Our Impact
HAAT Force South Metro, founded in 2010, provides severe weather motel shelter for families and people with disabilities, medical issues or animals. Our guests include pregnant people ,non-gender conforming / transgender adults, and older adults who are unhoused. This program operates from October through April.
Our goal for the 2024-2025 Severe Weather Season was to support individuals formerly served by Severe Weather Shelter Network (SWSN), our partner organization who suddenly closed their doors in August, and to continue to support clients who qualify for HAAT Force. We saw triple the need for sheltering due to the closure of SWSN and the continuing increase of people experiencing homeless in the Denver Metro area.
In our 2024-2025 season, we issued 67% more motel vouchers and saw a 26% increase of unique individuals served compared to the 2023-2024 season. We provided 561 motel vouchers and served 212 unique individuals for 38 total nights of sheltering. We partnered with many community agencies that provided meals, snacks, financial support, and resource navigation to help our clients obtain additional assistance.
Click here for our end-of-season newsletter for 2024-2025 and a full story of our work.
Previous Seasons' Impact:
Click here for our end-of-season newsletter for 2023-2024 and a full story of our work.
Click here for our end-of-season newsletter for 2022-2023 and a full story of our work.
Click here for our end-of-season newsletter for 2021-2022 and a full story of our work.
Click here for our end-of-season newsletter for 2020-2021 and a full story of our work.
Client Testimonials:
"Please accept my gratitude for the warm dry nights you and your organization have so graciously bestowed upon me...it was wonderful being able to shower when I wanted and use the bathroom when I needed and to charge my phone or leave things and not worry about them disappearing. You guys are giving so much more than shelter from the elements with these rooms...you're giving peace of mind and safety. It becomes exhausting being homeless...from the bottom of my heart thank you and God bless us all."
"Receiving services from HAAT Force has been a blessing...Being homeless has many challenges, but being disabled while homeless has even more challenges. It is a daily struggle to do the normal functions like going to the bathroom, showering, etc. Additionally, it is a daily struggle to make sure that my health issues are taken care of. From filling my pill box to getting enough sleep, living in a tiny car with two other people is rough. I am so very grateful for HAAT Force because when we get a motel voucher I know that at least for one night, I will have a bed to sleep in, a bathroom close, and a nutritious meal."
"When I saw the request for volunteers in the HAAT Force flyer, I knew I had to sign up because I've expressed my appreciation verbally, but volunteering is another way to express how much I am thankful for how much HAAT Force has done for my family." (from HAAT Force client who also volunteers)
HAAT Force South Metro, founded in 2010, provides severe weather motel shelter for families and people with disabilities, medical issues or animals. Our guests include pregnant people ,non-gender conforming / transgender adults, and older adults who are unhoused. This program operates from October through April.
Our goal for the 2024-2025 Severe Weather Season was to support individuals formerly served by Severe Weather Shelter Network (SWSN), our partner organization who suddenly closed their doors in August, and to continue to support clients who qualify for HAAT Force. We saw triple the need for sheltering due to the closure of SWSN and the continuing increase of people experiencing homeless in the Denver Metro area.
In our 2024-2025 season, we issued 67% more motel vouchers and saw a 26% increase of unique individuals served compared to the 2023-2024 season. We provided 561 motel vouchers and served 212 unique individuals for 38 total nights of sheltering. We partnered with many community agencies that provided meals, snacks, financial support, and resource navigation to help our clients obtain additional assistance.
Click here for our end-of-season newsletter for 2024-2025 and a full story of our work.
Previous Seasons' Impact:
Click here for our end-of-season newsletter for 2023-2024 and a full story of our work.
Click here for our end-of-season newsletter for 2022-2023 and a full story of our work.
Click here for our end-of-season newsletter for 2021-2022 and a full story of our work.
Click here for our end-of-season newsletter for 2020-2021 and a full story of our work.
Client Testimonials:
"Please accept my gratitude for the warm dry nights you and your organization have so graciously bestowed upon me...it was wonderful being able to shower when I wanted and use the bathroom when I needed and to charge my phone or leave things and not worry about them disappearing. You guys are giving so much more than shelter from the elements with these rooms...you're giving peace of mind and safety. It becomes exhausting being homeless...from the bottom of my heart thank you and God bless us all."
"Receiving services from HAAT Force has been a blessing...Being homeless has many challenges, but being disabled while homeless has even more challenges. It is a daily struggle to do the normal functions like going to the bathroom, showering, etc. Additionally, it is a daily struggle to make sure that my health issues are taken care of. From filling my pill box to getting enough sleep, living in a tiny car with two other people is rough. I am so very grateful for HAAT Force because when we get a motel voucher I know that at least for one night, I will have a bed to sleep in, a bathroom close, and a nutritious meal."
"When I saw the request for volunteers in the HAAT Force flyer, I knew I had to sign up because I've expressed my appreciation verbally, but volunteering is another way to express how much I am thankful for how much HAAT Force has done for my family." (from HAAT Force client who also volunteers)