In 2024, Douglas County functionally ended homelessness. What does that mean? It means the County’s programs dedicated to helping those experiencing homelessness are keeping up with the local need – and new summer counts confirm that is still true a year later.
Every summer, Douglas County’s Homeless Engagement and Resource Team (HEART) completes a Point in Time (PIT) count – an unduplicated count on a single night of the people in a community who are experiencing homelessness.
The 2025 count, completed on July 28, revealed:
- Zero people sleeping outside in Castle Pines, Lone Tree and rural
- Zero encampments anywhere in Douglas County
- Just four people sleeping outside in Douglas County
The survey showed that just four people were sleeping outside completely unsheltered, which is down from six in January 2025 and from 43 in summer 2022 – right before the Douglas County Homeless Initiative began…