Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Opens $35 million Development Downtown
The City of Denver celebrates an incredible new resource for our most vulnerable population. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) has opened the new Stout Street Health Center and Renaissance Stout Street Lofts, offering integrated health care for up to 18,000 homeless individuals each year while providing supportive housing for 78 formerly homeless households.
It is the only development of its kind in the United States, yet another example of Denver’s committed focus on providing affordable housing and access to healthcare to all residents.
“We are grateful that the community has come together to support this vital resource in the struggle to end homelessness in Colorado,” said John Parvensky, CEO of CCH.
The Health Center introduces a unique model of integrated health care targeted to the needs of homeless patients. It fully integrates patient-centered, trauma-informed medical and mental health care, substance treatment services, dental and vision care, social services, and supportive housing to more fully address the spectrum of problems homeless adults and children bring to their medical providers.
The project has created more than 75 construction jobs and will create 70 full-time permanent health care jobs. It is generating more than $70 million in direct and indirect economic activity in Denver and is projected to reduce state and local costs for emergency health care, detox, and municipal fire and safety services by 30 percent annually.