Denver proposed $1.65 million in support for the Team Housed, Working and Healthy workforce program November 5. The city said the investment still needed City Council approval.
The proposal included $150,000 in wage subsidies to help Brookdale Senior Living hire participants from the program’s culinary training. Another $1.5 million in federal Community Development Block Grant money would help purchase the remaining portion of the nonprofit’s Elyria-Swansea facility.
Officials said the investment could double annual training capacity, with a goal of 200 participants a year. Denver’s workforce staff planned to track hiring, retention and program results. Those were funding proposals and program targets, not proof that the money had been approved or the promised outcomes achieved.
