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Health and Safety Committee cancels meeting, approves four contract amendments by consent
Summary
Denver's Health and Safety Committee canceled its Dec. 24, 2025 meeting but approved four consent resolutions that increase or extend contracts for overdose response, shelter health services, the STAR program and HIV services.
Denver's Health and Safety Committee canceled its scheduled Dec. 24, 2025 meeting, but moved forward with a consent agenda that approved four contract amendments to continue public-health services across the city.
The consent approvals included an amendment adding $254,300 to a contract with Colorado Health Network, bringing the contract to $644,800 and extending the term 12 months to Aug. 31, 2026 to continue overdose-education activities and distribution of naloxone and drug-testing strips citywide. Council Resolution 25-2089 records the change.
Council Resolution 25-2112 amended a contract with Colorado Coalition for the Homeless by adding $922,718 for a new total of $2,098,983 and extending the contract 12 months to Dec. 31, 2026 to maintain health services at the All in Mile High shelters and micro-communities citywide.
Council Resolution 25-2113 approved a $2,700,000 increase to a contract with La Raza Services, Inc., doing business as Servicios de La Raza, for a new total of $10,035,000 and a 12-month extension to Dec. 31, 2026. The amendment funds culturally appropriate case management and follow-up services for the Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) program citywide.
Council Resolution 25-2114 amended a contract with It Takes A Village, Inc. by adding $65,664 for a new total of $940,694 to provide care, treatment and supportive services for people living with HIV/AIDS within the Denver Transitional Grant Area; that amendment did not change the contract term.
The transcript records these items as approved by consent; no individual motions, roll-call vote tallies, or substantive discussion are recorded in the available minutes. The committee did not hold a regular meeting discussion on the items during the recorded segments. No next procedural steps or implementation timelines beyond the amended contract end dates were specified in the transcript.
