OneHome program is now active in HMIS! The revisions and updates have been made in OneHome and all HMIS end users who have completed the new Coordinated Entry (CE) training will now have access to the OneHome program again. Thank you for your patience, as the sunsetting of the VISPDAT was a big lift to revise the system.

The purpose of this plan is to provide an overview of the priorities of Metro Denver Homeless Initiative as we collaborate regionally to prevent and end homelessness. Specifically, in identifying the Core Pillars and Foundations as we strive to make homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring. View the model here and give your feedback by February 29, 2024.

MDHI is proud to host our next Stakeholder Meeting on February 23, 2024. The majority of this meeting will be dedicated to membership business. Registration is required. The meeting will be recorded and posted on MDHI’s YouTube to ensure access.

On January 29, HUD announced $3.2 billion in FY 2023 Continuum of Care (CoC) Competition Awards to CoC grant recipients in approximately 7,000 local homeless housing and service programs across the U.S. and its territories. The Metro Denver Continuum of Care received $32,836,361.

The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI) is coordinating its seven-county annual Point-in-Time (PIT) count today. The count, conducted in January each year, is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to capture the number of unduplicated individuals experiencing sheltered and unsheltered homelessness on a single night.

The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI) released its 2023 State of Homelessness report today, highlighting new data related to homelessness in the region. The report demonstrates the overall issue of homelessness across multiple sources including the region’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), the 2023 Point in Time (PIT) count, and the Department of Ed.

As of December 31, we have achieved a 16% reduction in veteran homelessness across the seven-county region! This brings us from 468 to 391 veterans actively experiencing homelessness, with a total of 415 veterans housed in 2023.

As part of the hiring process for the new MDHI Executive Director, the hiring committee, on behalf of the MDHI Board of Directors, would like to solicit input from key stakeholders. Please complete the survey by 5pm on Friday, January 12, 2024.

On October 18, Denver joined President Joe Biden's All INside initiative, a historic opportunity to address the crisis of unsheltered homelessness in Denver with support from key federal partners. With this partnership, an embedded, dedicated federal official will help identify and execute systems-level changes as well as expedite and strengthen our current local strategies.

As part of this important community process, MDHI is posting the final version of the Collaborative Application as well as the Project Priority Listing. Please send final input to NOFA@mdhi.org by 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 27.

On September 20, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $2,580,526 to the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI) to prevent and end youth homelessness. The funding was awarded through HUD’s Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP).

The Consolidated Application is a part of the Annual CoC NOFO process and strengthens our region’s application to secure federal homelessness funding. As part of this important process, MDHI is posting the draft version of the CoC Collaborative Application for public review and feedback. Please add your comments by 12pm on September 21.

MDHI released the 2023 annual Point-in-Time (PIT) count data. Data for the annual Point-in-Time (PIT) count shows increases in homelessness, specifically those experiencing homelessness for the first time. 

The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has officially posted the Annual CoC Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 on Grants.gov. The submission deadline for the CoC Application and CoC Priority List is September 28th, 2023 at 8:00pm EST. MDHI will host a Grantee meeting on July 26th at 10:00am for current Grantees and anyone interested in applying. Please register to attend.

A Monthly Homeless Management Information System Update sent to all HMIS End Users.

We’re applying for up to $15 million in federal funding to prevent and end youth homelessness in metro Denver. Learn how you can support our community’s application and needs assessment.

Would you like to join our mission of leading and advancing collaboration to end homelessness in metro Denver? Our Board of Directors is accepting applications until May 12 at noon. We strongly encourage individuals with lived experience of homelessness and other life challenges to apply.

The Metro Denver CoC received a total of $30,714,291 in funding, the vast majority of which goes to assuring households remain housed. The region did receive $876,641 in new funding, which will support the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless’s new ‘Housing is Healthcare’ project.

MDHI is pleased to announce the release of its 2022 Metro Denver State of Homelessness Report. The purpose of this report is to provide meaningful insight into the nature of homelessness in Metro Denver and the work being done to solve it.

Denver Indian Family Resource Center (DIFRC) was founded to address the critically unmet need for culturally responsive services. They have been dedicated to addressing the overrepresentation of Native children being removed from their families, home, community, and culture through direct services and systems change efforts.

MDHI is pleased to share the Executive Director of the US Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) will visit Metro-Denver November 21-22.

“While we did see overall increases in homelessness, the region’s emphasis on reducing Veteran homelessness is yielding results,” said Dr. Jamie Rife, MDHI’s Executive Director. "The number of Veterans experiencing homelessness decreased by 31% from 2020 to 2022,” she explained.

Safe Outdoor Spaces (SOS) meet our unhoused community’s needs in a way that many emergency shelters cannot. Learn more about why culturally inclusive SOS are effective at housing people experiencing homelessness and how you can support these efforts.