Being trusted by local nonprofits organizations and community members is a privilege.
Being trusted by local nonprofits organizations and community members is a privilege.
We at the Community Foundation want to continue to earn that privilege. Sometimes that means we have to shine our light and take the lead.
Following the deaths of several homeless people in Boulder, we convened the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, Boulder Outreach for Homeless Overflow and Bridge House to explore ways to better serve the city’s homeless population. All three entities already serve the homeless in different and important ways, but wanted to cooperate around the common interest of ensuring that, at a minimum, no one starves or freezes to death. The collaborative will soon implement a model to prevent community members from falling through the cracks, which includes improved data collection and coordinated entry processes for vulnerable, homeless clients, as well as expanded case management services.
The Community Foundation also stepped up this year when Foothills United Way announced significant funding cuts: our Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (EFCO) granted $300K to affected health and human services agencies, proving once again that working together accomplishes much more than going it alone.
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