Community Resources
These local agencies provide free or low-cost food to community members and their families.
Catholic Charities – Little Flower Assistance Center
- Food pantry, clothing closet, and resource center
Aurora Interfaith Community Services
- Assistance with food and provides other supportive services to residents of Aurora and Denver
- Free food market for residents of Aurora
- Community food bank that offers food and other resources to community members
- Access to free, fresh produce and canned goods
- Free food marketplace
- Online pantry locator to find food assistance near you
- Food resource hotline that helps Coloradans connect with food and nutrition resources
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Food assistance
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
- Food assistance
- Free fresh food market
- No cost grocery programs
- Food pantry for Adams County residents
- App that connects customers to restaurants and stores that have a surplus of unsold
- Benefit assistance for women, infants and children
Jewish Family Service – Weinberg Food Pantry
- Food pantry in Denver
Servicios de la Raza – Essential Services Program
- Offers a food pantry, clothing bank, and community resources
- Offers no-cost grocery markets
- Broad selection of food to any community member struggling with food insecurity
- At participating locations, Double Up matches your SNAP purchases dollar for dollar
- Food pantry, benefit enrollment assistance, and other wraparound services
A variety of agencies and programs in Colorado provide assistance in navigating housing, evictions, utilities, etc.
- Affordable housing resource
East Colfax Community Collective
- Housing and legal assistance
- Affordable housing resource
- Helpline that answers a variety of housing questions (affordable housing, eviction, foreclosure, utilities, etc.)
- Provides a broad spectrum of housing-related services
Temporary Rental and Utility Assistance Program (TRUA)
- Assistance for Denver County residents
Colorado Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP)
- Assistance for winter home heating costs
Community Economic Defense Project
- Housing resources and legal services
- Water bill assistance
- Affordable housing assistance for residents of Adams County
- Provides access to food, housing, parenting education, and lifelong stability for residents of Adams County.
- 303-426-0430
- 3489 West 72nd Avenue #112 Westminster, CO 80030
- https://growinghome.org/
- Housing and rent assistance for Adams and Weld Counties
Colorado Emergency Rental Assistance
- Rental assistance
Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (EMAP)
- Mortgage assistance
Aurora Interfaith Community Services
- Utility bill payment assistance
Arapahoe County Rent Assistance
- One-time rent assistance for residents of Arapahoe County
- Affordable housing communities and a variety of supportive services
A number of agencies throughout Colorado assist in gaining access to insurance and routine medical care.
- Colorado’s online platform used to apply for Medicaid, SNAP, or other state benefits
- Health insurance marketplace
- Program that provides undocumented Coloradans with a safe way to compare affordable health insurance plans and enroll on a secure online platform
- Assists with OmniSalud applications for undocumented Coloradans.
- 9801 E Colfax Avenue Suite 250 Aurora, Colorado 80010
- Hours: Monday-Friday; 9 am to 7 pm. and Saturday 8 am to 2 pm.
- No virtual assistance
- 720-254-1567
- https://www.mielorganization.org/
- Free clinic providing primary and specialty care to uninsured adult residents of Aurora
STRIDE Community Health Centers
- Uses a sliding fee scale based on family size and income
- Provide medical, dental, pharmacy, and behavioral health care services
Aurora Public Schools Medicaid Office
- Assists students and families (including Pickens post-secondary students) in navigating the application process, determining eligibility, etc.
Aurora Wellness Community Health Center
- Offers affordable health care, preventative care, and health education
Aurora Public Schools – School-Based Health Clinics
- The School-Based Health Centers of APS offer comprehensive and affordable health care to students attending Aurora Public Schools
- Medical, dental, and behavioral health services
- Serves refugees, asylees, and undocumented individuals – located in Mango House
Tepeyac Community Health Center
- Provides affordable and accessible integrated care
Guardian Angels Health Center
- All ages – Medicaid & CHP+ accepted
- 1550 Potomac Ste.# 230 Aurora CO
- 303-369-1077
- Health benefits for children and pregnant people, no matter what their immigration status
- Dental screenings, outreach, and education
Center for African American Health
- Individuals can access free, culturally relevant health and wellness programs
- Provides assistance in applying for a variety of government benefits (SNAP, Medicaid, Medicare, LEAP, Disability, etc.)
