Organization Name: Chaffee County Public Health
Description:
Resources for Those Who are Experiencing Homelessness                                                                                  (Unless otherwise noted, services are free, in Salida and drop-ins welcome)
  1. Food
    • First Presbyterian Church—7 Poncha Blvd—719-539-6422
      • Food Pantry—Thursday
      • Stone Soup Café Lunch—Monday
    • The Grainery—1348 E Street—719-530-9050
      • Food Pantry—Monday, Friday
    • The Sanctuary–346 G Street—719-539-4849
      • Lunch—Tuesday-Friday
    • Chaffee County Department of Human Services—448 East 1st Street—719-530-2500 (in Salida), and 114 Linderman Avenue—719-395-0344 (in Buena Vista)
      • Food assistance—Monday-Friday
    • Arkansas Valley Christian Mission—122 Cottonwood Avenue, Buena Vista—719-395-9321
      • Food Pantry—Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
    • Creekside Gathering Place—203 Cedar Street, Buena Vista—719-221-6124
      • Food pantry—Monday, Thursday
      • Dinner—Monday, Thursday
    • Loaves and Fishes—241 Justice Center Road, Canon City—719-275-0593
      • Food Pantry—Monday-Friday
    • La Puente Home—913 State Avenue, Alamosa—719-589-5909
      • Food Pantry—Every day

SHELTER

  • Emergency Winter Shelters for Men and Women—719-539-6422
    • Open November-April
    • Men’s Shelter at the 1st Christian Church, 302 East 4th Street
    • Women’s Shelter at the United Methodist Church, 228 East 4th Street
  • First Presbyterian Church—7 Poncha Blvd—719-539-6422
    • SOS Emergency Assistance—Thursdays—by appointment only
  • Tents and sleeping bags
  • Community Resource Center—220 West 4th Street—719-539-4849
    • Monday-Friday

4. TRANSPORTATION—GASOLINE VOUCHERS, BUS TICKETS

  • First Presbyterian Church—7 Poncha Blvd—719-539-6422
    • SOS Emergency Assistance—Thursdays—by appointment only
  • Bustang Bus Service—54 Jones Avenue—719-530-8980
    • Daily bus service to Alamosa, Gunnison, and Denver, $29, Departs at 7:45 a.m.
    • Daily bus service to Canon City and Pueblo, $29, Departs at 7:45 a.m.
  • Mountain Valley Transit—54 Jones Avenue—719-530-8980
    • Daily service around Salida

CLOTHING AND OTHER BASIC ITEMS

  • Caring and Sharing—220 West 4th Street—719-539-3686
    • Clothing, blankets, sleeping bags, and other thrift store type items—Monday-Saturday
  • Arkansas Valley Christian Mission—122 Cottonwood Avenue, Buena Vista—719-395-9321
    • Clothing, blankets, sleeping bags, and other thrift store type items—Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
  • New Bees Thrift Store—624 Main Street, Buena Vista—719-395-6295
    • Tuesday-Saturday

UTILITIES: FIREWOOD, PROPANE, ELECTRIC, NATURAL GAS

  • First Presbyterian Church—7 Poncha Blvd—719-539-6422
    • Energy Outreach Colorado—Thursdays—by appointment only

MEDICAL

  • Buena Vista Health Clinic (HRRMC) Drop-In Clinic—28375 CR 317, Buena Vista—719-395-9048
    • Clinic open Monday-Friday and Saturday-Sunday
  • Chaffee County Department of Human Services—448 East 1st Street—719-530-2500 (in Salida) and 114 Linderman Avenue—719-395-0344 (in Buena Vista)
    • Some medical assistance
  • Chaffee County Public Health—448 East 1st Street, Suite 137—719-539-4510
    • Immunizations—providing adult, adolescent, and pediatric vaccines
    • Oral Health—assistance with dental services
    • Healthy Communities—assistance with Medicaid, CHP+, and healthcare resources
    • Connect for Health Colorado—assistance with health insurance

OTHER

  • Solvista Health—111 Vesta Road—719-539-6502 (in Salida); 28374 CR 317—719-539-6502 (in Buena Vista)
    • Offers a full range of mental health services. Medicaid and sliding scale. No one turned away for financial reasons.
  • Salida Pregnancy Resource Center—215 East 3rd Street—719-539-7436
    • The Alliance
      • Emergency services for domestic and sexual violence
    • 24-Hour Crisis Line: 719-539-7347

Churches that can often help with various things. Call for open hours

  • First Presbyterian Church—7 Poncha Blvd.—719-539-6422
  • Joseph Catholic Church—320 5th Street—719-539-6419
  • United Methodist Church—228 East 4th Street—719-539-2755
  • Vineyard Christian Fellowship—1201 Hwy 50—719-539-3359
  • Ascension Episcopal Church—4th and E Street—719-539-4562
  • First Lutheran Church—1237 F Street—719-539-4311
  • Upper Room Church of God—1140 I Street—719-539-3388
Phone of organization: 719-539-4510
Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Contact person: Abigail Smedly or Tanya Wait
Phone of Contact Person: 719-539-4510
Email of Contact Person: health@chaffeecounty.org
Physical address: 448 East 1st Street, Suite 137 Salida, CO 81201
Mailing address: 448 East 1st Street, Suite 137 Salida, CO 81201