Homeless Outreach Team

Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (with occasional weekends and evenings).

There are currently no adult homeless shelters in the City of Thornton. Our Homeless Brochure Booklet has a list of family, youth, adult women and men shelters in other locations around the Denver Metro area.

Please call the HOTline at 720-977-5900. If HOT is not able to take your call immediately, please leave a detailed voicemail with your name, phone number, and location of the encampment. HOT will respond within 48 business hours.

The Homeless Outreach Team does not remove people from their encampments. Our role is to connect them to resources and services so they can become self-sufficient. HOT will do everything they can to let individuals know in advance if their encampment is to be removed by Code Compliance.

If you need other resources such as rental or utility payment assistance, contact Community Connections at 720-977-5800 or Connections@ThorntonCO.gov.

Call the Homeless Outreach Team at 720-977-5900. HOT will then contact individuals directly. HOT will be able to provide resources and services to them. 

In case of an emergency, call 911 immediately!

Colorado Crisis Line: 1-844-493-TALK (8255) is 24/7/365 support line for anyone affected by a mental health, substance use or emotional crisis. All calls are connected to a mental health professional, who will provide immediate support and connections to further resources. The national suicide crisis lifeline is 988 and is available 24 hours in both English and Spanish.

Homelessness is a period/episode where a person is not living in stable housing or is living in an emergency shelter, in the streets, couch surfing, in an institution for under 70 days, and other temporary living (living in unstable housing that is not permanent). 
 

Homelessness can be caused by a variety of factors, including poverty, lack of affordable housing, unemployment, under-employment, low wages, fleeing from domestic violence, chronic health conditions, mental and physical disabilities that barriers to employment, systematic inequality, discrimination and much more.

Please see our Amazon Wish List for items we distribute to unsheltered people living in the City of Thornton.

Please contact the Homeless Outreach Team 720-977-5900 to discuss any other items you may wish to donate because of our very limited storage space.

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