- Offers enrollment assistance and connection to services
Whether you’re dealing with a crisis or are seeking ongoing mental health services, Colorado has a large assortment of low-cost options.
Aurora Mental Health & Recovery
- Wide range of mental health services
- When experiencing a mental health crisis, support is available 24/7 at Colorado Crisis Services.
- Call 1-844-493-8255 or Text “TALK” to 38255
- Walk-In Clinic Locations:
- Aurora: 2206 Victor Street Aurora, CO 80045
- Denver: 4353 E Colfax Ave Denver, CO 80220
- Littleton: 6509 S Santa Fe Drive Littleton, CO 80120
- WellPower
- Provides mental health programs and services for the entire lifespan.
- 303-504-6500
- https://www.wellpower.org/
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- The 988 Lifeline is available 24/7/365. Conversations are free and confidential.
- Call or Text 988
- Chat online: https://988lifeline.org/
- Servicios de la Raza
- The Behavioral Health Department at Servicios de la Raza is a specialized clinic providing culturally and linguistically responsive English and Spanish outpatient mental health and substance misuse services to underserved and uninsured populations.
- 720-410-7108
- 200 S Sheridan Blvd, Denver, CO 80226
- https://serviciosdelaraza.org/
- Psychology Today Therapist Finder
- Online service that assists in finding therapists. Clients can filter by insurance, location, therapist specialties, etc.
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists
988 Colorado Mental Health Line
- 24/7 crisis services
- Community mental health center
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- 24/7 suicide and crisis lifeline
- Comprehensive behavioral health services
Psychology Today Therapist Finder
- Online service that assists in finding Clients can filter by insurance, location, therapist specialties, etc.
- Offers culturally responsive mental health services, medication management, teletherapy, groups, etc.
Therapist of Color Collaborative
- All therapists are professionals of color that deliver responsive, sensitive, and trauma-informed services
- Online directory
- Online directory
Asian Mental Health Collective
- Online directory, support groups,
- Online directory, wellness resources,
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
- Online directory, community resources,
- LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples, and family counseling
- Connects youth 18 and younger (and 21 and younger for those receiving special education services) with a licensed therapist for up to 6 free counseling sessions
- Grief support services for youth ages 3 to 25 and their families
- Grief support services and resources
- Offers a wide variety of mental health resources
Online and in-person services are available to support the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth
- Provides information and forms on how to update name and gender markers
Transgender Center of the Rockies
- Holistic mental health services for members of Colorado’s transgender and gender expansive community
- Provides information, education, resources, and tools for equality and inclusion
- Information and resources on the Office of Civil Rights, handling situations of unlawful discrimination, etc.
- https://www.ed.gov/laws-and-policy/civil-rights-laws/resources-for-lgbtqi-students
- Variety of resources
- Provides a large variety of programs and resources
- Advocacy and resources
- Offers direct support to trans people in crisis
TRUE Center for Gender Diversity
- Offers behavioral health services, referrals, and health care services to gender-diverse children and adolescents
Trans Youth Equality Foundation (TYEF)
- Provides education, advocacy and support for transgender, nonbinary and gender non-conforming children and youth and their families
Denver Health – LGBTQ+ Health Services
- Offers open and affirming health care to LGBTQ+ communities
The Denver Metro area has several agencies and programs that focus on gaining employment, preparing for interviews, and maintaining sustainable employment.
- Resources and workshops for a self-directed job search, one-on-one employment counseling, and training assistance
- Employment assistance
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment/Workforce Centers
- Free services designed to assist with employment
- Provide women and all who gender-identify as female with job readiness tools, professional attire and post-employment support
- Offers services like digital literacy, financial coaching, and workforce development
- Educates, trains, and supports adults on their path to success in education, employment, and business ownership
- Career Champions support individuals in identifying jobs, areas of interest, educational opportunities, etc.
- Provides comprehensive career support
- Variety of employment assistance opportunities
- Job training, career coaching, and ongoing career services
These agencies provide free or low-cost clothing (and a variety of other resources).
Catholic Charities – Little Flower Assistance Center
- Food pantry, clothing closet, and resource center
Catholic Charities – Marisol Family
- Assists families with young children with clothing, baby supplies,
- Offers a broad range of basic necessities and wrap-around care options
Denver Rescue Mission Ministry Outreach Center
- Clothing, food, furniture, and hygiene items
Aurora First Seventh Day Adventist Church
- Free clothing for all ages – open in conjunction with the food pantry
- Clothing for students age 3-21
Servicios de la Raza – Essential Services Program
- Offers a clothing bank, food pantry, and community resources
Online and in-person recovery services are available to those struggling with addiction (and for their family members).
