DENVER (KDVR) — Denver’s migrant shelters will be used as part of Denver’s new round-the-clock emergency shelter plan during harsh winter weather, the mayor’s office announced Friday.
Part of the reason for consolidating migrant shelters with Denver’s 24/7 cold weather shelters is because of the low levels of newcomers to the city: The city reported receiving under 160 migrants in August, and some sites have gone unused for days at a time. According to the city’s migrant sheltering and support dashboard, just one migrant was in a city shelter as of Sunday evening.
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Once the city consolidates the migrant shelters with 24/7 cold weather shelters, there will no longer be short-term shelter operations specific to the migrant population, and Denver will also no longer pay for migrants to travel from the city.
“We’re extremely proud to have met the moment by meeting the needs of the nearly 43,000 people who arrived in our city over these last two years,” said Denver City Council President Amanda P. Sandoval in the city’s release. “We will forever be indebted to and amazed by the countless individuals who stepped up and came forward to assist newcomers during this once-in-a-lifetime crisis.”