Street medicine program helps people without housing, but funding cuts loom

Workers with STRIDE Community Health Center’s street medicine team cross the street after talking to people outside the Denver Rescue Mission on Wednesday in downtown Denver. (Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)

On a Wednesday morning in downtown Denver in the blazing July sun, members of STRIDE Community Health Center’s street medicine team offered bottles of water, snacks, sunscreen and medical care to people experiencing homelessness.

Federal fallout

One person had a head injury, so the team helped him clean the wound and bandage it up.

Another person recently had surgery on his arm, so the team checked on his stitches and gave him information on medical respite housing…

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