Movement 5280 receives financial support from Life.Church

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Movement 5280, a regional program that helps struggling youth with housing and assistance, recently received a large nancial boost from Life.Church to continue expansion plans.

Life.Church donated $50,000, which includes $20,000 to help with building renovations for their new location.

With three Colorado locations, including Centennial in the Denver metro area, Life.Church, serves its surrounding communities by funding and volunteering with organizations that support the well-being of others, families, education and justice.

“Our heart is to get connected in the community and see what organizations are really impacting our city and how we can support that,” said Life.

Church South Denver Pastor Zack Harris. “ at’s really the heartbeat of our church, to know our neighbors and know those organizations.”

One of those organizations is Movement 5280.

Located in Englewood, and soon to be moving to a bigger location nearby, the nonpro t focuses on supporting at-risk young adults who have aged out of foster care or are experiencing homelessness.

In 2022, Movement 5280 served 805 individuals, 175 being youth, as reported in their 2022 Ministry Impact Report. rough donations, volunteers and fundraising - the organization provides meals, clothing, hygiene essentials, showers, mentoring, work program assistance and access to mental health care.

Movement 5280 envisions a world where young people who have been in state custody and foster care are not only employed but living in permanent and safe housing. To help young adults achieve these milestones, Movement 5280 has three primary focuses - survive, thrive and revive.

Tami Slipher is the director of development and community relations at Movement 5280.

“Our mission statement is to become a family of support to those that are navigating life on their own,” said Slipher. “We take a holistic approach to what we do with homelessness and that’s why we have these three focus groups.”

In addition to the day center, the organization provides hot meals, clothing and showers to help individuals survive. Among the many resources to help the individuals thrive, they provide life and job skill classes, GED and education assistance and expert services for mental health, addiction recovery and housing assistance.

Revive is the organization’s faithbased component. Lost and Found Church provides a space for individuals to have a community to come back to, celebrate milestones and worship.

Many young people who attended Movement 5280 continue to avolunteer, whether it’s in the Job Readiness Program or attend the Lost and Found Church.

One individual who was one of the rst clients at the organization was

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