency measures
that lower energy costs in affordable housing across Colorado.
LEAP: Low
Income Energy Assistance Program
LEAP is a federally funded program administered by the Colorado Department of
Human Services and is designed to assist with your winter heating costs.
Metro CareRing
Metro CareRing is an emergency assistance service for
those in need in Metro Denver. Counselors assist those in
need with food, toiletries, RTD bus tokens for work and appointments,
assistance with identification documents, utilities assistance,
work supportive services such as tools and boots, and referrals
to other agencies for services we do not offer. Clients may
receive services once every 30 days.
9CCS Food Banks 9Cares Colorado Shares compiles a list of food
banks in the Denver Metro Area and Northern Colorado.
Share Our Strength
Works to fight hunger and social inequalities in America.
SOS offers a number of programs including Operation Frontline,
which teaches families about cooking, nutrition and food
budgeting.and fundraisers.
First Baptist Church
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 11:45 a.m.
303-830-8926
Friends of St Andrew Monday-Friday, 10:15 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.
Must be Aurora Resident
303-364-2329 Holy Ghost Catholic Church Sandwich Line Monday-Saturday 10-10:30 a.m.
People's Presbyterian Church- Soup Kitchen
Monday at Noon
303-830-8926
Volunteers of America 2877 Lawrence
Breakfast: Daily at 8 a.m.
Lunch: Monday-Saturday at 11:30 a.m., Sunday 1 p.m.
Dinner: Monday-Thursday at 5 p.m.
303-295-2165
Health Care for All Colorado
A volunteer group working to inform Coloradoans about advantages
of the single-payer system of financing health care, create
a coalition that will develop strategies for achieving comprehensive,
affordible and high quality health care for all Coloradoans,
and build a grassroots movement that will campaign for a
single-payer system in Colorado.
Project Angel Heart Serving meals with love
for people living with HIV/AIDS,cancer and other life-threatening
illnesses in Denver and Colorado Springs.
Ronald McDonald House Charities
A temporary "home-away-from-home" for families to find rest,
support and time away from the realities of the hospital
procedures and routines. Metro CareRing Metro CareRing is an emergency assistance service for
those in need in Metro Denver. Counselors assist those in
need with food, toiletries, RTD bus tokens for work and appointments,
assistance with identification documents, utilities assistance,
work supportive services such as tools and boots, and referrals
to other agencies for services we do not offer. Clients may
receive services once every 30 days.
Parent Pathways
Provides a
wide array of services helping children, families and individuals
become strong and self-sufficient. They work
with people whose lives have been shaken by violence, abuse,
homelessness, poverty, teen pregnancy and other major challenges.
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) was founded in 1984 by a group of concerned advocates with a will to take action on behalf of Colorado ’s homeless by addressing issues of healthcare and housing.
Colorado Community Voice Mail
The Colorado Community Voice Mail program is part a of the national network of CVM sites, empowering people in crisis and transition by distributing free 24-hour voice mail nationwide - directly linking individuals to jobs, housing, safety and stability.
Community Ministry
Helping to meet the needs of people within the community who are experiencing economic hardships and related problems both physical and spiritual.
Concerned About You
CAY provides food, employment referral, basic training for office and construction employment, bus tokens for job interviews and work; homeless referral, hospital visits and counseling.
303-298-1920
Denver Rescue Mission During the year, the Denver Rescue Mission provides shelter, food, clothing, education, Christian teaching, and work discipline to meet individuals at their physical and spiritual points of need.
The Gathering Place
Denver’s only daytime drop-in center for women and children who are experiencing homelessness or poverty. The organization offers a safe daytime refuge to women and children living on the streets of Denver. Their emergency services afford immediate relief to women and children in distress. Once women and children are able to meet their most pressing needs, they can then take the next steps towards rebuilding their lives.
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Denver The Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Denver's mission is to enable an interfaith and community response to families who become homeless by providing shelter, meals, comprehensive assistance and encouragement toward self-reliance in an atmosphere of warmth and hospitality.
Mile High Ministries
Mile High Ministries mobilizes and equips people to connect their lives to God's active concern for the poor.
National Alliance to End Homelessness The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to mobilize the nonprofit, public and private sectors of society in an alliance to end homelessness.
