Courtesy of Springs Rescue Mission
Springs Rescue Mission is one organization providing shelter and resources for people experiencing homelessness in El Paso County.
A group of ten nonprofits and charities is calling on Gov. Jared Polis to rush vaccines to homeless shelters and service providers and restore their priority status in Colorado s vaccine distribution plan. We know that this virus thrives in congregate settings, and shelters are one of the bigger congregate settings, with people coming and going, said Cathy Alderman, chief communications and policy officer for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. If the virus begins to spread, it s going to spread quickly to a lot of people.