Preventing the next generation of homelessness
“When you can’t find work and you have little mouths to feed, things are different.”
Ruben lost his job after a local telecom company downsized its workforce. This was a tragedy for a family with a second child on the way. Ruben and his wife Aurora desperately fought to keep homelessness from their sons. Fortunately the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless’ two-year transitional housing development, Renaissance at Concord Plaza Apartments was there, and the Renaissance Childcare Center enrolled the boys. Four year old Josue’s mind is like a sponge, and he recites new English words nightly. To keep up with their son, Ruben and Aurora are attending ESL classes. Ruben was hired by Whole Foods Bakery.
The Coalition’s Renaissance Childcare Center is one of the few four-star rated early childhood development centers in Colorado. Formerly homeless, transitional, low-income, at-risk, and middle to high income children all learn and play together in integrated classrooms. The curriculum invites children to develop cognitively through structured playtime and creative problem solving.