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Staggering into the frigid February night, 30 year old Josh Krovec* was tired. He was tired of being cold. He was tired of trudging the streets in search of a little warmth. And mostly, he was just plain tired of spending his days hung-over with no place to call home. It seemed like forever since Josh had held a steady job, and he had no idea how ...

Ken looks pretty happy, and well he should be!

After losing his job in Phoenix, Ken and his wife decided to relocate to Fort Collins where he had lived as a boy. After applying at numerous local companies without luck, Ken was facing homelessness as their life savings would soon run out. Ken entered the Hand Up Cooperative program and quickly was able to revise the resume that his aunt had written for him. At the same time, Valley Steel ...

One example of a Hand Up graduate gaining success through the program is a single father named Doug. Doug was living in an unstable, unsafe environment with his 11-year-old daughter. His daughter was unhappy and struggling in school and Doug’s only work was temporary labor. He was having a tough time paying bills, keeping a roof over his head, and providing for his daughter.

In an effort to find some stability for himself and his daughter, Doug enrolled in the Hand ...

“Hand Up Cooperative gave me all the resources I needed. That’s the bottom line. Hand Up gave me everything I needed to be successful at finding a job and getting into a home.”

- Hand Up Graduate, Nick

Two years ago layoffs at Longmont Dairy Farm, Inc. led Nick down a path he had never foreseen. Nick was happily living in Longmont in a house he had owned for twelve years. He owned a nice new car, an Audi A6. He was ...