Resource Center

Donation Center 

The Donation Center accepts donations of furniture, clothes and household items, cleaning supplies, small appliances, toys, food, and even bicycles. Consumer workers at the donation center refurbish and organize donations. Each week consumers are able to pick up needed necessities free of charge. Many consumers use donations made to the resource center to set up their first home in a very long time. 

Your in-kind donations are tax-deductible. You can make donations at the Resource Center or call for pick up.

The donation line is 303.892.5594.

Resource Shoppe and Donation Center

The Resource Shoppe and Donation Center is open for adult consumers and includes a drop-in center, food bank and thrift store.

Drop-In Center

A safe and healthy atmosphere for our clients

The Drop-In Center is a safe and welcoming place for socializing, recreation, and arts and crafts. It provides a home-like atmosphere for consumers who prefer a flexible, unstructured environment. Here, they can interact with others or sit quietly over a cup of coffee or a snack. Lunch is served weekdays for a small contribution and a food bank is held each Friday where consumers can find fresh vegetables, bread and other food stuffs.

Employment Services

Paid employment opportunities are available here for clients. Work teams from the Resource Center provide essential services to the Mental Health Center of Denver such as janitorial, landscaping, moving, repair and transportation services. Clients are trained and encouraged to move to outside, competitive employment when they are ready.

Personal Financial Services

Why we do it

Many consumers in the early stages of their recovery find it difficult to utilize funds to meet their basic needs and complete the paperwork necessary to maintain their benefits. Personal Financial Services is a non-clinical team which provides payeeship services to many of our consumers to help them on their path to recovery.

The current payeeship program separates clinical and financial services and allows clinical staff to focus on clinical services. It also reduces stress on consumers' interpersonal relationships. Not only can they feel secure their loved-ones finances are in order, but they also avoid juggling bills and paperwork all on their own.

How Payeeship Works

Each payeeship consumer is assigned a personal advisor who assists him or her with their account. Advisors meet with each individual to create a budget, discuss account issues and questions, and create a plan for regaining their own payeeships. Advisors also have a variety of accounting and paperwork duties, including completing payeeship applications, reporting financial and housing information to the Social Security Administration (SSA), paying  rent and bills, processing personal needs checks, compiling financial reports for the bank, depositing funds, producing consumers' special needs checks, and managing consumers' SSA paperwork.

While the program does not provide direct clinical services, our advisors have significant expertise advocating for the specific needs of our consumers and addressing challenging behaviors. These skills, as well as advisor knowledge of consumers' needs, community resources, SSA guidelines, and mental health and substance abuse treatment, allows them to better serve consumers. Advisors also work directly with consumers to avoid miscommunication and promote independence. The team collaborates with case managers when safety or clinical issues arise to ensure continuity of care.

Benefits Management

The Benefits Management team at the Resource Center provides support and technical assistance to those eligible for a wide range of benefits. The team assists consumers in applying for Social Security and other benefits for which they might be eligible such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Child Benefits as well as Food Stamps and Aid for the Needy and Dependent (AND). If necessary, consumers can be connected to an attorney through this office for an appeals process. All appointments are held at the Benefits Management team office with phone connections to the local Social Security office.