Eight Specific Goals

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Eight Specific Goals

• Permanent And Transitional Housing
• Shelter System
• Prevention
• Services
• Public Safety And Outreach
• Education, Training And Employment
• Community Awareness And Coordinated Response
• Zoning, Urban Design And Land Use

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Goal 6 Education Training and Employment

• To assist 600 people annually who are homeless to
  obtain skills and knowledge necessary to
  participate in the workforce
• Since implementation of the plan, Denvers Road
  Home has assisted 2,455 homeless people in
  finding work.

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contact
Job DeveloperPrescilla Otero-DiPaola
Employers
Job Order placement feedback
Job Order Notification Placement Feedback
Client/Job Match Referral
Nancy RiderHomeless Initiative
BusinessDevelopment Associate (DWD)
Client/Resume Referral
Job Order Dist. Placement Feedback
Providers
Prepare Client for Job
Ready Client with Resume
Provider Job Readiness Training ClassDWD JRT
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Job Readiness

• Does the participant have
• A valid, state issued identification card or
  drivers license AND a social security card?
• A current resume with a contact telephone number?
• Appropriate interview clothing?
• Interviewing skills?
• Transportation?

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Job Readiness

• Required reading math literacy skills for the
  job?
• Computer literacy skills? Are these necessary
  for the job?
• Basic Computer Literacy Class
• Microsoft Word
• PowerPoint
• Excel
• All of these are free of charge and on a walk-in
  basis at the Workforce Centers

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Urban Peak Youth Hospitality Pilot Program

• Collaborative effort with DHCC Job Developer and
  the Denvers Road Home
• Work closely with partner hotels to identify
  existing open positions
• Hire formerly homeless youth to assist them in
  their transition from the streets to housing
• Ensure that the process is executed smoothly and
  necessary support and follow-up is being managed
  by the homeless youth provider, Urban Peak.

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Goals

• Assuming the Model is successful, the project
  will move forward with the following goals by
  January 2008
• A total of four Sage hotels in the downtown area
  will be participating in the Pilot Program.
• The Oxford Hotel
• The Residence Inn by Marriott
• Hyatt Regency Denver
• The Grand Hyatt
• A total of 4 youth will be employed by this
  Project.
• Of these 4 youth, three youth will be enrolled in
  some form of higher education to advance their
  skills in the hospitality industry.

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Hope for the City, Colorado

• IN partnering with the VOA Mission, HOPE
  worldwide is harnessing their expertise in
  working with the homeless in Denver
• The goal is to create a sustainable job training
  program that can help employ individuals who are
  homeless
• HOPE for the City, Colorado implemented the Basic
  Employment Skills Training Program (B.E.S.T.)
• Job training program that provides computer
  training to homeless job ready men and women
• Soft job skills
• Computer skills
• On-the-job training
• Assisting with finding a permanent job

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Hope for the City, Colorado

• Bentley Systems is a software company providing
  tools for the creation and management of
  infrastructure in Building, Civil, Geospatial and
  Plant Engineering design, document and data
• For the B.E.S.T. CAD exchange project, Bentley
  will provide the following
• Engineering Document Management System
• Curriculum for Bentley to train screened
  candidates
• Provide online self-paced training with the
  intention of training in basic drafting
• Possibly provide oil, gas, and other engineering
  fields as work is provided by participating
  companies

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Faith Based Partnership

• In the first two years, faith-based organizations
  mentored 233 homeless families, stepping forward
  to provide the support that is so vital to
  achieving, and maintaining, success.

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Annual Pajama Party

• Mayor Hickenlooper and Denvers top business and
• community leaders wore their pajamas and raised
  more than
• 110,000
• for Denvers Road Home on February 1, 2008
• at the second annual Pajama Party
• The Pajama Party is a fun event for a very
  serious
• cause.

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Donation Meters

• Denver Public Works along with Denvers Road
  Home, Leadership
• Denver, The Downtown Denver Partnership,
  RabbleRouser and Oz
• Architecture refurbished and redesigned
• 86 parking meters
• Donation Meters to Benefit Denvers Road Home
• With the addition of meters, they are expected to
  raise 100,000
• annually to support the homeless in our community
• People in Denver give more than 4 million a year
  to panhandlers.
• These meters allow people the opportunity to
  redirect that money to support programs that work
• The Denver donation meters have received national
  and international
• media attention and have inspired other cities to
  contemplate their own
• donation meter programs

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Summary of Accomplishments

• We have accomplished the following in our first
  two years
• 789 new units of housing have been brought
  online.
• 2,455 homeless people have been assisted in
  finding work.
• 2,003 individuals accessed treatment services and
  other
• assistance programs.
• 563 families received eviction assistance.
• 132 homeless persons entered housing through the
  Denver
• Street Outreach Collaboration.
• 233 families have been partnered with our
  faith-based
• mentoring teams.