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She said the PSH feasibility assessment is in final contract stages with an identified consultant and that the anticipated contract execution date is either Oct. 1 or Oct. 15. She reported that the lead service provider request for proposals (RFP) was reissued in July and closed on Sept. 18.

Jessica described resumed and ongoing activities: monthly housing stability cohort meetings that include Arapahoe County housing navigators and South Metro housing navigators; completion of Keyheart training and continuation of a housing stability cohort; neighborhood outreach (including an Aug. 23 presentation in Englewood); Tri Cities website updates; and participation on the PIT committee, which has identified a 2026 PIT date as the 27th.

Family-system work and peer-support program

For the family system, Jessica said staff are identifying a lead service provider and working on a peer-support specialist program intended to reach families experiencing homelessness. She plans to present a peer‑support work plan at the next steering committee meeting on the 15th and aims to complete the peer support scope by November.

Completed items and next steps

Jessica said some items are complete: outreach to local health care providers regarding street-medicine teams; resumed engagement with school districts to connect at-risk families to eviction-prevention programs; and ongoing collaboration with a nurse-family-practitioner community advisory board. She reported the program is “19% complete and 25% in progress,” reflecting an internal project-tracking status.

No formal votes or motions were recorded during the update. Jessica said additional updates and next steps will be provided at the next meeting.

Ending

Committee members did not raise questions after the update; the coordinator said she will present subsequent updates on the RFP process, the PSH feasibility contract and the peer-support program at future meetings.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Tri-Cities Homelessness Policy Group Meeting Tuesday, September 23 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM","oneSentenceSummary","The Tri Cities coordinator outlined progress across single-adult and family homeless systems: issuing a lead-service-provider RFP that closed Sept. 18, finalizing a PSH feasibility consultant contract anticipated in October, restarting housing stability cohort meetings and planning peer-support specialist programming.","taxTitle","Englewood City, Arapahoe County, Colorado","taxId",52219,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6491047,"Street-medicine team outlines mobile med pod, mobile unit and work across Tri Cities; hospitals remain a coordination challenge",1325,1124000,2449000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5824537-873dbff7f093fc1dafd20c3128878a0d&start=1124&end=2449","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5824537-873dbff7f093fc1dafd20c3128878a0d/thumbnail_1124000.jpg","/articles/6491047/Englewood-City/Arapahoe-County/Colorado/Street-medicine-team-outlines-mobile-med-pod-mobile-unit-and-work-across-Tri-Cities-hospitals-remain-a-coordination-challenge","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6491047-29eef0e1aa446cd33f7ae4461f897751/orig.mp4?Expires=1775014931&Signature=JScRQ0SG6U20nGsP7YZvhbKOtXung2VkpZYQvj0vNShwmoUAZlQwTm4Etmpmeu2ukPW7nFKLg4SidXio0yReDmjHf7umrQmB4eTEyU0V3ZhEIUZJRfaOvlmMcIfw2W1BKjFO9O2WPmvr5eBt-WkuJtKkIPueWNHAs8ID1oGVSTOMT~jfwlvW7eWY2cQDdSb3oKnN-JVFrdz9DY86XJ9rlHg7-anFRHkWST3han~o3jVbrbfuixzD4xvOamTXSUaMRMyhhOydHs3Y38NTQaLPOETGLnrdPMT2hqEBiJaNq~VdaVs2~3nMAdXzjFxsNBnX9my-UsRo839NQWox2PL5PA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Sean (last name not provided), a street-medicine clinician with Bridal Community Health, described the program’s mobile and outreach capabilities to the Tri Cities committee, including a 57-foot converted Winnebago with two treatment rooms, “med pod” telehealth equipment and backpack-based services.

“We meet the patient where they are,” Sean said, summarizing the mission to reduce disparities for people experiencing homelessness and other vulnerable groups. He described a range of services: wound care (which he said accounts for roughly 80% of street encounters), point-of-care testing for STIs, on-the-spot antibiotics where clinically appropriate, and enrollment support for Medicaid and other resources.

Program capacity and technology

Sean said the team sees about 100 to 150 patients per month, with an average patient age around 49–50. The mobile unit is self-sustaining for roughly three days and can perform on-site labs; the med pod packs into a case about the size of a carry-on and deploys into a six-foot station with cameras, dermal lenses and a digital stethoscope so remote providers can examine wounds and auscultate lung sounds.

Partnerships and geographic reach

The team works across five counties — Jefferson, Douglas, Arapahoe, Denver (the city and county) and Adams — and partners with cities’ homeless outreach teams, navigation centers and other local programs. Sean noted ongoing collaboration with Arvada, Wheat Ridge and other cities, and with school districts including Cherry Creek and the Arapahoe School District.

Hospital coordination challenges and potential savings

Sean said the team has had some success connecting with Lutheran Hospital nursing case managers, who recently referred patients that the outreach team located and engaged; but he said attempts to reach emergency-room medical directors at Denver-area hospitals have produced little response. “I reached out to every medical director in every emergency room in Denver Metro, and not a single one responded,” Sean said.

