15 Greccio: A Solution Focused Housing Organization
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Learn about valuable housing resources for working families provided by Greccio Housing. Homeward Pikes Peak Executive Director Beth Roalstad sits down for this conversation with Lee Patke, Executive Director of Greccio Housing. Greccio's mission is to provide stable, safe, and affordable housing, to offer resources for residents to achieve stability, and to promote solutions to the affordable housing needs of our community. Greccio currently serves over 1,000 residents per year through properties across Colorado Springs. Beyond providing affordable housing to lower their cost of living,...
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14 Intersection of Housing and a Vibrant Downtown
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Why a surge in downtown housing isn’t causing costs to drop, plus the story behind a new affordable live/work space for artists. Host Beth Roalstad discusses these issues with Susan Edmondson, President and CEO of Downtown Partnership. Susan explains the structure and activities of the Downtown Partnership, and she provides details about an exciting project to break ground in early 2023 – Artspace, an affordable live/work space for artists with rent priced for artisans earning up to 60% of average median income. Downtown Partnership Downtown Ventures Artspace a Place for everyone,...
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13 Filling a Gap in Healthcare and Housing: Dream Centers of Colorado Springs
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Matthew Ayres, CEO of Dream Centers, joins host Beth Roalstad to share how the Dream Centers and Mary’s Home serve women of low income in our community and provides women and families with services ranging from health care to housing. They also discuss resources for men, and the longtime collaboration between Dream Center and Homeward Pikes Peak. LINKS: Dream Centers
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12 Springs Recovery Connection: A Local Solution Based on National Model
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11 Child Abuse Prevention Month
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Help for children experiencing abuse is discussed, since April is child abuse prevention month. Host Beth Roalstad notes there’s an intersection between families facing multiple barriers or facing homelessness, and child abuse. Stacie Kwitek Russell, executive director of El Paso County’s Department of Human Service discusses the issues with Beth. They are joined by El Paso County Public Information Specialist Kristina Iodice. LINKS: DHS helped to create Family Treatment Drug Court: El Paso County Department of Human Services Additional resources to receive training on the...
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10 Prison Re-Entry: How to Ease a Rough Transition
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We speak with a dynamic leader who not only knows how hard the transition is from prison to community at a community level, he knows it from a personal level. too. After serving 20 years in a Colorado prison for what was deemed a “hate crime,” Howie Close is now a leader in a movement to improve the pathway for men and women as they exit prison and return to our communities. Howie leads the Woodmen Valley Chapel Prison Ministry . This is a dynamic team of over 160 volunteers who work inside and outside of prisons around the state of Colorado. It is part of a statewide and national...
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9 Affordable Housing in Colorado Springs
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What are the top affordable housing issues and what is being done to address these in Colorado Springs? It’s a hot issue and means different things to different people. We discuss it all in this conversation with three area affordable housing leaders. Randy and BJ Scott are two of the founders of the Affordable Housing Collaborative, an advocacy organization that seeks to be a hub of information and lead efforts to increase affordable housing in El Paso County. Barb Van Hoy is a Policy Analyst in the Community Development Division of the City of Colorado Springs. Randy Scott has been a...
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8 Library for the People
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Today’s library is not just about books anymore, it is a vital hub where community, people, art, and technology intersect. John Spears, Chief Librarian and CEO of the Pikes Peak Library District, joins host Beth Roalstad to discuss how the Pikes Peak Library District is carrying out a new form of community library. What is most interesting to Homeward Pikes Peak is that our library has had a social worker on staff for about three years. This staff person is considered a subject matter expert on the needs of the library guests who experience homelessness. There is a librarian for business,...
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7. Substance Use and Mental Health Barriers in Our Community
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Today on this episode of - A Place for Everyone. we will tackle the issue of substance use in our community. The frequency or how often it occurs and where can someone get help when they are ready. My guests are colleagues from Diversus Health. Amanda Smith, Director, Substance Use Disorders and Case Management and E.J. RICKEY, MCG, Vice-President of Marketing and Communication Strategy | Diversus Health. Diversus Health recently changed its name recently from AspenPointe. Diversus Health offers health care services focusing on counseling, psychiatry, addictions, and crisis intervention....
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6 Lasting Impact of childhood trauma
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Peaceful Household’s Mission is To improve the health, social-emotional and economic outcomes for children and families by providing the foundation, leadership and education to build and sustain a trauma responsive community. More information about this organization can be found at . Our Guest today is Kathy Orr, Executive Director of Peaceful Households; a Registered Nurse, Master Trainer of ACES and a community leader and advocate regarding reducing trauma experienced by young children and their families. Homeward Pikes Peak brings you A Place for Everyone two times per...
info_outlineWhat does home mean to you? What is the connection between homelessness and housing stability? A person would need to work 73 hours a week at minimum wage to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Colorado Springs.
Who are the homeless, how did they get here, and what do they need? This inaugural episode of the podcast defines the problem of homelessness for our community – central El Paso County and Colorado Springs.
Executive Director Beth Roalstad invites two Homeward Pikes Peak staff members into the studio for a conversation defining homelessness, providing some surprising data, and dispelling some myths. Her guests are Housing Specialist Nina Miller and Street Outreach Worker Jansen Howard.
A Place for everyone is brought to you by Homeward Pikes Peak. Our mission is to support individuals to achieve their full potential in recovery from substance abuse and to exit homelessness and move towards permanent housing. Learn more at homewardpp.org.
Point in Time Survey data from Community Health Partnership and the Pikes Peak Continuum of Care:
State Housing Wage as researched by the National Low Income Housing Coalition Out of Reach 2019
Homeless youth in schools in Colorado Springs by the Colorado Dept. of Education