The major services Help & Hope Center provides are:
- Food, Toiletries and Pet Food. Approximately 96% of our clients receive these basic services. The Task Force also provides diapers, formula and special dietary items.
- Senior Outreach: We conduct monthly off-site Food Banks at low-income senior housing complexes, providing food/hygiene assistance to seniors in need.
- Housing Assistance: We as
sist clients with emergency financial assistance in order to prevent homelessness.
- Utility Assistance: We provide emergency utility assistance (heat, electric, water) to clients with shut-off notices.
- Emergency Overnight Lodging: In conjunction with the Police and Sheriff's Departments, we provide emergency lodging for homeless or transient individuals and families.
- Clothing, Household Items: Clients may "shop" for free in our Thrift Store (Treasures on Park Street) for clothing and shoes, household items and furniture.
- ID Documentation: We assist clients in securing the documentation needed for housing applications, school and social services including Colorado State IDs, birth certificates, police records, etc.
- Information and referral: Staff and volunteers make thousands of referrals annually connecting clients to other agencies and resources to provide long-term solutions to problems.
- Santa's Sharing and Birthdays: Community sponsorship provides gift cards and toys so that parents have a resource year round and during the Holidays for those who can't afford birthday gifts or Holiday gifts for their children or if their child needs a new gift to attend a birthday party.