- Provides free, confidential, professional and immediate support for any mental health, substance use or emotional concern
La Raza Behavioral Health Clinic
- Provides outpatient mental health and substance misuse services
- Sober active community that hosts a variety of events in the Denver metro
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Treatment Finder
- Resource for people seeking treatment for mental and substance use
Aurora Mental Health & Recovery
- Variety of addiction and recovery services
- Variety of addiction and recovery services
- Worldwide support organization that helps individuals struggling with alcohol abuse
- Program to help the families or friends of those struggling with alcohol abuse
- A support group for those attempting to recover from drugs other than only alcohol
- Offers online and in-person support meetings
- Online recovery network for people already in recovery, those seeking help from any addiction, and for the families, friends and allies of those people.
National Problem Gambling Hotline
- Resource for individuals who may be struggling with problem gambling or gambling addiction, or their loved ones
- Provides peer recovery support services for youth and young adults in recovery—or who are seeking recovery—from substance use disorder
National Association for Children of Addiction
- For families and children who have been impacted by substance use
- Substance use and mental health recovery program
Center for Dependency Addiction and Rehabilitation
- Addiction treatment
- Addiction treatment for women in Colorado
- Mental health and substance use treatment
Advocates for Recovery Colorado
- Provides peer and family recovery support services across Colorado
Colorado has a large number of agencies that provide services to support community members experiencing homelessness.
- Safe places to park
- Provides food and toiletries for individuals experiencing homelessness
- Assistance with employment, food, and other basic needs
The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
- Assistance with housing, health, employment,
- Provides emergency services, rehabilitation, transitional programs,
Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
- Providers around Colorado that provide services to individuals experiencing homelessness
- Provides services to women, gender-diverse people, and children experiencing homelessness or instability
- Youth day center and overnight shelter with wrap-around services
- Variety of services and resources
- Connects families to resources for housing, parenting classes, education, career development, etc.
- Offers a variety of shelter options, referral services, showers, meals, clothing,
Aurora Mental Health & Recovery
- Provides case management, housing assistance, and mental health support
- Prevention services, housing navigation, and placement assistance
Salvation Army Connection Center
- Variety of services
Jewish Family Service – Emergency Housing Assistance Program
- Financial aid and case management to individuals and families facing homelessness
Advance Pathways – Aurora Regional Navigation Campus
- Emergency shelter, transitional housing, and wrap-around services
- Shelter, stabilization, and rental assistance services for families
- Shelter, housing, and case management services
Resources are available for those who are parenting, pregnant, needing childcare, etc.
- Provides food assistance, nutrition education, breastfeeding counseling,
- Assistance in finding child care and early learning programs
- Employment program that supports families with dependent children
- Bright by Text is a nationwide text messaging service that helps parents and caregivers of children prenatal to age eight. Through free tips, information, games and resources, Bright by Text is proven to build nurturing caregiver-child relationships, strengthen families, promote healthy child development and improve school readiness.
- Text “BRIGHT” to 274448 and follow the prompts.
- http://brightbytext.org
Aurora Community Connection Family Resource Center
- Variety of programs (parenting, tutoring, insurance enrollment, )
- Early education programs
- The Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (CCCAP) helps families that are homeless, working, searching for work or in school find low-income child care assistance. Families that are enrolled in the Colorado Works Program can also use CCCAP services.
- Apply online (Colorado PEAK) or by contacting your local county’s department of human services.
- https://cdec.colorado.gov/for-families/colorado-child-care-assistance-program-for-families
- Provides developmental supports and services to families with children birth through age 2 who have developmental needs
Families Forward Resource Center
- Variety of family and youth services
Focus Points Family Resource Center
- Variety of family services
- Program in which nurses regularly visit first-time parents or caregivers
- Parent education and family support program
- Voluntary parent education and family support program
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)
- Home visiting program that helps parents and caregivers prepare their young children for success in school and life
- Parent education and family support
Aurora Public Schools – Young Parent Support Program
- Support for pregnant and parenting students of APS (ages 21 and under)
- Provides access to food, housing, parenting education, and lifelong stability for Adams County residents.
