BOULDER, Colo. — Supporting unhoused youth is the mission of TGTHR, a nonprofit organization that’s been operating in Boulder since 1966. This year, however, has been challenging due to changes in funding, which have led to the end of several services, including The Source and now the Chase House.
“So really, in the last six months TGTHR has been experiencing what so many nonprofits are experiencing nationally and here in Colorado, changes to our funding, decrease in funding and also just broader uncertainty,” explained TGTHR CEO Annie Bacci. “Funding that we’ve been receiving for many, many, many years, even over a decade, which we had always counted on and now at the federal level has become more uncertain, and so we are making decisions now to help make sure that TGTHR can be here.”
The Source, an overnight emergency shelter for youth and young adults, now has windows boarded up and signs on the doors informing community members that services are no longer being offered. The Chase House, a residential treatment program for youth experiencing homelessness, is closing this month.
The Chase House was the only residential treatment program in Boulder County for unhoused youth…