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)
- 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
- First Presbyterian Church—7 Poncha Blvd—719-539-6422
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
- The Alliance
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