Arapahoe County takes a community approach to homelessness crisis, relying on over 150 partnerships

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Arapahoe County takes a community approach to homelessness crisis, relying on over 150 partnerships
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Claire Lavezzorio is a reporter at KMGH Denver7 in Denver, Colorado.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY , Colo. — In a town hall Thursday night, leaders from across Arapahoe County updated the community on how it is addressing the homelessness crisis with community partnerships.

Scattered across the metro are safe, sanctioned places where people who are sheltering in their cars can legally park. There were 442 unhoused people in Arapahoe County during the 2023 Point in Time Count. It’s a crisis that's more than doubled since the start of the pandemic. Curtis acknowledged the county's approach is starkly different than the "tough love” approach seen in the county’s most populous city — Aurora.

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