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Wheat Ridge City navigation team says 175 housing placements since program start; 83% remain housed after one year
Summary
City housing navigators reported Monday that the Wheat Ridge program has placed 175 people into transitional or permanent housing since its inception, emphasized aftercare and new severe-weather arrangements and asked councilors for continued support and awareness of funding limits.
Wheat Ridge City housing navigators updated the City Council Monday on the city’s Homeless Navigation Program, saying it has helped 175 people into transitional or permanent housing since the program began and that 83% of households remain housed after one year, staff said.
The presentation, given by Corey Kohler, the city’s housing navigator, and a colleague identified only as Maddie, summarized outreach practices, referral sources, placement timelines and program costs, and described changes to severe-weather sheltering for the coming season.
Kohler said the city joined the Jeffco Homeless Navigation Collaborative in December 2020 and now serves Wheat Ridge and Edgewater. Outreach staff make weekly contacts, develop rapport, and offer intake into the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) to track documents and services. "We help people out with collecting their vital documents," Kohler said, citing birth certificates and IDs as examples.
City staff provided data showing 175 total transitional and permanent placements since the program began, including 34 placements since the team last…
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