2. Eight Specific Goals Permanent And Transitional Housing Shelter System
Prevention
Services
Public Safety And Outreach
Education, Training And Employment
Community Awareness And Coordinated Response
Zoning, Urban Design And Land Use

3. Goal # 6 Education Training and Employment
To assist 600 people annually who are homeless to obtain skills and knowledge necessary to participate in the workforce
Since implementation of the plan, Denver’s Road Home has assisted 2,455 homeless people in finding work.

4. Job Developer Prescilla Otero-DiPaola Employers
contact
Employers
Job Order
*placement feedback
Job Order Notification
Placement Feedback
Client/Job Match & Referral
Nancy Rider Homeless Initiative Business Development Associate (DWD)
Job Order Dist.
Placement Feedback
Client/Resume
Referral
Providers
Prepare Client for Job
Ready Client with Resume
Provider Job Readiness Training Class DWD JRT

5. Job Readiness Does the participant have:
A valid, state issued identification card or driver’s license AND a social security card?
A current resume with a contact telephone number?
Appropriate interview clothing?
Interviewing skills?
Transportation?

6. Job Readiness Required reading & math literacy skills for the job?
Computer literacy skills? Are these necessary for the job?
Basic Computer Literacy Class
Microsoft Word
PowerPoint
Excel
All of these are free of charge and on a walk-in basis at the Workforce Centers

7. Urban Peak Youth Hospitality Pilot Program
Collaborative effort with DHCC Job Developer and the Denver’s Road Home
Work closely with partner hotels to identify existing open positions
Hire formerly homeless youth to assist them in their transition from the streets to housing
Ensure that the process is executed smoothly and necessary support and follow-up is being managed by the homeless youth provider, Urban Peak.

8. Goals
Assuming the Model is successful, the project will move forward with the following goals by January 2008
A total of four Sage hotels in the downtown area will be participating in the Pilot Program.
The Oxford Hotel
The Residence Inn by Marriott
Hyatt Regency Denver
The Grand Hyatt
A total of 4 youth will be employed by this Project.
Of these 4 youth, three youth will be enrolled in some form of higher education to advance their skills in the hospitality industry.

9. Hope for the City, Colorado
IN partnering with the VOA Mission, HOPE worldwide is harnessing their expertise in working with the homeless in Denver
The goal is to create a sustainable job training program that can help employ individuals who are homeless
HOPE for the City, Colorado implemented the Basic Employment Skills Training Program (B.E.S.T.)
Job training program that provides computer training to homeless “job ready” men and women
Soft job skills
Computer skills
On-the-job training
Assisting with finding a permanent job

10. Hope for the City, Colorado
Bentley Systems is a software company providing tools for the creation and management of infrastructure in Building, Civil, Geospatial and Plant Engineering design, document and data
For the B.E.S.T. CAD exchange project, Bentley will provide the following:
Engineering Document Management System
Curriculum for Bentley to train screened candidates
Provide online self-paced training with the intention of training in basic drafting
Possibly provide oil, gas, and other engineering fields as work is provided by participating companies

11. Faith Based Partnership
In the first two years, faith-based organizations mentored 233 homeless families, stepping forward to provide the support that is so vital to achieving, and maintaining, success.

12. Annual Pajama Party Mayor Hickenlooper and Denver’s top business and
community leaders wore their pajamas and raised more than
$110,000
for Denver’s Road Home on February 1, 2008
at the second annual Pajama Party
The Pajama Party is a fun event for a very serious
cause.

13. Donation Meters
Denver Public Works along with Denver’s Road Home, Leadership
Denver, The Downtown Denver Partnership, Rabble+Rouser and Oz
Architecture refurbished and redesigned
86 parking meters
Donation Meters to Benefit Denver’s Road Home
With the addition of meters, they are expected to raise $100,000
annually to support the homeless in our community
People in Denver give more than $4 million a year to panhandlers.
These meters allow people the opportunity to redirect that money to support programs that work
The Denver donation meters have received national and international
media attention and have inspired other cities to contemplate their own
donation meter programs

14. Summary of Accomplishments
We have accomplished the following in our first two years:
789 new units of housing have been brought online.
2,455 homeless people have been assisted in finding work.
2,003 individuals accessed treatment services and other
assistance programs.
563 families received eviction assistance.
132 homeless persons entered housing through the Denver
Street Outreach Collaboration.
233 families have been partnered with our faith-based
mentoring teams.