Community & Student Resource Center

At the Community & Student Resource we support students’ academic success by providing all CityHawks with inclusive, collaborative, and student-centered basic needs support and culturally responsive programming.

Specifically, we offer non-clinical case management, strength-based coaching, connection to campus, and community-based resources and assistance. The Community & Student Resource Center also works to address food insecurity and improve the health and well-being of all CityHawks through the CCD Swooper Market Food Pantry, which provides judgment-free access to healthy and nutritious foods, hygiene items and food assistance programs. Please fill out our Resource Center Request Form to schedule a meeting.

Resource Center Request Form
front door of the swooper market in the tivoli, with glass that says welcome
Student Resources

We know that food insecurity continues to be a barrier to student success. Visit the Swooper Market Food Pantry located in Tivoli 259. Each student is eligible for 15 items/week and 3 additional items if you bring a reusable bag. 

  • Healthy & Nutritious Food 
  • Pantry Staples 
  • Hygiene Products 
  • Judgement free Narcan and Fentanyl testing strips 
  • Sexual Health Products 

Hours of Operations: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm

 

Lowry & Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) Pantries:

CCD has small food pantries at both Lowry and AMC. Students are able to get food and supplies at both locations

  • Lowry Food Pantry located on the 2nd floor 
    • Lowry also houses a Pet Food Pantry for cats and dog.
    • 1070 Alton Way Denver, CO 80010
  • AMC Food Pantry located near the student seating area 
    • 2570 31st St Denver, CO 80216

The Community & Student Resource Center offers current students help to overcome unexpected and unforeseen financial barriers that could impede their progress toward degree completion and potentially derail their higher education goals. Examples that qualify for Relief Funds include: 

  • Unexpected loss of employment 
  • Motor vehicle accident/repairs 
  • Emergency health procedures 
  • Natural Disasters 

 To learn if you qualify for Relief Funds, please fill out the Resource Center Request Form.

 

The Community and Student Resource Center offers supplies for students to rent for the semester while enrolled at CCD. Students can stop by Tivoli 260 and rent: 

  • Hot Spot
  • TI-89 Calculator
  • Lockers located in Cherry Creek

Stop by Monday-Friday, 9-5PM

  • Child Care Scholarship: The Community & Student Resource Center provides a scholarship to student parents that awards up to $700 a month to help with child care expenses. This scholarship is offered at the top of the Fall semester. Please revisit this page to find the link to the scholarship 

     

  • Auraria Early Learning Center: The child care center serves the students, faculty, and staff of the Auraria Campus. On a space-available basis, the center also serves the Denver community. All of the center’s programs are fully licensed by the Colorado Department of Human Services.

     

  • The Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (CCCAP) provides child care assistance to families who are working, searching for employment, or are in training, and families who are enrolled in the Colorado Works program and need child care services to support their efforts toward self-sufficiency. CCCAP provides access to reduced-cost child care at licensed childcare facilities or qualified (unlicensed) providers. Apply Now.

Childcare & Homeschool Co-ops 

What is a Childcare or Homeschool Co-op? The most common of the childcare models, parent model cooperatives, comprises parents who have formed a cooperative to provide quality care for their children. Below are some examples of successful co-ops, alternative youth programs, and tips to start your co-op.

  • Childcare Co-ops: An Overview of Resilience 
  • Komae is a cooperative childcare app that provides parents with a flexible care management option. On Komae, parents swap ‘Komae Points’ with other families to manage and coordinate care for their children within a trusted network. I sit for you. You sit for me. 
  • Forming a Community Babysitting Co-op: A community-babysitting cooperative is a grassroots arrangement in which families share childcare without any money changing hands. Instead, the care itself is the currency of exchange. For example, in many babysitting cooperatives, families earn points for providing care and spend points on care for their kids. Points are typically assigned to each half-hour or hour of care.
  • Parent Preschool Cooperative International: PCPI represents more than 50,000 families and teachers, providing ongoing support to families, educators, and social agencies who recognize the value of parents as teachers of their children and the necessity of educating parents to meet the developmental needs of their children.
  • Denver Cooperative Preschool envisions an active society where children and adults join in exploring life, the quest for understanding, and the journey to wisdom.
  • Rice & Beans Childcare Co-op: An early childhood education cooperative of families of color in the Lower San Antonio neighborhood of Oakland, CA. Check out their page for great educational videos and resources for organizing childcare co-ops.
  • The Radical Monarchs create opportunities for young girls of color to form fierce sisterhood, celebrate their identities, and contribute radically to their communities.

