Carbondale Homeless Assistance

• Locations: News By Elizabeth Key Published Jul. 6, 2022

  Between the bull market and a bare paycheck

  Pamala True with her Labrador, Choco. He is one year and three months old. He has probably moved seven times by now in his short life. Photo by Elizabeth Key

  The current housing crisis in the Roaring Fork Valley is putting many working-class locals on the brink of homelessness. Wages are falling far short of the Valley’s cost of living; long-term locals are having their housing sold out from under them; and unique communities are being washed out as a… read more →

• Locations: News By James Steindler Published Feb. 10, 2021

  Sheltering the homeless

  Jesse Brown folds his socks at the Feed My Sheep (FMS) day center in Glenwood Springs. Brown has lived without a home in the Valley for six years and has used the FMS overnight services the last two winter seasons. Photo by James Steindler.

  Perhaps the only consensus regarding the homelessness issue is that there is not a one-size-fits-all solution. The sheltering aspect alone is riddled with caveats. There are many more homeless people in the Valley than there are shelter options. But even if there were a facility to house every… read more →