Impact
Addressing individual needs to maintain a healthy community
Our Impact
Every day, we seek to positively impact the Fort Collins community and the lives of our clients most of whom are experiencing homelessness. This page is dedicated to the measurable impact Outreach Fort Collins has been able to accomplish over the years. The displays of our impact includes data and statistics, our annual reports and the Outreach team’s appearances in local media.
Much of our impact is achieved by being a consistent presence on the streets and building trust with community members and all of our stakeholders. Outcomes and impact we make are achieved through the shared effort of our diverse stakeholders including business owners, emergency responders, service providers, and the City of Fort Collins.
Outreach Dashboard
Outreach Fort Collins utilizes data-driven decision-making to prioritize our outreach efforts and maintain a focus on areas of greatest need. Measuring our data helps our team closely track our outreach efforts and identify individuals and areas in need of additional layers of support. Visualizing the information helps tell the story of Outreach Fort Collins and the multifaceted nature of our work.
Below you can find a collection of informational graphics that reflect our engagement with diverse stakeholders and the positive community impacts Outreach Fort Collins has had over time.
Year in Review
At Outreach Fort Collins, relationships are at the core of creating positive community impacts--this includes our relationships with diverse stakeholders including individuals experiencing homelessness, business owners and staff, service providers, police services and first responders, city services, and community members. At the end of each year, we love reviewing the last 365 days of stories and the ways that relationships help our team provide impactful street outreach. Our annual Year in Review collects the measurable impacts that Outreach Fort Collins has in the community and our areas of focus for the upcoming year.
Outreach Fort Collins in the media:
- Outreach Fort Collins builds trust, relationships with people experiencing homelessness (Coloradoan, April 2023)
- Outreach Fort Collins to expand, wants to be 'antidote to despair' for homeless, businesses (Coloradoan, July 2022)
- Old Town Fort Collins sees dip in disruptive behaviors related to transient visitors, homeless (Coloradoan, Aug 2019)
- Outreach Fort Collins to expand in 2018 (Coloradoan, December 2017)
- A Fort Collins man's journey to finding a home for the Holidays after months on the street (Coloradoan, November 2017)
- Homeless outreach team hits the Fort Collins streets (Coloradoan, July 2016)