Eviction & Foreclosure Defense

The Denver metro area is experiencing ongoing gentrification, and as a result of COVID-19, we are also bracing for a looming eviction & rental crisis. While evictions are serious and scary, you must remember that you have rights as a renter in Colorado and don’t have to face the threat of eviction alone. 

  • Download the Eviction Assistance Booklet (English or Español) compiled by the City & Country of Denver
  • Did you get a Ten-Day Notice from your landlord? Contact the Office of Financial Empowerment and Protection by calling 720.944.2498 or emailing FEC@denvergov.org
  • Foreclosure Counseling | For a guide to housing counseling, as well as information about the foreclosure process, download Foreclosure Process Guide and Resources | Guía del proceso de ejecución hipotecaria
  • 9to5 Colorado is a multiracial, grassroots, non-profit organization that combines advocacy, public education, policy work, and leadership development to achieve economic justice. 9to5 serves as the anchor organization in Colorado for the Homes4All campaign, working to ensure affordable housing for everyone, and they offer various education and civic engagement opportunities around local housing issues. Learn more and get additional resources on their website. 

Domestic Violence Shelters

If you are in immediate crisis, please call the Domestic Violence (DV) National Hotline at 1.800.799.7233 or the Colorado Crisis Line at 1.844.493.8255

Shelters

Anyone needing access to shelter or anyone who encounters someone who needs shelter access between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday can call 2-1-1 to be connected to available resources, including transportation assistance for those who are homeless and have disabilities

Additional Community Housing Resources

Our human services staff offers information for students experiencing housing insecurities or homelessness. Students may qualify for payment assistance for off-campus housing. Learn more about need-based housing assistance and other scholarships. 

The goal of the Unaccompanied Student Support Services (USSS) program is to support the educational goals of our transitioning homeless students, as well as provide human services support through mentoring, guidance, advising, financial aid, and housing support for students who meet the criteria. CCD has a designated SPOC (single point of contact), whose goal is to help our homeless, or unaccompanied youth, qualify for financial aid in the absence of their parents' tax information and family support.

Please click this link to learn more 

Energy Bill Assistance  

Cash Assistance 

  • Colorado Works: In Colorado, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is known as Colorado Works. It is a cash assistance program that helps eligible families with very low incomes become self-sufficient by encouraging job preparation, work, and family stabilization. Eligible applicants receive monthly cash assistance payments, help with emergency household expenses, and/or services such as counseling, training, and employment assistance. The Colorado Works Program operates in all 64 counties and is delivered locally through each county’s Department of Human or Social Services. 
  • Adult Financial Programs: Colorado’s Adult Financial Programs include the Aid to the Needy Disabled-Colorado Supplement program, the Aid to the Needy Disabled-State Only program, the Burial Assistance Program, the Old Age Pension program, the Home Care Allowance program, and the Personal Needs Allowance program.

Assistance for People with Disabilities

  • CCD Accessibility Center: Students with documented disabilities who need reasonable accommodations to access and participate in their courses should apply for services. Documented disabilities include physical health, mental health, learning, and/or temporary medical conditions.
  • Disability Determination Services (DDS) is the state agency making disability decisions for Social Security. Social Security has two disability programs - Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Although there are some differences, the definition of medical disability is the same in both programs.

Food Resources:

Off-campus, the City of Denver and the State of Colorado also offer several services to assist with food needs. Please use these resources to contact local food banks.

Other Resources:

  • Food Pantry List: A spreadsheet of Food Pantries across the Denver Metro Area.
  • Free Meal Program: Families are encouraged to complete a Free and Reduced-Price Meal Application to be eligible for additional family benefits and school funding, including items such as fee waivers, EBT benefits, and to ensure proper funding for schools.
  • Food Bank of the Rockies
    877.460.8504 (toll-free) or 303.371.9250
  • Hunger Free Colorado: We can connect Colorado families and individuals to SNAP/food stamps, food pantries, free meal sites, WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) and other nutrition programs geared towards families, children and older adults.
  • Apply for Benefits: Some advantages of using Colorado PEAK are the privacy of accessing from home; the ability to use any internet-connected computer anytime or anywhere; the ability to work at your own pace; and easily accommodate your schedule.
  • SNAP to Success: Whether you need financial assistance while in school, help with grocery bills, quality care for your child or children, or support finding health insurance, we’re here to help you stay safe and well and get where you want to be.
  • Colorado Food Stamps (SNAP) Application
  • Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Application