Publications & Press

Hub Pilot Impact Report

March 2026 wrapped a year-long pilot of the Community Resource Connection Hub in the Westwood Community Center.

Community Landscape Issue Brief

This Community Landscape identifies the gaps and strengths of Denver’s homelessness response system, as conveyed by the experts – the people who have been homeless and who have used the system.

Issue Brief Addendum: Older Adults

In this addendum to the Community Landscape, we share insights from our interviews with 20 neighbors over the age of 60 experiencing homelessness and the shared and unique challenges they face.

Collaboratories Issue Brief

Insights and solutions from our first Collaboratory, where lived experts, service providers, policymakers, and community leaders worked together to address systemic barriers to homelessness.

Aging & Dying in the Unhoused Population

9News recently did a documentary on aging and dying among the unhoused in Denver. We were honored for our research on older adults and homelessness to play a small role. Watch Refuge to learn more. 

Elevated Denver Perspectives

Who Gets to Shape our Future?

Who Gets to Shape our Future?

For just a moment, think about the decisions that shape your daily life. Who decides what healthcare you can access?...
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Looking Upstream: Why Prevention Must Be Central to Solving Homelessness

Looking Upstream: Why Prevention Must Be Central to Solving Homelessness

When we talk about progress on homelessness, we often focus on what we can see – point-in-time counts, the number...
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Why Lived Experience Matters

Why Lived Experience Matters

Engaging people with lived experience isn’t just a nice thing to do; it’s essential if we want to design systems...
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Who Gets to Shape AI?

Who Gets to Shape AI?

"The stability of our world rests on a substance that is unstable at the core." In 2011, I was in...
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Power Is Relational, Not Finite

Power Is Relational, Not Finite

Much of our society is ruled by a false principle: that power is a finite resource, for someone to have...
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A Veteran’s Perspective

A Veteran’s Perspective

A Veteran’s Perspective | By Joseph Ellis, Program Administrator Outreach Court & Forensic Peer Navigator Supervisor, Denver County Court From...
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