DENVER — During a committee meeting on Tuesday, leaders from Denver’s Department of Housing Stability (HOST) said new performance-based contracts with homeless shelter operators will help keep their focus on individuals rather than finances.
The City of Denver said it plans to bring on three new service providers to take over operations at several city-owned homeless shelters starting next year.
Urban Alchemy, a nonprofit based in San Francisco, plans to run The Aspen Shelter, the former DoubleTree hotel on Quebec Street. St. Francis Center plans to operate the Stone Creek Shelter on Quebec Street, while Bayoud Enterprises was chosen as the future provider of the Tamarac Family Shelter on East Hampden Avenue…