Opinion | Editorial: Aurora proposes a needed shift in efforts to serve the homeless
Street Enforcement Team supervisor Scott Lawson, left, talks with a person experiencing homelessness at a campsite near the corner of Umatilla St. and 13th Ave. in Denver, Colorado on Thursday, June 9, 2022.Mayors and governors across the nation are rolling out plans – both novel and tried – to prevent America’s homeless crisis from developing into permanent ghettos the likes of which the U.S. hasn’t seen since the Great Depression.
For decades, the policy in America has been housing first, but that policy is often manifest by a shelter bed that is vacated in the morning and not available again until night. The intent of housing first is to offer real 24-hour housing stability, not just a shelter bed at night. Closer to home, the City of Aurora, led by Mayor Mike Coffman, is pushing hard for a regional homeless service center that would focus on what he calls a “jobs first” model of getting people who need help the treatment and care they need before entering housing. The plan is not without its opponents, who fear setting up barriers to housing will mean more people on the streets in the cold or the heat.
It’s part of the reason why drug courts used to divert individuals suffering from addiction to drugs out of the criminal justice system and into detox and treatment programs.
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