• The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
• Kathleen Mullen is a founder and becomes the Coalition’s first Board President.
• Mary Ann Gleason becomes the first Executive Director.
• The Coalition’s Stout Street Clinic is opened with a $1.6 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson foundation, becoming the first healthcare facility in Denver dedicated to serving homeless individuals and families.
• John Parvensky becomes the Coalition’s Executive Director.
• Comic Relief performs in Denver to benefit the Coalition.
• The Coalition hosts its first Statewide Conference on Homelessness, with special guest Mitch Snyder, from the Center for Non-Violence in Washington D.C.
• Congress passes the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, the first federal statutory response to homelessness.
• The Coalition publishes the first edition of its Homeless Advocate newsletter.
• Dom Verrastro becomes the Coalition’s second Board President.
• The Coalition opens the Ruth Goebel House, a 12-bed group home that offers transitional housing for homeless women with disabilities. • The Coalition’s Stout Street Clinic moves across the street from 2100 Stout Street to its present location at 2100 Broadway.
• The Coalition is approved for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funds to provide transitional housing for 15 homeless individuals and families.
• Governor Roy Romer’s Homeless Task Force releases its report: The Colorado Approach: Shared Accountability.
• Colorado creates the Tax Check-off Fund to End Homelessness. The fund raises $245,000 in its first year.
• The Coalition’s Stout Street Clinic delivers healthcare to 7,743 homeless men, women and children.