Our Work
We provide severe weather motel vouchers to the following people who are unhoused:
Families with children 18 years of age and under
People with physical disabilities and medical issues
People with pets or service animals
Pregnant people
Older Adults (65+)
Non-gender conforming and Transgender adults
Single adults
Our severe weather criteria is:
32 degrees and lower and wet or 20 degrees and lower when dry
We provide severe weather motel vouchers to the following people who are unhoused:
Families with children 18 years of age and under
People with physical disabilities and medical issues
People with pets or service animals
Pregnant people
Older Adults (65+)
Non-gender conforming and Transgender adults
Single adults
Our severe weather criteria is:
32 degrees and lower and wet or 20 degrees and lower when dry
Our Partners
In addition to the generosity of individual donors, we are deeply grateful for the collaboration,
resources and support provided by the following organizations and more:
Arapahoe County
Tri-Cities Homelessness Policy Group
Movement 5280 Englewood
Giving Heart Englewood
Colorado Access
The High Plains Region of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado
Littleton Rotary
Englewood Police Department, Englewood Mobile Response Unit
Change the Trend Network
Arapahoe County Housing Navigators
Englewood Public Library
Integrated Family Community Services
St. Timothy Episcopal Church
St. Gabriel the Archangel Episcopal Church
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
St. Luke's United Methodist Church
Columbine United Church
Englewood Lions Club
Veterans' Affairs
Local school districts - McKinney-Vento Liaisons
All Health Network
LoveINC Littleton
Hornbuckle Foundation
Stride Mobile Medical Services
In addition to the generosity of individual donors, we are deeply grateful for the collaboration,
resources and support provided by the following organizations and more:
Arapahoe County
Tri-Cities Homelessness Policy Group
Movement 5280 Englewood
Giving Heart Englewood
Colorado Access
The High Plains Region of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado
Littleton Rotary
Englewood Police Department, Englewood Mobile Response Unit
Change the Trend Network
Arapahoe County Housing Navigators
Englewood Public Library
Integrated Family Community Services
St. Timothy Episcopal Church
St. Gabriel the Archangel Episcopal Church
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
St. Luke's United Methodist Church
Columbine United Church
Englewood Lions Club
Veterans' Affairs
Local school districts - McKinney-Vento Liaisons
All Health Network
LoveINC Littleton
Hornbuckle Foundation
Stride Mobile Medical Services
HAAT Force Staff
Contact Our Staff:
Sienna McGrath - [email protected]
Julie Hall - [email protected]
Tami Slipher - [email protected]
Tiffany Harper - [email protected]
Amber Martin - [email protected]
HAAT Force Board of Directors:
Chris Hornbaker- President
Julie Negron- Secretary
Austin Fearn
Fana Rodriguez
HAAT Force History:
In 2010, a group of individuals concerned about homelessness in the South Metro Denver area started to brainstorm about what they could do to address the issue. Soon they convened a large gathering of representatives from local government agencies, nonprofits and faith communities to identify what services were currently being provided and what the gaps were. Severe weather shelter was identified as the most pressing need.
In the same year, in response to that meeting, HAAT Force - Homelessness Awareness and Action Task Force - was founded by Peter Reif, a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch and Rev. Cammie Houpt, a Deacon at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Centennial. HAAT Force's founding mission was to provide life-sustaining severe weather motel vouchers to people experiencing homelessness in the South Metro Denver area. A Board of Directors was formed, in addition to a partnership with Giving Heart, a non-profit in Englewood. HAAT Force obtained its 501c3 status in 2012. Peter Reif passed away shortly after that, and Rev. Houpt continued her leadership of our organization until her retirement in 2020.
In 2020-2021, the all-volunteer Board of Directors managed HAAT Force's operations. We organized and managed a continuous shelter program in response to the covid pandemic, in addition to a medical motel voucher program. We expanded our scope to include referrals to resource navigators. In 2021, HAAT Force hired Sienna McGrath a part-time Executive Director. HAAT Force recently added a Program Director and Severe Weather Assistant.
Sienna McGrath - [email protected]
Julie Hall - [email protected]
Tami Slipher - [email protected]
Tiffany Harper - [email protected]
Amber Martin - [email protected]
HAAT Force Board of Directors:
Chris Hornbaker- President
Julie Negron- Secretary
Austin Fearn
Fana Rodriguez
HAAT Force History:
In 2010, a group of individuals concerned about homelessness in the South Metro Denver area started to brainstorm about what they could do to address the issue. Soon they convened a large gathering of representatives from local government agencies, nonprofits and faith communities to identify what services were currently being provided and what the gaps were. Severe weather shelter was identified as the most pressing need.
In the same year, in response to that meeting, HAAT Force - Homelessness Awareness and Action Task Force - was founded by Peter Reif, a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch and Rev. Cammie Houpt, a Deacon at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Centennial. HAAT Force's founding mission was to provide life-sustaining severe weather motel vouchers to people experiencing homelessness in the South Metro Denver area. A Board of Directors was formed, in addition to a partnership with Giving Heart, a non-profit in Englewood. HAAT Force obtained its 501c3 status in 2012. Peter Reif passed away shortly after that, and Rev. Houpt continued her leadership of our organization until her retirement in 2020.
In 2020-2021, the all-volunteer Board of Directors managed HAAT Force's operations. We organized and managed a continuous shelter program in response to the covid pandemic, in addition to a medical motel voucher program. We expanded our scope to include referrals to resource navigators. In 2021, HAAT Force hired Sienna McGrath a part-time Executive Director. HAAT Force recently added a Program Director and Severe Weather Assistant.