First Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman went undercover on the streets. Then he went on the road...all to study how to solve the issue of homelessness.
But Coffman has continued to study the issue of homelessness, as well as take action in Aurora. In March, he finally pushed the camping-ban proposal through council. And then the next month, he visited Springs Rescue Mission, which takes a different approach than the"housing-first" model that's becoming popular in many cities.
According to Coffman, the Springs Rescue Mission campus has multiple tiers: one for people wanting to access services and another one for people not interested in accessing services and only looking to obtain emergency resources. These two sections are located next to each other, so that people in the second tier might be motivated after seeing people in the first. A third tier offers a work-training program.
But Coffman was"disappointed" when he learned that Houston's metric of success"was how many people after the 24 months [of housing] reapplied for services," he recalls. The Haven for Hope model — having all services on one campus — appeals to Coffman, he says. He also likes the element of having incentives for people to engage with services, a model that he saw in Colorado Springs.
"I think it’s a pretty good program," Coffman says, noting that participants have to be sober and receive support in maintaining sobriety."You have to work at least twenty hours from day one."
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