Legacy Foundation for Family and Community Development
- Offers a variety of youth, family, and community programs
Colorado Perinatal Mental Health Project
- Support during pregnancy and early parenthood
Colorado Asian Culture & Education Network
- Provides health and wellness programs, leadership development, and spaces of belonging
- Offers support for individuals wherever they are in the broad spectrum of their reproductive journey
Colorado Changemakers Collective
- Variety of community services
- Support for parents and caregivers
- Variety of youth and wellness programs
- Provides essential baby items to Colorado families with infants and toddlers
- Caregiver education and trainings for families with children ages 0-5
Under this new category, please add the following blurb at the top of the page: A variety of free and low-cost services are available to those navigating the immigration process.
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
- Legal services, training, and resources
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network
- Legal and social services
Catholic Charities of Colorado Immigration Services
- Wide range of immigration services
Administrative Relief Resource Center
- Legal services directory
- Legal services directory
The National Immigrant Justice Center
- Immigration legal services
- Resources, education on rights,
- Legal services directory
Aurora Public Schools – Family Advocacy Resources
- Community resources, rights education,
- Provides equitable mental health, immigration, education, and language services to the community.
- 720-254-1567
- https://www.mielorganization.org/
- Resources and free study materials
- Legal consultation, assistance with paperwork,
Littleton Immigrant Resources Center
- English classes, citizenship classes, and legal assistance
- Legal assistance, citizenship classes, family support,
International Rescue Committee
- Serves refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, and other immigrants
Mi Gente – VAWA Legal Solutions at the Center for Trauma & Resilience
- Legal assistance for immigrant survivors of domestic/sexual violence
Cultural Development & Wellness Center – Aurora Mental Health & Recovery
- English classes, citizenship application assistance,
Free or low-cost legal services are available in the Denver Metro area.
Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center
- Free legal services to victims of crime
- Free civil legal services to eligible Coloradans
- Pro bono legal services
Justice and Mercy Legal Aid Center
- Free legal aid, advocacy, and education
- Legal advocacy assistance with domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking
- Free legal consultation
National and local resources are available to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
- Emergency shelter, crisis line, counseling and advocacy,
National Domestic Violence Hotline
- 24/7 crisis hotline
- Legal advocacy assistance with domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking
- Survivor resources, training, education,
- Gateway Domestic Violence Services provides a highly effective combination of shelter and comprehensive services to adults and children fleeing domestic violence. Gateway is the only 24/7 shelter available in the City of Aurora and Arapahoe County, offering emergency shelter and extended-stay care, together with a crisis line, licensed counseling, and court advocacy.
- Office: 303-343-1856
- Crisis Line: 303-343-1851
- https://gatewayshelter.org/
- Emergency shelter, therapy, legal advocacy,
- Crisis line, emergency shelter, safety planning, legal advocacy, resources,
- Mental health support, yoga, art programs, and more to survivors of sexual assault and abuse
- The VISTAS (Victims in Safe Transition and Self-Sufficiency) program offers comprehensive support to victims of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, and general crime, catering to both English and Spanish speakers.
- 24-Hour Crisis Line: 303-953-5930
- Office: 303-953-5950
- https://serviciosdelaraza.org/services/victim-services/
- Mental health services and programs to youth survivors of violence and their families
The Center for Trauma and Resilience
- Variety of services for victims of crime and trauma
Denver Children’s Advocacy Center
- Support and treatment to victims or witnesses of child abuse and neglect
- Supports adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse through support groups, resources,
- Variety of services in one safe location
Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC)
- Provides education and resources about the crime of stalking
- Technology safety
Victim Connect Resource Center
- Referral helpline
- Emergency shelter, extended stay care, safety planning, crisis line,
Victim Support Services – Servicios de la Raza
- Crisis intervention, mental health care, case management, safety planning,
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
- Provides information, resources, and tools to promote equity and end sexual violence
Low-cost transportation options are available throughout Colorado.
- Discounted RTD passes for eligible individuals
- Youth 19 and under ride for free on all RTD services
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
- Transportation to medical appointments for eligible individuals
- Rides, groceries, meals, and more for older adults and people with disabilities
- Supports single women with dependent children with maintenance, repairs, and vehicle replacement
- Supports single women with dependent children with maintenance, repairs, and vehicle replacement