Safety, Housing, Education &  
Homelessness Committee  
AGENDA  
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 10:30 AM  
City & County Building, Council Committee Room, Room 391  
1437 Bannock Street  
Chair: Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Vice Chair: Chris Hinds  
Members: Kevin Flynn, Stacie Gilmore, Amanda P. Sandoval, Amanda Sawyer, Jamie Torres  
Staff: Anne Wallace  
Attendance  
Action Items  
25-0884  
Approves a contract with The Salvation Army (TSA) for  
$4,200,000.00 with an end date of 12-31-2025 to provide  
operations and supportive services at the Stone Creek  
non-congregate shelter (NCS) serving adult households  
experiencing homelessness, in Council District 8  
(HOST-202477421).  
Jeff Kositsky, Department of Housing Stability  
25-0885  
Amends a contract with The Salvation Army to add  
$8,006,556.00 for a new total of $16,013,112.00 and to  
add twelve months for a new end date of 12-31-2025 to  
support family shelter intake and access services,  
housing-focused case management and housing  
navigation, as well as operations at The Tamarac Family  
Shelter, in Council District 4  
(HOST-202473096/HOST-202477477-01).  
25-0886  
Amends an agreement with The Salvation Army (TSA) to  
add $7,000,000.00 for a new total of $16,282,903.00 and  
to add nine months for a new end date of 12-31-2025 to  
provide operations and supportive services at The Aspen  
non-congregate shelter (NCS) providing shelter services to  
adult households experiencing homelessness, in Council  
District 8 (HOST-202369267/HOST-202579644-02).  
Briefings  
25-0891  
Department of Housing Stability Loan Development  
Agreements  
Alex Marqusee, Laura Allen-Hatcher, and Kendra Garrett,  
Department of Housing Stability  
Consent Items  
25-0867  
Amends an Intergovernmental Agreement with Denver  
Health & Hospital Authority to amend the invoice due date  
and roll over $99,196.76 of unspent Year 1 funds into the  
Year 2 budget to ensure pain management is an  
organization priority with goals of combating the opioid  
epidemic and ensuring regulatory compliance. No change  
to agreement amount or term, citywide  
(ENVHL-202370663/ENVHL-202579246-02).  
25-0868  
25-0869  
Amends a contract with Advocates for Recovery to add  
$571,726.38 for a new total of $910,435.08 and add two  
years for a new end date of 12-31-2026 to expand its  
services to marginalized groups in Denver who are  
increasingly impacted by opioid misuse and overdose,  
citywide (ENVHL-202370750/ENVHL-202475906-01).  
Amends a contract agreement with The Naloxone Project  
to roll over $77,995.57 of unspent Year 1 funds into the  
Year 2  
budget to continue piloting the First Responder Naloxone  
Distribution and Harm Reduction Pilot Program in Denver.  
No change to contract amount or length, citywide.  
(ENVHL-202370677/ENVHL-202579590-03).  
25-0871  
25-0882  
Amends contract with Find Solutions LLC to add  
$88,500.00 for a new total of $789,125.00 and to add six  
months for a new end date of 12-31-2025 to continue  
providing professional mediation services resolving  
conflicts involving Denver community members and City  
and County of Denver employees, citywide  
(HRCRS-202159637/HRCRS-202579473-03).  
Amends a contract with Colorado Poverty Law Project  
(CPLP) to add $335,000.00 for a new total of  
$3,390,152.00 to provide free eviction legal services to  
approximately 1,300 Denver households in 2025. No  
change to contract length, citywide  
(HOST-202159468/HOST-202579849-04).  
25-0883  
25-0887  
25-0889  
Amends a contract with Colorado Legal Services to add  
$50,000.00 for a new total of $1,867,520.00 to provide  
free eviction legal services to approximately 400 Denver  
households in 2025. No change to contract length,  
citywide (HOST-202157453/HOST-202579848-04).  
Approves the capital equipment purchase of a Chemical  
Detection System with funds from the DSD State Grant  
Appropriation (12301-3531000) to support the operations  
of the FY24-25 Drug and Contraband Detection and  
Control Grant Program (SHERF-202578352), citywide.  
Amends an agreement with Colorado Department of  
Human Services, Behavioral Health Administration to add  
$370,000.00 for a new total of $4,350,842.00 and to add  
one year for a new end date of 9-30-2026 to provide funds  
for substance use disorder, mental health treatment, jail  
medicated assisted treatment and pre-sentence re-entry  
to Denver city jails, citywide  
(SHERF-202262959/SHERF-202579383-07).