Rising Up’s programs are designed to keep our homeless and hungry neighbors engaged and working to achieve sustainable independence in a safe and trusted environment. We offer job search assistance, advocacy, hot meals, showers, housing search assistance, a client choice food pantry, overnight winter warming center, connecting dots to other services and much more. These services help empower people to make their own decisions; transform people from being dependent to being independent; and rebuild a solid foundation to rise up from their current situations and move forward on a path to sustainable independence that will help them become productive, contributing members of our great community!
SHARE, Inc provides 24/7 crisis response, emergency shelter, individual advocacy, support groups (with trained specialists), court advocates, safety plans, community education, transitional housing (help access rental assistance and other financial supports), help with protective orders, and referrals to other agencies.
Safe Shelter provides a comprehensive system of programs and services to address the needs of individuals affected by Domestic Violence, Elder Abuse, Human Trafficking and Teen Dating Violence. All of our services are free, confidential, bilingual (English/Spanish), bicultural, open and affirming, and available 24/7. We provide the following services: 24-hour crisis line, Emergency shelter, Individual and group counseling, Case management, Legal advocacy, Community and peer education, and Information and referrals.
SPAN services include 24/7 crisis/information line, emergency shelter, transitional services and housing assistance, legal advocacy, trauma counseling, and school and community-based violence prevention education. SPAN has specialized services focused on Latine survivors, LGBTQI survivors, and older survivors of abuse. All services are available in Spanish and English. SPAN primarily serves Boulder and Broomfield counties.
The San Luis Valley Immigrant Resource Center strives to educate and empower immigrants through advocacy, education, and immigration legal assistance. The Center has been recognized and accredited as an “Immigration Service Provider” by the Department of Justice for the past seventeen years and currently has two Accredited Representatives who are able to provide immigration legal assistance (including filling out related forms) and represent clients before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service. The Center also offers a Por Ti Misma (Assisting Battered Immigrants) Program to help domestic violence survivors obtain legal residency under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA); Punto de Vista Education (Outreach Language Project) that provides English as a Second Language (ESL) and Citizenship classes to adult immigrants; and a Crime Victim Housing Program that helps victims access and retain safe, long-term housing, and provides some of the support they need to rebuild their lives.
SMRC’s client service programs include a 24-hour Crisis Hotline, Personal & Legal Advocacy, Emergency Shelter & Safe-Housing, Counseling Services, Support Groups, Resources & Referrals, and Financial Assistance. SMRC also engages in a Cultural Outreach Program that provides culturally competent services to clients of all different backgrounds. We have a prevention education program in conjunction with the local schools and have a comprehensive volunteer program with intensive training.
SARA House is a child advocacy center that also serves adult survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence, and human trafficking. We offer forensic exams for youth ages 3-18 (with referral from law enforcement or DHS); we have trained SANEs on staff that offer sexual assault and strangulation exams for youth and adults. We also offer family advocacy, confidential advocacy to adult survivors, information and referrals, therapy, emergency financial assistance, and we do prevention education for elementary age children through high school.
910 S Main Street, Yuma, CO 80759
119 North Front Street, Sterling, CO 80751
Sarah’s Home is a safehouse shelter for young women and girls who have been sex trafficked. The program consists of counseling and therapy, life skill training, medical care, job skill training, spiritual guidance, relationship training, mentoring and education. Our accredited school, Aspire Academy, is on our property which allows our girls to complete credits that may have missed.
Services include a confidential Safehouse (for women and their children), Victim Advocacy (safety plans, court support and legal advocacy), Counseling (accepts Medicaid), Children’s Programs, a 24/7 Safe Line, Housing Assistance, and Community Outreach and Education.
Fundamentally, we do three things: (1) Provide immediate safety at our confidential Safehouse for women, children, and other victims escaping abuse; (2) Empower survivors through programs and support such as Advocacy and Counseling; and (3) Creating a safer future through Education and Outreach to schools, businesses, and other organizations.
Short term shelter/Emergency shelter and drop in center located in Boulder, CO. If client can get to the shelter and there is availability (currently can house 14 youth per night) then they can stay as long as they present proof of age with some form of documentation.
Programs:
Chase House – residential program for 12-18 year olds
The Source Overnight Shelter – emergency shelter for 12-21 year olds
The Source Drop in Center – open 7 days/week for 12-24 year olds
1440 Pine – supportive housing complex for 18-24 year olds
Transitional Living Program – long term housing navigation for 18-24 year olds
Street Outreach Program – connecting with youth experiencing homelessness
The Alliance is the only organization serving Chaffee, northern Saguache, and Western Fremont Counties that provides a safe and confidential place for victims to receive 24-hour crisis assistance, counseling & safe housing. We serve survivors directly through a 24/7 crisis line, safety planning, legal advocacy and assistance, emergency safehousing and long-term housing assistance, support groups, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner exams, and referrals to a variety of resources. We provide education about the prevalence and impacts of domestic and sexual violence, and encourage culture change by being a resource to the public as well as survivors, and by providing leadership on policy issues that impact our clients.
211 Tabor St. Office 110 Buena Vista, CO
The Delores Project offers 24/7, extended stay shelter to women and transgender invididuals experiencing homelessness. All guests have access to trauma informed supportive servies, housing focused case management, and behavioral health care.
The Don’t Look Back Center (DLBC) was founded in 2018 as a center to keep women and transwomen with substance use disorders, Trauma, and PTSD out of the criminal justice system. DLBC provides substance use disorder treatment and prevention services and trauma services including: a relapse prevention group, DUI/DWAI Classes, competency restoration education, transitional sober living home, and H.E.R. culturally competent group counseling. They also provide care management and supportive housing to adult females and transwomen.
Women, transgender individuals, and their children who seek assistance from The Gathering Place have access to a wide range of programs and services. These include: Day shelter services that meet basic needs, connect clients to resources, crisis and wellness services, and provide peer to peer engagement. Additional services include: showers, laundry, nap rooms, meals, food/clothing bank, harm reduction (Narcan + training & test strips), Art studio, peer specialist, mental health services, and housing case management.
The Initiative provides comprehensive, creative, and collaborative services to survivors of DV/IPV, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Stalking, and Caregiver/Elder Abuse with a Physical, Cognitive, Sensory, Health-related, Emotional, or Developmental Disability. Our programs are rooted in an accessible, culturally-responsive, and trauma-informed (ACRTI) approach to address survivors’ complex goals and objectives through services in four categories: safety, self-sufficiency, criminal justice support, and recovery and healing. Advocates at The Initiative respect each client’s right to self-determination and provide appropriate and necessary services to best meet each unique individual’s safety needs.