Summary
Organization name
Colorado Village Collaborative
other names
CVC
2017
Tax id (EIN)
82-0741818
Category
Housing & Shelter
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
1530 W 13th Ave Denver, CO 80204Denver, CO 80204
Denver County, CO, US
About
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12/05/2023
Colorado Gives Day is a reminder that individual donors – people like you - are powerful forces for good which allows Colorado Village Collaborative to provide transformative shelter and services that bridge people from the streets to stable housing. CVC’s success is rooted in relationships - thank you for being part of and supporting Colorado Village Collaborative's important work.
When you make a Colorado Gives Day donation to CVC, not only do you add momentum to our work, we also have flexible funds to meet urgent and emerging needs of our community members.
What do your dollars support?
Your donation supports:
$15,000 - Pallet shelter
$10,000 - Meals for one safe outdoor space for one month
$5,000 - Materials for high school students to build one tiny home
$500 - Site furnishings
$100 - Toiletry and hygiene - such as soap, tampons, tooth paste, etc
Mission
Colorado Village Collaborative exists to bridge the gap between the streets and stable housing. We create and operate transformational housing communities in partnership with people coming from homelessness.
With an empowerment-based and anti-oppressive lens, CVC reaches across sectors to address the current housing crisis. Together with our partners, we design and produce housing that is affordable, quick and easy to build, community centric, and environmentally friendly.
Background Statement
The Colorado Village Collaborative (CVC) was founded in March 2017 to create, operate, and advocate for transformational housing communities in partnership with people coming from homelessness. Through our work and in partnership with other agencies, we envision a Colorado where everyone has access to safe, stable, housing and a healing, supportive community that creates a path to long term housing and employment.
Over the past 6 years, CVC successfully launched two Tiny Home Villages ( Welcome Village and Beloved Community Village) and three Safe Outdoor Spaces (Native American Inclusive site, DHS, and 13th Ave).
WHY TINY HOMES?
Tiny home villages provide a strategy for quickly and cost-effectively developing temporary housing units that can be utilized to transition people from homelessness to stable housing. While a new affordable unit in Denver costs an average of $290,000, a tiny home can be constructed for $15,000 in material costs. Each home provides dignity and privacy, while the villages are designed to provide a pathway to stable housing. Each village employs a participatory governance structure, empowering villagers to design their community and their future.
WHY SAFE OUTDOOR SPACES?
Launched in December 2020 to respond quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic in partnership with the City and County of Denver, CVC now operates three Safe Outdoor Spaces in the Denver metro area. These SOS sites provide resources and services in a healthy and secure environment that is staffed 24/7. This innovative model provides outdoor, individualized shelter and a pathway into stable housing for people experiencing homelessness in Denver.
There are many reasons that individuals experiencing homelessness do not access the local shelter system. Most shelters, even those deemed low barrier, do not allow couples to stay together. Pets and emotional support animals are not welcome (service animals excepted).
Many shelters will not hold a bed for people who work evening hours, making it difficult to hold a job. In addition, people who don't access the shelter system often have experienced violence, harassment, sexual assault or repeated theft in shelters. A lack of feeling safe was among the top reasons cited for not accessing a shelter in the 2020 Point in Time count conducted by the Metro Denver Housing Initiative.
People living on the streets in Denver are CVC's target population. Our Tiny Home Villages and Safe Outdoor Spaces provide trauma-informed, dignified, low-barrier community shelter for people living on the streets.
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Denver, CO 80204