GIVE Center

Walk-up services at the DHS GIVE Center are for emergency needs only.

Eight members of the GIVE team pose for a photo in front of an American flag wall sculpture

The GIVE Center provides support with:

  • Food access
  • Colorado vital document vouchers, including:
    • Identification
    • Birth certificates
    • Death certificates
  • Hygiene items
  • Diapers (Baby / Adult)
  • Resource navigation

Our team serves as liaisons between our customers and community partners. We provide emergency goods and services with a trauma-informed, person-centered, and holistic approach.

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Referrals are strongly encouraged. To get started with our virtual customer service process, you must be a:

  • Caseworker
  • Community partner, or
  • Someone who identifies as homebound

Start by downloading our intake form:

GIVE Center Caseworker Referral Form(PDF, 919KB)

After completing the referral form, email to us:

DHSResourceHUB@denvergov.org

What You Need To Know

How can I get help?

New Service Delivery Model in 2023: Walk-up services at the DHS Give Center are for emergency needs only.

To start our virtual customer service process, you must be a:

  • Caseworker
  • Community Partner, or
  • Someone who identifies as homebound

Email DHSResourceHUB@denvergov.org to get started.

What items can I get at the GIVE Center?

At the GIVE Center, we can connect you to:

  • Personal hygiene items
  • Diapers (baby / adult) and wipes
  • Menstrual products
  • Colorado vital document vouchers and fee waiver support
  • The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Food Boxes
  • Pet Food (Dog & Cat) 
small shampoo bottles, lotions and other hygiene items  menstrual products donated to the Give Center

What other services and resources do you provide?

Our resource navigators connect customers to community-based resources and partner referrals, including:

  • Prescription eye glasses vouchers through New Eyes for the Needy
  • A Precious Child 

How can I donate and what's needed?

There are several ways to make a donation and support our GIVE Center. Learn how to "Be A Giver" and donate to various causes, like our seasonal community drives, through Denver Human Services.

Questions? Email us at GIVE@denvergov.org for more information on how to donate, and what items are needed.

What if I have an emergency?

If you have an emergency and need immediate support from the DHS Give Center: you can visit us for walk-up services at the Denver Human Services Welcome Center (2929 W. 10th Ave., Denver, CO 80204). It's across the street from our old location at the Richard T. Castro Denver Human Services building.

Emergency walk-up hours

Monday - Thursday from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Fridays: Virtual services with curbside pickup only. Se habla español.

Important: the GIVE Center closes early (at 2:30 p.m.) on the third Wednesday of every month.

Walk-up services at the DHS Give Center are for emergency needs only.

Non-Emergency Requests and Services

All other non-urgent services (vouchers for vital documents, ID waivers, etc.) should be done through our virtual customer service process. You must be a caseworker, community partner, or someone who identifies as homebound.

To get started with this virtual customer service process, email DHSResourceHUB@denvergov.org.

Denver Human Services (DHS) and the DHS Give Center are equal opportunity providers.

Location and Hours

Walk-up services are for emergency needs only.

 

Location: Denver Human Services Welcome Center (2929 W. 10th Ave., Denver, CO 80204).

 

Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Fridays are open via curbside pick-up only. Se habla español.

 

Important: the GIVE Center closes early (at 2:30 p.m.) on the third Wednesday of every month.

 

Non-Emergency Needs

 

Referrals are strongly recommended. You can reach out to us for all non-urgent services (vouchers for vital documents, ID waivers, etc.) through our virtual customer service process.

To get started, email DHSResourceHUB@denvergov.org

Language and Disability Access

It is your right to access oral or written language assistance, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you, please email DHSADASupport@denvergov.org with three business days’ notice.

 

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