Street Outreach
Street Outreach's primary focus is to engage vulnerable individuals who are experiencing unsheltered homelessness and build relationships based on trust and consistency. Part of this process involves offering emergency provisions to meet the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness, which enables them to experience a greater degree of stability and to begin formulating a vision of what they want and need. Through these efforts we provide this vulnerable population with connections and resources that will benefit their health, safety, and sense of belonging.
Phone
719-587-3499
Warmline: 719-588-4566
Location
909 State Ave | Alamosa, CO 81101
Program Hours
M-F: 9:30am - 4:30pm
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Street Outreach
Helping Our Unhoused Neighbors Overcome Isolation Through Connection
Building Relationships
Come as you are! We offer friendly, shame-free support.
Survival Support
Let us know what items you need and our team will try to help.
Case Management
We can help with housing processes, benefit navigation, and more.
Assistance Referrals
We provide connections to local health agencies, propane programs, and more.
Learn More About our Services
If you need our services and see us drive by in our Street Outreach truck, please wave us down! The truck is typically supplied with water, high protein food, some survival supplies (please tell us any specific requests and we will see what we can do), and basic clothing. We also have a charging station in our truck and are willing to charge your power bank, cell phone, or other electronic devices.
- Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: look for our Street Outreach truck at St. Benedict's encampment!
- Tuesdays and Thursdays: we're on the move, driving around Safeway, City Market, Walmart and other high traffic places.
- Our office is located just north of The Shelter at 909 State Ave. We are in the one story house with a chain link fence!
- Come by to say hi! We are dog friendly and usually have a warm pot of coffee in the mornings!
- We have a ton of supplies at our office. Depending on donations, we usually have tents, blankets, sleeping bags, tarps, batteries and some bike supplies. We sometimes even have quarters for the laundromat!
We always have:
- High protein food
- Canned food (beans, soup, tuna, chicken)
- Water
It depends on donation so we can't guarantee availability, but we often have:
- Hygiene supplies (shampoo, soap, razors, toothpaste)
- Limited bike supplies (sealant and bike tubes)
- Clothing (shoes, jackets, socks, underwear, and shirts)
- Warm weather gear (blankets, hot hands, gloves, and beanies)
- Small 16oz green propane cans
- Large 20lb propane tank refills**
- Tarps and tents**
**We can only supply tents once every six months and can only provide large propane tank refills once a month during the winter season. For these items, we will log your name and the date to keep track of when you are eligible for another tent/refill.
- ID assistance
- Housing applications
- Benefit applications
- Bike applications
- Referrals to behavioral health
- Individualized goal setting
- Advocacy!
- Transportation to appointments (if we have available staff)
Street Outreach is open from M-F, 9:30-4:30, with a short lunch break. However, a staff member manages our warm line (719-588-4566) 24/7 and voicemails, messages, and texts will be responded to as soon as possible.
"I've needed food. I've needed a tent. I've needed hygiene supplies. I've needed an I.D. They have only supplied, never denied. And the people have treated me with kindness and respect. For someone truly in need, a Godsend."
"When people are ready to move forward with getting the help they want, we can be a helping hand. But the work we do at Street Outreach involves meeting people where they are. This means acknowledging and respecting their current state without judgment."
"With my chronic pain, I became very isolated and had low morale. Street Outreach let me drop in at any time. I was shown a level of kindness and compassion I’ve never seen before, and it let me know that I’m never truly alone."
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What can I do to help?
We’d love to have you volunteer with us!
At Street Outreach, we can use an extra set of hands to help with supply distribution, cleanup days at the encampment, and hot meal prep.
Do you have new or gently used items you are getting rid of?
Street Outreach is especially in need of the following items:
- Tarps & Rope
- Bungee Cords
- Sleeping Bags
- Quarters (for laundry)
- Gloves & Beanies
- Warm Clothing
- Waterproof Boots
- Hot Hands
- Buddy Heaters
Address: 909 State Avenue
Questions? Call us at 719-588-4566
No matter the amount, your generosity impacts lives!
At Street Outreach, $50 covers transportation to an out-of-town medical appointment for someone experiencing homelessness, $100 covers hygiene kits for eight community members, and $250 repairs an individual's vehicle.
Did you know? For CO taxpayers, gifts to Street Outreach are eligible for a 30% tax credit!
Digging Deeper
Background information about Street Outreach
Unsheltered community members face a variety of challenges. While much attention is rightly paid to the dangers of being outside during the San Luis Valley’s severe winters, being unsheltered can also make it more difficult to address basic needs ranging from food and hygiene to medical concerns, let alone navigating the housing process. The role of Street Outreach is to foster connections and to help individuals and families begin to engage with resources both within La Puente and within the greater community. However, all of this begins with establishing relationships based on genuine interest in and concern for the people with whom we work.
Street Outreach goes to unsheltered members of our community where they are… and wherever they are in their journey toward stability.
Aiding individuals in accessing the resources they need is simple in theory yet more complex in practice. It is easy to make promises to those in need, but the detail-oriented work of navigating bureaucracy can feel discouraging for individuals who do not have a reliable phone number or a straightforward method for keeping track of their ID or other important documents. These difficulties are compounded by the reality that many individuals have been promised help before and have often been let down.
Such obstacles are one reason why Street Outreach focuses first and foremost on relationship building; the trust built between Street Outreach and clients is what we lean on together when setbacks occur. Like any relationship, this process takes time, sincerity, and consistency. The Street Outreach Team sees people as people first, and we find that doing so naturally leads to individuals seeking out and taking responsibility for the longer-term support and goal-setting they may need or desire. In 2024, Street Outreach case mangers were able to help nearly 25% of our unsheltered client population into housing.
The Street Outreach team utilizes the following objectives and activities to maintain program goals:
- Relationship Building
- Community Outreach (providing education that leads to awareness and involvement)
- Supplies Distribution
- Creating a Safe Space (so individuals feel confident to express their needs and offer their skills)
- Resource Connection
- Creating and Building Partnerships (mostly with external organizations and local community members)
- Bridging Service Gaps
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