Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and his staff visited the future St. Francis Center refuge in Capitol Hill earlier this week, highlighting the state’s effort to help fight homelessness with cannabis tax revenue. The state donated $250,000 to close funding gaps to complete the construction of the center at 1400 Washington Street, but that’s just a parcel of the pot tax dollars that the Colorado Department of Local Affairs is using to help the state’s homeless.
The money going to the St. Francis Center is part of a $15.3 million legislative appropriation enacted during the previous legislative session that’s been earmarked for the state’s Division of Housing to augment, expand and start housing programs throughout the state, according to DOLA communications director Denise Stepto.
Read more: Colorado Using Pot Money to Fight Homelessness | Westword
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