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Community Resources - Low Income

A.C.C.E.S.S. Housing
(303) 289-7078
6978 Colorado Boulevard
Commerce City, CO 80022
The Adams Community Coalition for Emergency Shelter and Standard Housing is a private, non-profit which provides temporary shelter and low-cost transitional housing for low income families of Adams County.

Catholic Charities
(303) 742-0828
2525 West Alameda
Denver, CO 80219
www.catholiccharitiesdenver.org/
Run by the members of the Archdiocese of Denver, this is a network that provides a variety of social services and programs to meet basic human needs in the Denver metropolitan area. For a referral to the location nearest you, call the main number.

Center for Work, Education and Employment
(303) 892-8444
1175 Osage Street, Suite #300
Denver, CO 80204
www.cwee.org
Their mission is to help single parents break the cycle of welfare dependency. Provides computer skills training, job placement, transitional follow-up, and support.

Emergency Family Assistance Association
(303) 442-3042
900 Arapahoe Avenue
Boulder, CO 80302
http://www.efaa.org/
A private, non-profit which provides emergency shelter, food, and financial assistance with rent, utilities, transportation and prescriptions for low income families of Boulder County.

Community Housing Services
(303) 831-1935
1905 Sherman Street, Suite #745
Denver, CO 80203
Housing counseling for low to moderate income families. Information about emergency housing, subsidized housing, rental programs, home rehabilitation, home ownership, landlord/tenant disputes, and evictions.

Jeffco Action Center
(303) 237-7704
195 S. Union Blvd. P. O. Box 150609
Lakewood, CO 80215
www.jeffcoac.org/
A private, non-profit which provides clothing, furniture, emergency food and shelter, and limited emergency funds for rent deposits, transportation, eye, ear and dental exams, and prescriptions for low-income residents of Jefferson County.

Women's Bean Project
(303) 292-1919
3201 Curtis Street
Denver, CO 80205
www.womensbeanproject.com
A private, non-profit which assists women in poverty and homeless women to attain the essential job and life skills to become self-sufficient through a small business that sells soups and offers catering.