Community Resources - Douglas County School District

Early Childhood Programs

Child Find

Child Find is a part of the district's Special Education Program. Is a resource for families who are residents of Douglas County. Child Find teams offer developmental assessments at no charge for children from ages three to five years old. Teams work with children and their families and conduct screenings and/or evaluations to determine eligibility for services.

Colorado Child Care Assistance Program

A program for discounted child care assistance.

Nurse Family Partnership

First-time parents support, advice and information about pregnancy and caring for a newborn.

Colorado WIC

Offers healthy food, breastfeeding support and nutrition education for pregnant and breastfeeding parents under the age of five.

Universal Pre-school

Food Banks

General Resources

Human Services Support Center

303-688-4825

Douglas County Human Services

303-688-4825

DCHS provides assistance for the following services:

Medicaid
Food assistance
Financial assistance
Child care
Child support
General emergency assistance
Child and adult protection
WIC

General/Emergency Assistance

One-time cash assistance for immediate urgencies. Restrictions and conditions apply.

Family Center of Douglas County

Partnership that strives to provide and connect families with community resources.

Manna Resource Center

Partnership that helps break barriers and cycles to strengthen families and their mental health.

Colorado Peak

Health

Call 911 For all medical and mental health emergencies.

STRIDE Community Health Center

Offers immunizations for qualified residents.

Doctors Care

Offers health care for under or uninsured residents. The cost for services is based on income and some services may have no cost. Immunizations are provided at no charge to individuals who are uninsured or on Medicaid.

Colorado Crisis Services

24-hour mental health hotline. Call 844-493-TALK (8255) or Text Talk to 38255.

AllHealth Network

For mental health services, call 303-730-8858 or contact their 24-hour crisis line at 303-730-3303.

The Crisis Center

Comprehensive services for victims of physical, emotional or financial abuse by a loved one. 24-hour crisis line: 303-688-8484

Imatter

Six free mental health sessions for kids 21 and younger.

Developmental Pathways

Services for individuals with developmental disabilities/delays and their families.

Suicide Crisis Line

Call/text 988

LGBT Youth Suicide Hotline

Transgender Crisis Line

Douglas County Wraparound Program

303-688-4825 x 5237

Douglas County Health Department

Sandstone Outpatient

Rehab facility in Denver that helps teens, young adults, and their families overcome challenges related to substance use, addiction, and co-occurring mental health conditions.

Job-Related

Legal and Immigration Services

Pet Services

Colorado Pet Pantry

Colorado Pet Pantry partners with "human" food banks to help distribute supplemental pet food to those in need.

Paws Co.

Ongoing drive collects dry and canned animal food and distributes it to families in need. through a partnership with the Food Bank of the Rockies.

Veterinary Assistance

The Street Dog Coalition

The Street Dog Coalition provides free medical care and related services to pets of people experiencing, or at risk of homelessness. Lots of resources for at risk pet guardians, including List of financial assistance programs and Database of shelters that can be pet friendly

Dumb Friends League

The Dumb Friends League Veterinary Hospital at CSU Spur offers donor-subsidized services for sick and injured pets whose owners need help with the cost of necessary medical care.

Planned Pethood International

Full service affordable quality care clinic for companion animals.

Transitional Housing

United Way

Dial 211 for immediate help looking for shelters.

Family Tree House of Hope

Shelter for women and children in Englewood

Warren Village

Family Shelter Denver. Colorado nonprofit serving unhoused and unstably housed low-income single-parent families in the Denver area.

Joshua Station

Two-year residential program in Denver. Transformational housing for families rebuilding from homelessness.

Samaritan House

Downtown Extended Stay Program Agency that primarily focuses on serving women, families, and veterans who are experiencing homelessness and food insecurity.

Family Promise of Greater Denver

Agency that delivers life-saving services: prevention, diversion, shelter, and stabilization to families in need.

Marisol Homes

Provides safe and secure emergency and community-based extended-stay shelter for pregnant women and single women with children.

Douglas County Housing Partnership

Douglas County Housing Partnership may be able to provide down payment assistance to some individuals, rental housing information, housing resources, foreclosure mitigation counseling, reverse mortgage information, and education such as monthly homeownership classes.

Urban Peak

Denver Urban Peak ignites potential in youth to exit homelessness and create self-determined fulfilled lives.

The Place

Our Vision is that all Colorado youth have safe housing, supportive relationships, and the opportunity for self-sufficiency and success.

The Source Drop-In Center

Open to young people, ages 12-24, on Mondays-Fridays from 12:30-5:00PM. The Drop-In program’s first priority is to provide food, showers, laundry services, clean clothes, and access to medical care. Its second priority is to provide additional resources and support to assist individuals with their goals around housing, employment, and education.