John Parvensky retiring as head of the Colorado Coaliltion for the Homeless.
John Parvensky, longtime president and CEO of the, plans to retire later this year."For over 36 years, I've had the opportunity to work with some of the finest people who are committed and devoted to helping people when they're at their worst crisis and helping them get back on their feet, get access to housing and health care, and help them turn their lives around," says Parvensky.
That same year, then-Mayor Federico Peña convened a working group"in response to the growing incidence of homelessness that people were seeing on the streets," recalls Parvensky. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless emerged from that group, with Parvensky taking over as the organization's leader in 1985. At the time, it had a staff of six with a budget of $100,000.
Under Parvensky's leadership, two of the Coalition's first projects were establishing an emergency shelter and a medical clinic for people experiencing homelessness, which today is the Stout Street Health Center, And the organization also began buying housing and building more housing. , aka HOST — working on the issues of housing and homelessness. Parvensky also sees positive change in state government, which is starting to invest more in housing and homelessness issues.
He lists some of the key Coalition accomplishments as building twenty housing developments; administering 2,000 housing vouchers for local, state and federal governments; housing more than 4,500 individuals and families on a given night; and providing health care to 15,000 patients annually.
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