Vantaggi
The youth are great and the mindset that "growth is rooted in relationships" is one that you really do get to see every day.
Svantaggi
There is a significant amount of work related trauma and it gets very heavy. Forget ever being able to call in sick or take time off, that's only for non-front line employees. Some of the programs aren't structured based on evidence based approaches or any current literature. They're not designed to actually help they pretty much leave the youth out to dry and blame in on "holding boundaries" and "building lifeskills" when in reality, they just make people's lives harder. There's NO transparency. The Source is set to be renovated but refuse to provide any communication to staff about what that will look like and what that means for their jobs. All the direct care staff at 1440 were fired without warning and Chase house had to unionize because conditions got so bad over there. Meanwhile leadership keeps claiming this is all due to "staffing" issues and ignores that the high turnover rate is very much their own doing. The direct care staff arent paid enough to live in Boulder and leadership constantly reduces hours or makes cuts meanwhile the people who are on the front lines fighting homelessness are at risk for being homeless themselves. The organization is also facing SEVERAL lawsuits for worker's right's violations because they treat their employees that badly. I would not be shocked if they go bankrupt here soon.