Services soar at Denver Rescue Mission amid Arctic blast [Video]

DENVER — As the Arctic blast sweeps throughout the state, shelters in the metro area are ready to provide support and services to ensure people in need stay out of the dangerously cold temperatures.

Denver’s Department of Housing Stability (HOST) partners with city agencies to offer “front door” referral centers, which have longer hours and walk-up access and help people understand the shelter options available to them. The Denver Rescue Mission Lawrence Street Community Center is a front-door location for individual men.

“This is the front door, and so we’re bringing people in, assessing where they need to be, and then we have buses coming to take them there, and then individuals are staying at this location and walking over,” Tracy Brooks, Chief Program Officer at Denver Rescue Mission, said.

The need to get people indoors is a top priority, which is why the Denver Rescue Mission works with its partnerships and the …