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PRESS RELEASE: Metro Denver Homeless Initiative Announces Partnership with Right at Home, a New National Initiative to Stop Homelessness Before It Starts
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.
PRESS RELEASE: Metro Denver Homeless Initiative Releases 2025 Point-in-Time Count Data
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.
PRESS RELEASE: MDHI Releases First-Ever Statewide Homelessness Report
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.
PRESS RELEASE: Douglas County Achieves Functional Zero for Veterans, Ensuring it is Rare and Brief
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.
PRESS RELEASE: Metro Denver Homeless Initiative Announces New Executive Director
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.
PRESS RELEASE: Annual Point-in-Time Count Shows An Increase of People Experiencing Homelessness in Denver Metro Area
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.
PRESS RELEASE: Peer Advisors Guide Region’s Annual Point in Time Count of People Experiencing Homelessness
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.
PRESS RELEASE: New Report Shows Over 30,000 People Accessing Homelessness Services in Denver Region
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.
Joint Statement on Common Sense Institute’s Flawed Annual Assessment of the Homelessness System in Denver
For the third year in a row, the “Common Sense” Institute has released a “Snapshot of Denver’s Homeless Ecosystem” outlining their flawed interpretation of Denver’s homelessness response system and City budget as well as a continued failure to account for the complexities of homelessness for those forced to experience it.
Annual 2023 Homeless Count Released
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.
MDHI Response to Common Sense Institute Newest Report
“MDHI identified several key inaccuracies to CSI during the creation of this report,” said Dr. Jamie Rife, Executive Director of the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI). “However, the researchers chose to release the report and include these inaccuracies, knowing they would lead to inflated per person spending and misinformation in the public,” added Rife.
Full Annual Homelessness Count Released
“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.
First Phase of Annual Homelessness Count Released
The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI) released the preliminary first phase of the 2022 annual Point-in-Time (PIT) count data. The count captures homelessness nationally on a single night in January and showed an overall increase of 784 individuals regionally from pre-pandemic levels.
Annual ‘State of Homelessness’ Report Released
Read the 2nd Annual State of Homelessness Report released January 20, 2022.