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In 2019, Colorado launched a new program to keep people with unmet mental health needs out of the criminal justice system. But, over the summer, pandemic-related budget cuts gutted these mental health diversion programs.

Organizers of the Point-In-Time count of people experiencing homelessness in Denver, Boulder and the seven-county metro region have called off the 2021 count for unsheltered people. A count of the sheltered population only will take place on Feb. 25.

Last August, KUNC aired a story about SafeLot, a new program in Longmont that provides safe parking for people who live in their cars. Now that program is expanding. Colorado Edition co-host Henry Zimmerman spoke to KUNC’s Stephanie Daniel, who reported the original story, to learn more about the expansion.

A new report finds that pandemic-related job loss will cause twice as much chronic homelessness than the 2008 Great Recession, with Latinos and African Americans especially vulnerable.

There were eight days left in the month, and enough of Bruce Brooks’ Social Security check to cover renting a hotel room in Greeley for exactly none of them.

Denver voters passed a series of local measures on election night, most notably affecting climate change and homelessness in the city.

The coronavirus has led to record unemployment rates across the country and in Colorado. As state and federal benefits begin to run out, and evictions pick up, experts are predicting an increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness. A new program in Northern Colorado is now providing a safe space for those who don’t have a place to live.

Denver and state police and public health officials cleared a large camp of homeless people in downtown's Lincoln Park on Wednesday, citing the threat of the spread of the coronavirus and other disease due to unsanitary conditions.

Cities continue to dismantle homeless encampments despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to hold off during the pandemic to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

On Monday, an emergency shelter opened at the Denver Coliseum for women and transgender individuals experiencing homelessness. This comes soon after the…