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Services Committee, but hasn’t been scheduled for its rst hearing.

According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, formerly incarcerated people are almost 10 times more likely to experience homelessness than the general population.

After spending time in and out of prison for several years, then experiencing homelessness, Tyrone ompkins told Rocky Mountain PBS how excited he is to nally move into his own home soon.

“I’ll be moving into an apartment on the rst of March, the day of my birthday!” he said excitedly, crediting the Denver Dream Center for making it happen.

Now ompkins works for the organization as a part of the street team that does direct outreach with the unhoused in Denver, many of whom were formerly incarcerated like ompkins.

“It’s time for me to go back out into the community that I was destroying and help,” he said. “It has changed my life and I’m truly blessed.”

Bryan Sederwall moved to Denver 16 years ago and immediately saw the necessity to connect those live in such an area full time, we understand what island time and mountain time means, and recognize it’s one of the reasons we chose to live there. a measure that would have allowed a trial run of safe-use sites in some of that state’s biggest cities. is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

Is it time to leave the anxiety, stress, and impatience behind?

Can we get ourselves comfortable with a slightly slower pace?

I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can embrace island time and mountain time for the gift that they truly are, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

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“We say ‘See a need, then meet the need.’ We do everything from helping men and women transition from incarceration, or get out of gangs, and get back to community and reestablish their families,” said Sederwall.

“People ask me, as a pastor, where’s my church? I tell them to look at the city and that’s our church; it’s the people,” he said. “It’s not just on Sundays, but we hyper focus on Monday through Saturday by building a community.” e organization provides continuous support for the unhoused to also address issues including hunger, addiction, and abuse. And according to Pastor B, the best way to do that is by nding people where they are and just starting a simple conversation.

“Someone [will] be embarrassed about their story, or their background, and they’ll share that and someone else will be like ‘yeah me too!’ So, it’s no longer baggage, but it becomes a platform for them to move forward and be successful.” is story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonpro t public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.