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Neighborhood Revitalization

What We Do

St. Vrain Habitat for Humanity is requesting resources specifically for Critical Home Repairs to allow low income seniors to age in place.  Critical Home Repairs are part of the Neighborhood Revitalization (NR) Programming that serves the Glens Neighborhood of Dacono, Colorado.  The ultimate goal of Neighborhood Revitalization is to improve quality of life, defined as a sense of well-being and happiness experienced by individuals and communities. St. Vrain Habitat’s Neighborhood Revitalization Program includes a Critical Home Repair Program and facilitates a growing coalition of residents, “The Pride of The Glens”.  In 2019, The Pride of The Glens coalition is focused heavily on community building by engaging residents, establishing strong relationships, and leveraging connections to bring about actionable and positive change across all social determinants. In addition, the coalition works toward key focus areas driven by residents and their aspirations, including amenities and beautification, housing, and transportation. St. Vrain Habitat partners with home owners and volunteers to complete Critical Home Repairs when homeowners are physically or financially unable to make repairs on their own. 10 Home Repairs are anticipated to be completed in 2019.  St. Vrain Habitat was selected as one of 10 communities in the nation to participate in a 5-year Learning Cohort to implement and evaluate the Quality of Life Framework.  The Quality of Life Framework is a data driven, customizable approach that delineates how multiple elements work together to achieve an improved quality of life.  Building foundational outcomes of Sense of Community, Social Cohesion and Collective Action that are led by resident’s dreams, gifts and concerns has meaningful impacts on sector outcomes such as amenities, economic opportunities, education, health, housing and transportation.  

Who We Serve

2020-2021 People Served by Area of Weld County

  • Carbon Valley (Berthoud, Dacono, Erie, Firestone, Frederick, Longmont, Mead, Northglenn, Thornton): 35
  • County Seat (Evans, Garden City, Greeley): 0
  • Outback (Briggsdale, Grover, New Raymer): 0
  • Poudre River Corridor (Severance, Windsor): 0
  • South County (Brighton, Fort Lupton, Hudson, Keenesburg, Lochbuie): 34 (Dacono)
  • Thompson River Valley (Johnstown, Milliken): 0
  • US-85 Corridor South (Platteville, Gilcrest, LaSalle, Kersey): 0
  • US-85 Corridor North (Eaton, Ault, Pierce, Nunn): 0
  • Outside Weld County: 1

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How We Impact

July 2020 Neighbors Helping Neighbors COVID response:
The Pride of The Glens, a resident-led coalition partnering with St. Vrain Habitat in The Glens of Dacono, has provided food assistance to 121 individuals in 32 households and housing assistance for 13 households so far, as part of their COVID-19 response.
Resident leaders began to develop a COVID-19 Response Team when events and resident meetings were halted due to social distancing and Colorado stay at home orders. Residents noticed the increase of neighbors needing food banks and asking for housing assistance and wanted to help.
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After identifying the biggest needs and brainstorming goals, activities and constituencies, the COVID-19 Response Team developed a Shared Purpose Statement.
The purpose is “to help serve our most affected neighbors and connect the community by assisting everyone with their specific needs.”
One Neighborhood Revitalization funder, GM, offered the opportunity to reallocate funding from previously planned projects towards COVID-19 responses to support housing, food, small business and elderly residents.
The Response Plan was created.
Grocery Gift Cards to local Esh’s, Carniceria, and other area grocers were purchased, outreach calls were scripted, a flyer was mailed to all 821 households, disbursement criteria, assistance applications and budgets were developed.
The team sub-granted the housing assistance portion of their response to the Carbon Valley Help Center to facilitate distribution and help connect residents of the Glens with other resources.
Since the response plan was developed in May, team members have stepped into action.
The team gathers weekly over Zoom to debrief and share updates. Rickey Wittman, Assistance Coordinator and one of 10 Core Resident Leaders reflected on the impact of delivering grocery gift cards to families in need. “We’re making a difference and people really appreciate it.” Assistance will be distributed while resources are available for residents of The Glens impacted by COVID-19.

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