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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Saint Patrick Homeless Family Shelter (Patrick House) is an emergency family shelter for women and families in Denver, CO. In November 2004, the Saint Patrick Society (SPS) ended its organizational sponsorship of Patrick House because of excessive financial burden. Patrick House and its board of directors became their own unaffiliated 501(c)3 not–for–profit organization. SPS also signed the deed over to Patrick House for the building Patrick House operates from. This severance also resulted in a loss of 25% of Patrick House's total annual funding. In addition, SPS stipulated that the emergency family shelter cease having any reference to "Patrick" in its identity.

The national trend for human service organizations is to consolidate services and programs for the homeless into large centers and consolidated civic plans. The City of Denver is following suit. In December 2004 Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper announced that homeless day...

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1. Introduction
2. Executive Summary
3. Business Overview
4. Company History
5. Market Analysis
6. Financial Analysis
7. Recommendations And Evaluation Tools
8. Growth Strategy
9. Threats
10. Severe And Violent Offender Reentry Initiative
11. Colorado Department Of Correctional Services Svori Overview
12. Offender Reentry Study
13. Community–Based Treatment Model
14. Grant Opportunities
15. Financial Information