Carbon Valley Help Center (CVHC) offers financial assistance in the form of grants which are intended to keep our clients in their homes. The funds requested will be used to pay for a part-time Case Manager who will be hired to meet with and refer clients. CVHC is open from 9-3, Tuesday and Thursday and from 12-6 the 2nd Thursday of the month. All client debts paid by CVHC are paid directly to the landlord, mortgage company, utility company or auto repair shop. In all cases, clients will be directed to food access. CVHC offers non-perishable food and Weld Food Bank’s Mobile Pantry and the OUR Center in Longmont offers perishable food. All of our clients live in the Instability domain while trying to move up to Paycheck-to-Paycheck domain. Our financial assistance usually helps them remain housed. They are still experiencing household instability but have hope of moving toward increased household stability. In our experience over the past 2 years, of this program, clients are usually able to pay the bills until one unexpected expenses arises which jeopardizes their household stability, moving them toward homelessness. When our program started with a grant from United Power, CVHC made one-time grants of $1,500 or less to those who qualified. After one year it became apparent that some households were in need of assistance again, within 1 to 2 years. Since our goal is to reduce homelessness, the guideline is now one grant of $1,500 or less per year. In order to qualify for a grant, a client must meet with the Case Manager who will determine their budget and if they qualify for referral to our grant program. Sometimes the Case Manger will refer them to a more appropriate program offered by other non-profit agencies or government entities such as Food Stamps, child care assistance, LEAP and Medicaid. This is an evidence-based program which our founders copied from The OUR Center in Longmont. Our Case Management is modeled after their Case Management team’s use of the Arizona Self-Sufficiency Matrix.

2020-2021 People Served by Area of Weld County

• Carbon Valley (Berthoud, Dacono, Erie, Firestone, Frederick, Longmont, Mead, Northglenn, Thornton): 105
• 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): 0
• 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: 0

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2019-2020
2020-2021

A family of 3, mom, dad, and a 10 month-old, needed help paying October's rent. Dad lost his job in construction, due to Covid. His employer closed the company. Mom was looking for part-time work and they were just starting to collect unemployment. CVHC helped them stay in their apartment. They could not afford childcare so both parents couldn't work the same hours.