Safety, Housing, Education &  
Homelessness Committee  
AGENDA  
Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 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  
Committee canceled. Consent agenda included.  
Consent Items  
24-1694  
Amends a contract with Mental Health Center of Denver  
doing business as WellPower by adding $5,210,000 for a  
new total of $21,280,560 and adding fifteen months for a  
new end date of 12-31-2025 to operate the Behavioral  
Health Solutions Center, citywide (ENVHL-202475595).  
24-1698  
Approves a contract with The Community Firm (TCF) DBA  
The Community Economic Defense Project for  
$10,193,757 and an end date of 12-31-2025 to  
administer the Temporary Rental and Utility Assistance  
(TRUA) program Affordable Housing Funds, citywide  
(HOST-202476925).  
24-1699  
Amends a contract agreement with the Denver Rescue  
Mission to add $500,000 for a new total of $1,200,000  
and adds 12 months for a new end date of 12/31/2025 to  
continue to provide complex case management for those  
people experiencing homelessness in the Denver  
community who have not been able to access housing  
through traditional pathways, citywide  
(HOST-202476917).  
24-1700  
24-1701  
24-1702  
24-1703  
Approves the funding agreement between the City and  
County of Denver and Elevation Community Land Trust in  
the amount of $2,500,000 to support the State of  
Colorado’s Infrastructure and Strong Communities Grant  
Program, citywide (HOST-202475177).  
Amends a contract with Jewish Family Service of  
Colorado, Inc. to add $875,000 for a new total of  
$1,748,637 and a new end date of 12-31-2025 to  
administer the Temporary Rental and Utility Assistance  
(TRUA) Program, citywide (HOST-202476921-02).  
Amends a funding agreement with Elevation Community  
Land Trust to change certain terms to continue acquiring  
least 62 income-restricted housing units to be sold at  
prices affordable to qualifying households, citywide  
(HOST-202477007).  
Amends a contract agreement with the Salvation Army to  
add $270,000 for a new total of $5,76,749 and extends  
the term for 12 additional months for the new end date of  
12/31/2025 to continue to provide rapid resolution  
services for people experiencing homelessness or housing  
instability, citywide (HOST-202476924-02).  
24-1705  
24-1706  
Amends a contract with The Urban Institute by adding six  
months for a new end date of 6-30-2025 with no new  
addition of funds to complete planned evaluations for the  
Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) and  
Co-Responder programs, citywide  
(ENVHL-202371875-02/ENVHL-202161500-02).  
Amends a contract with Mental Health Center of Denver,  
doing business as WellPower, by adding one year for a  
new end date of 12-31-2025 and an addition of  
$1,091,988 for a new total of $4,305,541 to continue to  
provide clinicians for the Support Team Assisted  
Response (STAR) program, citywide  
(ENVHL-202371478-02/ENVHL-202160835-02).