Metro Denver Homeless Initiative announced today that the City and County of Denver and Adams County of the Metro Denver Continuum of Care (CoC) are partnering with Right at Home, a new national initiative to stop homelessness before it starts. Working with Destination: Home and a coalition of national organizations, Metro Denver Homeless Initiative, the City and County of Denver, and Adams County will develop and implement a local homelessness prevention system to keep more than 1,000 individuals and families in their housing over the next five years, while working to generate evidence that homelessness prevention works and is scalable nationwide. The City and County of Denver and Adams County have collectively been chosen as one of 10 pilot sites across the nation participating in this initiative. 

FY 2025 Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) — MDHI

The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI) released its data for the 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.

MDHI is partnering with CSH to deliver a series of eight virtual training courses. Each training course will be followed by an applied learning session which will facilitate practical discussion and real-world applications. Please register early to ensure your spot!

The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI), on behalf of Colorado's four Continuums of Care (CoC), has released the state's first-ever State of Homelessness Report, providing critical base-line data and insights on housing instability across Colorado's diverse communities and outlining pathways toward lasting solutions.

Douglas County has proven that homelessness is solvable through quality data, coordinated outreach, and regional collaboration. Together, Douglas County and the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI) celebrate the County’s achievement of Functional Zero for Veteran homelessness, since joining the Built for Zero (BFZ) movement in April 2021.

MDHI is partnering with CSH to deliver a series of eight virtual training courses. Each training course will be followed by an applied learning session which will facilitate practical discussion and real-world applications. Please register early to ensure your spot!

We appreciate your support in strengthening this year's application to HUD. As part of this important community process, MDHI is posting the final version of the Collaborative Application and the Project Priority Listing. Please send final input to nofo@mdhi.org by the end of October 28, 2024. 

The board of directors of the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI) announced today that Jason Johnson has been selected to serve as the organization’s next Executive Director. Jason currently serves as the Executive Director of Vashon Household in King County, Washington.

It's that time of year to prepare our collaborative application for the NOFO. CoC Partners, we'd love to hear of the great work you're doing to assist us in completing the collaborative application. This purpose of this form is to gather information which will be leveraged in the NOFO Collaborative Application.

We are pleased to announce the release of this year's Annual Refresher Training for all active end users of the Colorado Homeless Management Information System (COHMIS). This training is designed to reinforce the foundational concepts of COHMIS and address areas where HMIS Leads have observed data quality challenges over the past year.

The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI) released its data for the 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 Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has officially posted the Annual CoC Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 and FY 2025 on Grants.gov. The submission deadline for the CoC Application and CoC Priority List is October 30th, 2024 at 8:00pm EST. MDHI will host a NOFO Grantee Presentation on August 21st at 2pm for current Grantees and anyone interested in applying.

The Continuum of Care (CoC) Builds (CoCBuilds) NOFO will add new permanent supportive housing (PSH) units for individuals and families experiencing homelessness through new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation. Additionally, CoCs are encouraged to leverage funds provided for construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of new PSH units with other funding sources to maximize the amount of housing that can be directed to meeting the needs of individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

We are proud to release the latest Coordinated Entry Impact Report, highlighting the impressive housing outcomes of our region’s OneHome Coordinated Entry System (CES). The data in this report is from 7/1/22-6/30/23 and includes breakdowns for the total people housed, total households housed, and new households assessed for housing.