Under One Roof
Denver Help the Homeless: Post Conference Report
Date Published: June 15, 2008
Publisher:
Denver's Road Home
Author: Neil F. Carlson
# of pages: 28
On November 15-16, 2007, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper welcomed 88 participants, including mayors, county executives, funders, and policymakers, to “Under One Roof: Denver Help the Homeless Summit in the Mile High City,” a two-day symposium dedicated to exchanging ideas between funders and mayors who share a commitment to ending longterm homelessness. The goals of the summit were four-fold:
- To increase awareness among city and county governments and funders about homelessness and how it relates to economic development, health, and education;
- To build collaborative relationships between both national and local foundations and city and county governments to enhance efforts to end homelessness;
- To create a national network of funders and city and county governments that can collectively generate the funding sources necessary to end homelessness; and
- To fashion common principles and an action statement for mayors and country executives.
This report, which mirrors the summit’s agenda, summarizes the main themes that emerged throughout each discussion session. Panel discussions have been synthesized and, in some cases, quotes have been edited for length and clarity.
