Street Kids

Pulling troubled kids out of the hopelessness of their lives and giving them a new direction has a far better return rate than putting them in prison. Nearly 1,000 homeless youth between ages 14 and 24 walked greater Denver's streets last year. That's almost five times as many as eight years ago. Urban Peak Denver, near Broadway and 21st Street, provided shelter, case management, education, employment and health services to 800 of those homeless and runaway youth last year.

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