He described a case study: a patient with repeated ER visits for the same condition averaged 35–45 emergency visits a year from 2020–2024; after seven months of outreach the patient had zero ER visits while engaged, and 11 visits in the month and a half after engagement stopped because the person moved. Sean estimated that average ER care for unhoused patients runs about $3,000 per visit and that inpatient admissions can cost tens of thousands of dollars, arguing that hospitals could reduce costs by coordinating discharge follow-up with outreach teams.

Committee reaction and next steps

Committee members praised the med pod and mobile unit and urged work to convene hospitals locally, including potential pilots with the hospitals that serve the Tri Cities. Several committee members said they could help set up contacts — Monica (AdventHealth) posted contact interest in the chat — and suggested city managers or mayors might need to elevate the issue to secure hospital participation.

No formal vote or policy action was taken; members discussed further outreach to hospitals and possible pilot planning.

Ending

The committee agreed to continue conversations about hospital engagement and possible local pilots to improve discharge coordination and reduce repeat emergency visits.","Bridal Community Health (presenting as Stride partner) described mobile street‑medicine operations, including a 57-foot mobile unit and compact med pod, reporting 100–150 patients per month and citing challenges getting hospital emergency departments to coordinate discharges.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6491051,"HAP Force to shelter all populations during severe-weather season; registers 81 for the season",298,811000,1109000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5824537-873dbff7f093fc1dafd20c3128878a0d&start=811&end=1109","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5824537-873dbff7f093fc1dafd20c3128878a0d/thumbnail_811000.jpg","/articles/6491051/Englewood-City/Arapahoe-County/Colorado/HAP-Force-to-shelter-all-populations-during-severe-weather-season-registers-81-for-the-season","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6491051-a71ee0d2517b3dc2f75938e6b7669233/orig.mp4?Expires=1775014931&Signature=JtFB-7jRx1KwQzfj3MaUOsXjIXO1oXSEwnyN-XLLW5mOgCadIkCYxfBpIMo8DbbGnCoUvWdlgykx68SQZbjmAoHYn7R51Pz6wRPwTOMirRtWjY5suy2ZBxjhUnPNFOgJK5BlA73HChb6Qob25iOETpfVrshB7BE0pu71dApKN6wpeye3b1lZB6lF~3G~QIUkhp13HdZEh8XDHCugCbfcRMesZu8AQVo3T-FOWJ0HMSXtB2LlERO~dghDVQcRW26TimvrsiG~BpFCpeFVyR4G5M2oCxf4RXkRHdTJvcVx3oyhTzCCjSj6f~KyplcQHLl4DN8b8c7elwLp23aC1Rm4tA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Julie Hall, a HAP Force representative, told the Tri Cities Homelessness Steering Committee that the organization will shelter all populations during the upcoming severe-weather season and has already registered 81 people for shelter in the past week.

Hall said the group will shelter single adults, families and people who are chronically unhoused. “In the last week [we] registered 81 individuals for shelter this season,” she said, adding that roughly 80% of those registrants appear to be chronically unhoused while a smaller share are newly unhoused.

The shelter system’s hotel capacity is 40 rooms; some rooms can hold more than one person. Hall said HAP Force added two hotels this season — WoodSpring at Prince and Santa Fe and an extended-stay property in Centennial — bringing the total to six hotels distributed across Broadway, Lakewood and Aurora, plus the two new sites. Movement 5280 will serve as overflow congregate shelter this season and can take up to 45 people.

Why it matters: expanding to shelter all populations reflects a shift from prior practice of limiting shelter to the most vulnerable; organizers said the change responds to observed need, including people newly experiencing homelessness because of job loss or relational breakdowns.

Details and capacity constraints

Hall said some newly unhoused people contacted staff because promised housing arrangements fell through. She and other committee members discussed hotel room policies and the practical difficulties of placing larger families in single rooms, adding that a WoodSpring representative has agreed to be flexible when possible.

Hall also said HAP Force shelters pets but is currently unable to find hotel partners that will accept cats; she said Movement 5280 can offer crates and some temporary support for animals when needed.

Coordination and outreach

Committee members discussed outreach to families and school partners. Hall said she is working with Clarice from Englewood Public Schools to identify families who may need shelter and that she plans to meet with Jessica (the Tri Cities coordinator) next week to coordinate outreach to families and improve identification of last‑minute needs.

Fundraising and volunteer support

Hall noted an upcoming fundraising event on Oct. 9 and said she would post event information in the meeting chat for members to share. The committee encouraged members to help spread the word.

Discussion and next steps

Committee members asked about registration numbers and family outreach; Hall said staff will continue registration efforts and coordination with school liaisons and county programs. No formal actions or votes were taken.

Ending

HAP Force representatives asked the committee to share contacts and outreach opportunities. Hall said she will post shelter and fundraising links in the chat for members to distribute.","HAP Force reported it will shelter all populations this severe-weather season, has registered 81 people in the last week and expanded hotel capacity and an overflow site to meet need, but faces challenges placing people with cats.","actionData","errors"]

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Tri Cities coordinator reports progress on PSH feasibility, landlord engagement and peer-support planning

Street-medicine team outlines mobile med pod, mobile unit and work across Tri Cities; hospitals remain a coordination challenge

HAP Force to shelter all populations during severe-weather season; registers 81 for the season