WELCOME!
Your compassion brought you to this webpage.
Your concern about poverty and homelessness tells us...
YOU. BELONG. HERE.
We believe ALL families should have what they need to thrive. But, powerlessness, hopelessness, and chaos create instability for families. This instability leads to poverty and homelessness.
Sadly, it doesn’t end there.
Poverty and homelessness end up creating more family instability, worsening the experience of powerlessness, hopelessness, and chaos.
The cycle repeats!
But not with people like YOU! Together, as a compassionate community, we can interrupt this cycle.
Together, we can provide the resources, relationships, and opportunities that create the context for life to be different.
At BeyondHome,
LASTING SELF-SUFFICIENCY is built through . . .
Deeply Affordable Housing, Workforce Development, Private Practice Counseling, Education Opportunities, Financial Assistance, and Coaching.
AND IS DEFINED BY . . .
A livable wage job, homeownership or renting at market rate, no government assistance with limited exceptions, and a healthy family system.
Because we’ve seen that when families have the time, relationships, resources, and support they need,
LIFE CAN BE DIFFERENT.
We know because we’ve seen it happen.
BeyondHome partners with families escaping poverty and homelessness to build lasting self-sufficiency.
BeyondHome was founded in 1987 by Connie Zimmerman, originally as Colorado Homeless Families, inspired by a colleague’s struggle with homelessness. Serving more than 500 families over 30 years, she focused on affordable, transitional housing as a pathway for families to find stability and break free from poverty.
With the support of individuals, businesses, nonprofits, and foundations, BeyondHome now has grown to 37 homes.
In 2016, under Executive Director Karen Allen, trauma-informed therapy and holistic support were added to address the root causes of homelessness, recognizing that lasting stability requires tackling trauma, economic pressures, and family patterns together.
Rebranded as BeyondHome in 2020, we empower families toward self-sufficiency through housing, coaching, career readiness, financial literacy, therapy, and a full youth program.
Each year, roughly 150 individuals benefit from our program, most staying 4–5 years to overcome the root problems of homelessness.
In the past ten years, 57 families have graduated, 32 of whom became homeowners, and nearly all are thriving independently for at least five years post-graduation.
BeyondHome’s proven model scales stability into self-sufficiency, not just shelter.
Organization name
BeyondHome
other names
BeyondHome, Colorado Homeless Families
1987
Tax id (EIN)
84-1049318
Category
Housing & Shelter, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, Youth Development, Human Services
Organization Size
Large Organization
Colorado State Tax Credits
Colorado Homeless Credit
Address
PO Box 740130Jefferson County, CO, US
Arvada, CO, US
Denver, CO, US
Adams County, CO, US
Arapahoe County, CO, US