Englewood's only overnight homeless shelter closes; Bridge House to wind down all operations – Denver7

Englewood’s only overnight homeless shelter closes; Bridge House to wind down all operations  Denver7

ENGLEWOOD, Colo – Just over a year after opening its doors, the Bridge House location in Englewood is closing down the overnight shelter and winding down the entire non-profit's operations."I was just stuck in a tunnel, really, where I was living, staying, trying to get out of the elements," said Matthew Carl about his time before participating in Bridge House's Ready to Work program.He moved to Colorado and fell on hard times after losing his job.He moved into Bridge House in August and said he was caught off guard when the shelter shut down."All of a sudden they kind of just said, "You got to find a place to go.

We don't really have a whole lot," but they did help me find a job," said Carl, "There's a lot of resources that they can offer. They have a case manager that will help you navigate to getting therapy or medication, if you need that other like workforce type things that you can do, and they help you out with food, which was nice."He'll be moving soon for that new job, but said dozens of others were given a few days notice."Most of those guys, they just are gonna do what they've normally done and try and live outside and survive," said Carl.When Denver7's South Metro Reporter Danielle Kreutter stopped