The four categories describe the services’ primary focus, but there is also overlap. For example, Assistance and Protection services also build Engagement and Prevention, and involve Partnership with the community.
Assistance
Providing food, medical, cash, employment skills, and other benefits to eligible people.
Many services have specific eligibility requirements.
Adult Financial Assistance
Cash benefits for people 60 and older, and those with disabilities.
Burial Assistance
Payments to providers for burial and cremation services.
Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+)
Eligibility determination for low-cost health insurance for children and pregnant women.
Child Support Services
Together with parents and caretakers, establishing parentage, financial and medical support, and enforcing child support orders when children do not live with both parents.
Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (CCCAP)
Child care services for low-income families with children from birth to age 13.
Denver County is currently on an enrollment freeze. Visit the Denver Child Care Assistance Program page for more information.
Colorado Works (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)
Help with a monthly cash payment for families, schooling, training, jobs, and connections to community resources.
Emergency Energy Assistance
Help with Xcel Energy bills.
Emergency Housing Assistance
Assistance with evictions, rental, first month’s rent and deposit.
GIVE Center
Emergency goods and services available to Denver residents every 60 days.
Long-Term Care
Eligibility determination for long-term services and supports for older adults and people with disabilities.
Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP)
Assistance with a portion of winter home heating and water costs.
Medicaid (Health First Colorado)
Eligibility determination for physical, dental and behavioral health services.
RTD LiVE
Discount on fares (such as bus, rail, Access-a-Ride) throughout the Regional Transportation District service area.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Cash assistance to help buy or grow food.
SNAP to Success
Employment and job training assistance for people receiving (or applying for) SNAP.
Thrive Program
Supports for families who no longer qualify for Colorado Works (TANF) benefits.
Veterans Program
Supporting veterans and their families, regardless of service time or discharge status.
Partnership & Community
Working with partners and managing community-wide initiatives.
Outreach
Staffing community events to increase awareness and access to all DHS resources and services.
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)
Managing the federal funding for partner projects that reduce poverty, revitalize low-income communities, and empower people with low incomes.
Human Together Community Grants
Funding to support community-based navigation of benefits and local resources.
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Equitable Access to Services (IDDEAS)
Managing local taxpayer dollars dedicated to funding services and supports for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Engagement & Prevention
Building individual and family strengths, and increasing access to resources and supports that prevent crises and improve outcomes.
Resource Navigation
Increasing access to resources and services available from DHS and in the community.
Parenthood Program
Supports parents in meeting financial responsibilities and strengthening parent/child relationships.
Prevention Services
Strengthening individuals and families known to child welfare through interventions that aim to prevent maltreatment and further system involvement.
Fatherhood Program
Supports fathers to increase healthy relationships, economic security, and parenting competence.
Denver Parent Advocates Lending Support (DPALS)
Parent partners provide peer support to child welfare involved parents to help them overcome obstacles and reunify their family.
Complex Care
Case management, resource navigation, and peer support for adults with intersecting complex challenges.
Protection
Addressing suspected maltreatment or exploitation of children, youth or at-risk adults.
Adult Protection
Receives reports of suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, and self-neglect of at-risk adults, investigates these allegations, and seeks to implement services in an effort to reduce and prevent further mistreatment
Child Welfare
Receives and assesses reports of suspected maltreatment or exploitation of children and youth from the community, and provides interventions and services to stabilize family situations and strengthen the family’s capacity to protect and care for their children.
Chafee and Foster Youth in Transition Services
Helping youth and young adults successfully transition from foster care to adulthood.
Unaccompanied Refugee Minor
Providing foster care and independent living placements for these minors.