A Denver-based day-labor program is helping homeless people get back on their feet.
Credit: Denver Day Works
The Denver Day Works program launched in November 2016. In the first year, Denver Human Services says 284 people worked at least a day — with all but 10 sticking around longer — performing landscaping duties in parks, helping out at the Denver Elections Division, aiding public-works crews and other job assignments.
At the end of each shift, they are paid wages of more than $12 an hour.Of those participants, 110 found full-time work, with 15 landing permanent or project-based city jobs and the rest finding work with dozens of outside private and public employers, the Denver Post reported.
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