For more than four months, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless has provided medical services at the city’s All In Mile High homeless shelters without funding or a contract with the city.
The result: Without the $1.7 million in funding it’s supposed to receive, the Coalition has reduced its on-site medical care, and two of four nurse positions are empty.
More than four months after work began, Denver City Council has still not approved the contract, and the city has not recently paid the Coalition for its ongoing shelter healthcare work. The All In Mile High shelters are owned by the city and are part of Mayor Mike Johnston’s signature effort to end street homelessness…