Newgenesis, Inc.
Newgenesis implements a community approach to Denver’s homeless problem. Its treatment design allows individuals to recapture their independence by demonstrating responsibility and accountability for their actions.
Saint Francis Center
St. Francis Center is a refuge for men and women who are homeless in the metro Denver area, providing services that enable people to meet their basic needs for daily survival and to transition out of homelessness.
Salvation Army
With heart to God and hand to man, the Salvation Army strives to meet the basic needs of all who come seeking help. Taking immediate care of the basic human needs of food, shelter, clothing and safety is an important first step in the development of a more positive and permanent change in the people they help.
Samaritan House A center of hope and help for the homeless, located in downtown Denver. It can accommodate over 320 men, women and children each night. There are separate facilities for single men, single women and families with children. Residents receive a bed, food, clothing and various services on site, including case management, medical care, and referrals for employment, social service assistance and educational opportunities. STANDUP For Kids
The mission of STANDUP FOR KIDS is to help homeless and street kids. The program's on-the-streets outreach efforts finds, stabilizes and assists homeless and street kids in an effort to improve their lives.
Stride
Helping low income individuals and families to leave homelessness by offering housing assistance.
Urban Peak
Urban Peak Denver’s mission is to serve homeless and runaway youth. They provide youth with a safe, caring, stable environment and assist them in permanently exiting street life.
Volunteers of America Volunteers of America is a national, nonprofit, spiritually based organization providing local human service programs and opportunities for individual and community involvement. VOA provides emergency assistance including food, clothing, short-term housing, and assistance with rent, utilities and transportation for families in crisis.
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Marycrest Assisted Living
This center is the only assisted living residence in Colorado designed to serve younger adults (18-55) with disabilities. It helps keep indiviuduals from languishing in nuring homes or ending up homeless.
Interfaith Hospitality Network 915 E. 9th Ave. in Denver
303-675-0713 Jeffco Action Center
See General Section Volunteers of America-Family Motel
Emergency motel room and referrels for homeless families and individuals.
303-825-2755
Beacon Center Providing residential center and community services for at-risk youth. Referred by community service and courts, these youth are often victims of abuse. Treatment and education is offered with encouragement, accountability, and acceptemnce to help adolesents turn their lives around.
Broadway Youth Shelter Boulder (303) 444-1607
Comitis Crisis Center
See General Section
Shannon's Hope 303-286-1119
Maternity home for pregnant women 16+
Third Way Center
303-780-9191
Providing a continuum of services in a home-like environment where high-risk, homeless, mentally ill and disadvantaged youth can work though their problems, learn to take responsibility for their actions and become productive members of society.
Triad 303-831-8502 Girls Only
Urban Peak
1630 S. Acoma in Denver
303-777-9198
Serving homeless and runaway youth. They provide youth with a safe, caring, stable environment and assist them in permanently exiting street life.
Volunteers of America-Teen Transitional Housing
303-397-0408
Sacred Heart House
Offering a continuum of services to homeless mothers with children and single women, who have the desire and commitment to become self-sufficient.
Shannon's Hope 303-286-1119
Maternity home for pregnant women 16+
Sacred Heart House
Offering a continuum of services to homeless mothers with children and single women, who have the desire and commitment to become self-sufficient.
CHARG Resource Center
The mission of CHARG Resource Center is to improve the quality of life and functioning capacity of persons with severe and persistent mental illness in the Denver metropolitan area. The program offers transitional assistance to the homeless. Denver Urban Minisitries Denver Urban Ministries (DenUM) nourishes the spirit of community and cultivates awareness of urban life. They provide resources for persons in crisis and create opportunities for individual and community growth and service.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Ecumenical Refugee Services, Inc.
ERS helps to resettle refugees and asylees who are legally in Colorado (by Church World Service and Episcopal Migration Ministries), by providing them assistance with educational needs, family and social services, medical attention, employment, and cultural orientation.
Family Homestead
Providing both emergency and transitional housing, and supportive case management exclusively to homeless families with children.
Safe Harbor (Salvation Army)
Transitional housing
Warren Village, Inc.
Warren Village helps motivated low-income, single parents move from public assistance to self-sufficiency through subsidized housing, on-site childcare, counseling, and education or job training.
