Six cities in Colorado's Jefferson County make new agreement for cold weather shelters that "takes us to the next level"

Winter weather will be here soon in Colorado, which means Jefferson County's homeless population needs a place to get indoors.

"It's life-saving and necessary," said James Ginsburg, who helps run RecoveryWorks in Lakewood.

Last year, just before the start of the cold weather season, the severe weather shelter network announced they would cease operations in the county. Many nonprofits, from RecoveryWorks to Mission Church in Arvada, had to step up and absorb the increased foot traffic. While they were largely successful last year, the cities got together to expedite a project that has been discussed in council chambers for a long time: pooling resources to have a response network of their own.

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