Urban Peak Denver

Filing Period

Oct 1, 2012 to Sep 30, 2013

Signed

Mar 27, 2014

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$5,349,901

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Housing Services: Urban Peak manages three Denver housing properties (studio and one-bedroom apartment complexes) with sixty-seven units of housing for youth experiencing homelessness. Additionally, Urban Peak oversees and provides case management to youth in more than thirty community housing sites through Denver's Road Home and the Family Unification Program. In total we manage one hundred units of housing for Denver youth experiencing homelessness. Two of our properties serve youth with mental health disabilities and those with serious substance abuse addictions. Individual treatment, support groups, and case management are combined in our three housing programs to offer a stable and safe platform from which to achieve a life away from the streets. Every youth in Urban Peak housing has a case manager as well as access to education and employment programs, mental health and health services, transportation, life skills classes, and basic needs assistance. In 2013, 167 youth were housed through Urban Peak's housing program and 76% exited to safe and stable environments.

Activity 3

Education and Employment: Because the majority of homeless youth drop out of school in order to focus on day-to-day survival, Urban Peak encourages youth to complete their high school education at their home school. As an alternative, Urban Peak offers educational counseling, tutoring, and on-site GED instruction and testing. A computer lab is open during the day and in the evenings so youth can acquire or enhance computer skills. Financial assistance for higher education is available. In 2013, 287 youth attended GED classes, and 58 obtained their GED. Urban Peak provides employment counseling and job readiness training to equip youth with the tools and support necessary to obtain and keep good jobs - including resume development; application completion; interview skills and other soft skill development; work ethic development; clothing suitable for job search and interview; and personal makeovers (haircuts and styling, makeup tips, help choosing clothing, etc.). Volunteers provide ongoing job mentoring to youth throughout the process. Urban Peak also works with local businesses to secure job opportunities for youth, provide ongoing job retention case management to youth, and support to employers who have hired our youth. In 2013, 245 youth attended job readiness training, and 153 youth obtained employment.

Filer

EIN

84-1212246